Texas General Land Office
Texas General Land Office
Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D.
Oil Spill Prevention & Response

Texas Automated Buoy System

Real Time Ocean Observations
Supporting Oil Spill Prevention and Response since 1995


Geochemical and Environmental Research Group

Current Velocity Data

   Date   |  Time  |  East  |   North|   Speed|Dir to| WaterT |
          |  (UTC) | (cm/s) |  (cm/s)|  (cm/s)| (°T) |  (°C)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
12/25/2025 00:00:00    13.87  -14.55   20.10   136.4    16.8
12/25/2025 00:30:00     8.89  -17.44   19.58   153.0    16.9
12/25/2025 01:00:00    15.69  -18.88   24.55   140.3    17.1
12/25/2025 01:30:00    13.57  -19.30   23.59   144.9    17.4
12/25/2025 02:00:00    16.46  -20.67   26.42   141.5    17.7
12/25/2025 02:30:00    18.90  -18.94   26.76   135.1    17.9
12/25/2025 03:00:00    18.97  -16.74   25.30   131.4    17.8
12/25/2025 03:30:00    16.19  -16.26   22.95   135.1    17.7
12/25/2025 04:00:00    15.74  -15.57   22.14   134.7    17.7
12/25/2025 04:30:00    12.86  -16.76   21.13   142.5    17.3
12/25/2025 05:00:00    14.64  -16.67   22.19   138.7    17.1
12/25/2025 05:30:00    14.58  -14.91   20.85   135.6    17.5
12/25/2025 06:00:00    11.52  -15.87   19.61   144.0    17.1
12/25/2025 06:30:00    18.73  -13.95   23.35   126.7    17.0
12/25/2025 07:00:00    11.11  -15.39   18.98   144.2    17.2
12/25/2025 07:30:00    10.51  -15.87   19.03   146.5    17.3
12/25/2025 08:00:00    11.53  -15.47   19.29   143.3    17.2
12/25/2025 08:30:00    11.86  -16.90   20.65   144.9    17.0
12/25/2025 09:00:00    13.92  -17.95   22.71   142.2    17.0
12/25/2025 09:30:00    16.71  -16.58   23.54   134.8    16.9
12/25/2025 10:00:00    15.59  -14.93   21.59   133.8    16.9
12/25/2025 10:30:00    15.37  -11.51   19.20   126.8    16.9
12/25/2025 11:00:00    18.15   -9.66   20.56   118.0    16.9
12/25/2025 11:30:00    19.44   -8.40   21.18   113.4    16.9
12/25/2025 12:00:00    14.62   -6.26   15.90   113.2    16.8
12/25/2025 12:30:00    17.27   -6.45   18.44   110.5    16.7
12/25/2025 13:00:00    17.56   -6.06   18.58   109.0    16.6
12/25/2025 13:30:00    22.38   -1.24   22.41    93.2    16.6
12/25/2025 14:00:00    21.37   -3.12   21.60    98.3    16.6
12/25/2025 14:30:00    20.55    1.07   20.58    87.0    16.6
12/25/2025 15:00:00    22.87   -1.22   22.90    93.1    16.7
12/25/2025 15:30:00    27.15    1.34   27.18    87.2    16.7
12/25/2025 16:00:00    30.47   52.51   60.71    30.1    16.7
12/25/2025 16:30:00    50.92   51.74   72.59    44.5    16.7
12/25/2025 17:00:00    35.07    6.98   35.76    78.7    16.7
12/25/2025 17:30:00    23.80   -1.90   23.88    94.6    16.7
12/25/2025 18:00:00    24.70   -1.07   24.72    92.5    16.9
12/25/2025 18:30:00    23.95   -2.26   24.06    95.4    17.0
12/25/2025 19:00:00    23.32   -0.47   23.32    91.2    16.9
12/25/2025 19:30:00    26.19   -2.72   26.33    95.9    17.0
12/25/2025 20:00:00    23.17   -3.31   23.41    98.1    17.1
12/25/2025 20:30:00    25.07   -3.48   25.31    97.9    17.0
12/25/2025 21:00:00    22.10    1.41   22.14    86.3    17.1
12/25/2025 21:30:00    20.84    2.31   20.97    83.7    17.6
12/25/2025 22:00:00    21.18    0.51   21.19    88.6    17.7
12/25/2025 22:30:00    24.10   -0.70   24.11    91.7    17.8

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
12/25/2025 00:00:00    16.84   38.62   29.70    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 00:30:00    16.94   38.67   29.67    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 01:00:00    17.74   38.83   29.21    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 01:30:00    17.78   39.08   29.40    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 02:00:00    17.86   39.25   29.48    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 02:30:00    18.06   39.29   29.37    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 03:00:00    17.94   39.11   29.31    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 03:30:00    17.91   38.97   29.21    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 04:00:00    17.77   38.93   29.28    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 04:30:00    17.58   38.72   29.24    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 05:00:00    17.51   38.63   29.22    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 05:30:00    17.65   38.83   29.28    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 06:00:00    17.36   38.54   29.25    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 06:30:00    17.12   38.45   29.35    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 07:00:00    17.52   38.44   29.05    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 07:30:00    17.51   38.62   29.21    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 08:00:00    17.29   38.50   29.27    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 08:30:00    17.07   38.32   29.27    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 09:00:00    17.13   38.26   29.18    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 09:30:00    16.95   38.22   29.27    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 10:00:00    16.92   38.21   29.29    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 10:30:00    16.90   38.20   29.29    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 11:00:00    16.91   38.26   29.33    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 11:30:00    16.95   38.27   29.32    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 12:00:00    16.81   38.19   29.34    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 12:30:00    16.76   38.26   29.45    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 13:00:00    16.72   38.19   29.42    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 13:30:00    16.71   38.19   29.43    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 14:00:00    16.63   38.18   29.47    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 14:30:00    16.74   38.13   29.35    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 15:00:00    16.76   38.09   29.30    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 15:30:00    16.77   38.09   29.29    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 16:00:00    16.68   38.18   29.43    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 16:30:00    16.84   38.14   29.28    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 17:00:00    16.71   38.17   29.41    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 17:30:00    16.92   38.16   29.25    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 18:00:00    17.05   38.16   29.16    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 18:30:00    17.03   38.16   29.17    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 19:00:00    17.03   38.14   29.14    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 19:30:00    17.14   38.12   29.05    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 20:00:00    17.13   38.15   29.09    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 20:30:00    16.99   38.10   29.14    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 21:00:00    17.10   38.14   29.10    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 21:30:00    17.71   38.82   29.24    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 22:00:00    17.87   38.96   29.23    0.00    0.00
12/25/2025 22:30:00    18.06   38.99   29.13    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2025-12-25 23:00Z (12-25 17:00 CST)
F  2025-12-25 23:00Z (12-25 17:00 CST)
J  2025-12-25 23:00Z (12-25 17:00 CST)
R  2025-12-25 23:00Z (12-25 17:00 CST)
W  2025-12-25 22:30Z (12-25 16:30 CST)