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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
07/17/2026 00:00:00     0.37   -2.45    2.48   171.4    29.4
07/17/2026 00:30:00    -0.97   -2.07    2.29   205.1    29.3
07/17/2026 01:00:00     3.08   -3.95    5.01   142.1    29.3
07/17/2026 01:30:00     5.79   -4.05    7.07   125.0    29.3
07/17/2026 02:00:00     4.29   -4.55    6.25   136.7    29.3
07/17/2026 02:30:00     3.28   -0.88    3.40   105.0    29.3
07/17/2026 03:00:00     4.04   -3.35    5.25   129.7    29.3
07/17/2026 03:30:00     5.98    2.12    6.34    70.5    29.3
07/17/2026 04:00:00     9.47    3.48   10.09    69.8    29.3
07/17/2026 04:30:00     1.76    1.34    2.21    52.7    29.3
07/17/2026 05:00:00     6.39   -1.28    6.52   101.3    29.3
07/17/2026 05:30:00     4.60   -1.58    4.86   109.0    29.3
07/17/2026 06:00:00     3.09    3.08    4.36    45.1    29.3
07/17/2026 06:30:00     8.57   -0.66    8.60    94.4    29.3
07/17/2026 07:00:00     2.49   -3.68    4.44   145.9    29.3
07/17/2026 07:30:00     3.64   -2.21    4.26   121.3    29.3
07/17/2026 08:00:00     3.84    1.78    4.23    65.1    29.3
07/17/2026 08:30:00     4.96    2.79    5.69    60.6    29.3
07/17/2026 09:00:00     2.12    1.80    2.78    49.7    29.3
07/17/2026 09:30:00     1.50   -0.18    1.51    96.8    29.3
07/17/2026 10:00:00    -0.29    3.22    3.23   354.9    29.3
07/17/2026 10:30:00    -0.95    0.38    1.02   291.8    29.3
07/17/2026 11:00:00    -1.21   -0.02    1.21   269.1    29.2
07/17/2026 11:30:00    -3.73    2.01    4.24   298.3    29.3
07/17/2026 12:00:00    -1.85    2.09    2.79   318.5    29.2
07/17/2026 12:30:00     0.94    7.50    7.56     7.1    29.2
07/17/2026 13:00:00    -0.15   -0.66    0.68   192.8    29.2
07/17/2026 13:30:00     1.61    6.16    6.37    14.6    29.3
07/17/2026 14:00:00    -2.06   -0.50    2.12   256.4    29.3
07/17/2026 14:30:00    -3.63   -2.54    4.43   235.0    29.3
07/17/2026 15:00:00     1.40   -0.76    1.59   118.5    29.3
07/17/2026 15:30:00     1.68   -2.22    2.78   142.9    29.3
07/17/2026 16:00:00     0.50    4.62    4.65     6.2    29.4
07/17/2026 16:30:00    -0.81    1.24    1.48   326.8    29.4
07/17/2026 17:00:00     1.57    4.80    5.05    18.1    29.5
07/17/2026 17:30:00    -2.04    2.93    3.57   325.2    29.5
07/17/2026 18:00:00    -1.48    6.79    6.95   347.7    29.6
07/17/2026 18:30:00    -0.90    5.94    6.01   351.4    29.6
07/17/2026 19:00:00     0.13    7.75    7.75     1.0    29.7
07/17/2026 19:30:00     3.04    9.74   10.20    17.3    29.7
07/17/2026 20:00:00     2.81    9.10    9.52    17.2    29.8
07/17/2026 20:30:00     2.97   11.84   12.21    14.1    29.8
07/17/2026 21:00:00     2.77   13.38   13.66    11.7    29.9
07/17/2026 21:30:00     3.25   13.39   13.78    13.6    29.9
07/17/2026 22:00:00    -3.09   10.98   11.41   344.3    29.9

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+


Last Data Reported
B  2026-07-17 23:00Z (07-17 18:00 CDT)
D  2026-07-17 23:00Z (07-17 18:00 CDT)
F  2026-07-17 23:00Z (07-17 18:00 CDT)
J  2026-07-17 22:00Z (07-17 17:00 CDT)
R  2026-07-17 23:00Z (07-17 18:00 CDT)
W  2026-07-17 22:00Z (07-17 17:00 CDT)