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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
01/04/2026 00:00:00     6.08    1.14    6.19    79.4    18.4
01/04/2026 00:30:00     4.46    0.68    4.51    81.3    18.5
01/04/2026 01:00:00     3.76   -1.39    4.01   110.3    18.4
01/04/2026 01:30:00     0.73   -2.46    2.57   163.5    18.4
01/04/2026 02:00:00     0.15    2.52    2.52     3.4    18.3
01/04/2026 02:30:00    -0.38    1.29    1.34   343.6    18.3
01/04/2026 03:00:00    -0.29    0.20    0.35   304.6    18.3
01/04/2026 03:30:00    -2.58    1.26    2.87   296.0    18.2
01/04/2026 04:00:00    -2.19    0.80    2.33   290.1    18.2
01/04/2026 04:30:00    -4.52   -0.32    4.53   266.0    18.2
01/04/2026 05:00:00    -1.88   -2.71    3.30   214.8    18.2
01/04/2026 05:30:00    -1.23    0.17    1.24   277.9    18.2
01/04/2026 06:00:00     0.22    1.27    1.29     9.8    18.2
01/04/2026 06:30:00     0.63    1.51    1.64    22.6    18.2
01/04/2026 07:00:00     2.05   -0.23    2.06    96.4    18.3
01/04/2026 07:30:00     0.17    3.15    3.15     3.1    18.3
01/04/2026 08:00:00     3.51    0.82    3.60    76.9    18.3
01/04/2026 08:30:00     2.46    3.08    3.94    38.6    18.3
01/04/2026 09:00:00     2.48   -2.19    3.31   131.4    18.3
01/04/2026 09:30:00     4.77    0.96    4.87    78.6    18.3
01/04/2026 10:00:00     6.36    1.51    6.54    76.6    18.2
01/04/2026 10:30:00     2.92    4.00    4.95    36.1    18.2
01/04/2026 11:00:00     7.00    1.66    7.19    76.7    18.2
01/04/2026 11:30:00     9.48    2.13    9.72    77.3    18.2
01/04/2026 12:00:00     9.20    4.26   10.14    65.2    18.2
01/04/2026 12:30:00     9.35    3.67   10.04    68.6    18.1
01/04/2026 13:00:00    10.38    0.90   10.42    85.0    18.1
01/04/2026 13:30:00    10.84    0.73   10.86    86.1    18.1
01/04/2026 14:00:00    15.60   -8.13   17.59   117.5    18.1
01/04/2026 14:30:00    29.99   -5.13   30.43    99.7    18.1
01/04/2026 15:00:00     7.15  -13.92   15.65   152.8    18.1
01/04/2026 15:30:00    15.15   -8.84   17.54   120.3    18.1
01/04/2026 16:00:00    23.27  -15.19   27.79   123.1    18.1
01/04/2026 16:30:00    12.78   -8.73   15.48   124.3    18.2
01/04/2026 17:00:00    13.36  -17.99   22.41   143.4    18.2
01/04/2026 17:30:00    37.27   -8.43   38.21   102.7    18.3
01/04/2026 18:00:00     9.55  -13.51   16.54   144.7    18.3
01/04/2026 18:30:00    14.19  -10.02   17.37   125.2    18.3
01/04/2026 19:00:00     7.47  -19.79   21.15   159.3    18.4
01/04/2026 19:30:00     9.84  -14.65   17.65   146.1    18.4
01/04/2026 20:00:00     5.16  -15.62   16.45   161.7    18.4
01/04/2026 20:30:00    10.85  -13.32   17.18   140.8    18.5
01/04/2026 21:00:00    12.27  -11.80   17.02   133.9    18.6
01/04/2026 21:30:00    10.60   -3.72   11.23   109.3    18.5
01/04/2026 22:00:00     6.52    1.68    6.73    75.6    18.6
01/04/2026 22:30:00     5.44   -1.42    5.62   104.6    18.6

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
01/04/2026 00:00:00    18.32   41.15   30.74    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 00:30:00    18.46   41.33   30.78    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 01:00:00    18.44   41.32   30.78    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 01:30:00    18.35   41.24   30.79    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 02:00:00    18.30   41.21   30.79    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 02:30:00    18.27   41.20   30.81    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 03:00:00    18.25   41.21   30.83    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 03:30:00    18.22   41.20   30.85    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 04:00:00    18.21   41.22   30.87    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 04:30:00    18.19   41.19   30.87    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 05:00:00    18.17   41.22   30.90    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 05:30:00    18.18   41.23   30.90    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 06:00:00    18.21   41.28   30.92    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 06:30:00    18.23   41.33   30.95    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 07:00:00    18.24   41.39   30.99    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 07:30:00    18.27   41.40   30.98    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 08:00:00    18.28   41.48   31.03    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 08:30:00    18.28   41.47   31.03    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 09:00:00    18.26   41.46   31.03    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 09:30:00    18.23   41.42   31.03    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 10:00:00    18.24   41.41   31.00    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 10:30:00    18.23   41.39   31.00    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 11:00:00    18.20   41.38   31.01    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 11:30:00    18.18   41.36   31.01    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 12:00:00    18.14   41.30   30.99    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 12:30:00    18.12   41.24   30.95    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 13:00:00    18.11   41.21   30.94    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 13:30:00    18.07   41.14   30.92    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 14:00:00    18.04   41.11   30.91    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 14:30:00    18.05   41.11   30.90    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 15:00:00    18.06   41.12   30.90    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 15:30:00    18.08   41.14   30.90    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 16:00:00    18.11   41.17   30.90    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 16:30:00    18.15   41.20   30.91    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 17:00:00    18.19   41.24   30.90    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 17:30:00    18.24   41.29   30.91    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 18:00:00    18.26   41.31   30.91    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 18:30:00    18.29   41.33   30.90    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 19:00:00    18.32   41.37   30.91    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 19:30:00    18.38   41.45   30.93    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 20:00:00    18.38   41.44   30.93    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 20:30:00    18.43   41.52   30.96    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 21:00:00    18.55   41.70   31.01    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 21:30:00    18.52   41.65   31.00    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 22:00:00    18.53   41.68   31.02    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 22:30:00    18.57   41.74   31.03    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-04 22:00Z (01-04 16:00 CST)
F  2026-01-04 23:00Z (01-04 17:00 CST)
J  2026-01-03 19:30Z (01-03 13:30 CST)
R  2026-01-04 23:00Z (01-04 17:00 CST)
W  2026-01-04 22:30Z (01-04 16:30 CST)