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
TABS Buoy X -- Texas Automated Buoy System

TABS Buoy X Conditions at 04/20/2024 12:30 UTC (04/20/2024 07:30 CDT)
27° 3.9600'N   96° 20.2980'W
AA3900 DCS - sensor depth 2m
RDI 75kHz ADCP-sensor depth 2m
Anemometer height: 4m
Water Depth: 950 feet (289 meters)
Speed: 48.49 cm/s (0.94 kts) Direction: 30 °T (NNE) Water Temp: 24°C (76 °F)
System Voltage: 11.8 V Signal Strength: -1.6 dB Ping Count: 130
Wind: 0.0 m/s (0.0 kts)
          From 270°T (W)
Air Temp: 25 °C (76 °F)
Relative Humidity:  91 %
Pressure: 1015.3 mb (29.98 inHg)
Waves: 0.0 m (0.0 ft) @ 0 sec
  


IMPORTANT: Notice to Mariners


Today's Velocity Data (download)

   Date   |  Time  |   East |   North|   Speed|  Dir | WaterT |
          |  (UTC) |  (cm/s)|  (cm/s)|  (cm/s)| (°T) |  (°C)  |
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04/20/2024 00:00:00   -28.53    -6.91    29.35  256.4   24.4
04/20/2024 00:30:00   -30.28    -7.48    31.19  256.1   24.4
04/20/2024 01:00:00   -30.35    -6.55    31.05  257.8   24.4
04/20/2024 01:30:00   -31.51    -3.33    31.69  264.0   24.3
04/20/2024 02:00:00   -37.08    -0.03    37.08  270.0   24.4
04/20/2024 02:30:00   -37.25     1.34    37.27  272.1   24.4
04/20/2024 03:00:00   -41.68     5.03    41.98  276.9   24.4
04/20/2024 03:30:00   -37.64     9.50    38.82  284.2   24.4
04/20/2024 04:00:00   -41.98    11.30    43.47  285.1   24.4
04/20/2024 04:30:00   -41.70     9.01    42.66  282.2   24.4
04/20/2024 05:00:00   -39.46    10.81    40.91  285.3   24.4
04/20/2024 05:30:00   -38.49    11.91    40.29  287.2   24.4
04/20/2024 06:00:00   -32.98     8.87    34.15  285.1   24.4
04/20/2024 06:30:00   -24.56     8.14    25.87  288.3   24.5
04/20/2024 07:00:00   -20.49     8.02    22.00  291.4   24.4
04/20/2024 07:30:00   -15.31    11.81    19.34  307.6   24.5
04/20/2024 08:00:00    -9.19    18.14    20.34  333.1   24.7
04/20/2024 08:30:00    -5.85    24.64    25.32  346.6   24.6
04/20/2024 09:00:00    -5.43    32.23    32.68  350.4   24.6
04/20/2024 09:30:00     3.60    28.87    29.09    7.1   24.6
04/20/2024 10:00:00     3.00    36.50    36.62    4.7   24.5
04/20/2024 10:30:00     6.39    29.46    30.15   12.2   24.5
04/20/2024 11:00:00    16.72    49.68    52.42   18.6   24.5
04/20/2024 11:30:00    18.21    42.33    46.08   23.3   24.5
04/20/2024 12:00:00    20.51    43.84    48.40   25.1   24.5
04/20/2024 12:30:00    24.45    41.87    48.49   30.3   24.5



       
  Today's Wave Data

   Date   |  Time  |Sig Wave Ht| Peak Period|
          |  (UTC) | (meters)  |    (sec)   |
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