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 W -- Texas Automated Buoy System

TABS Buoy W Conditions at 05/15/2024 20:00 UTC (05/15/2024 15:00 CDT)
28° 21.0420'N   96° 0.3480'W
AA3900 DCS - sensor depth 2m
Water Depth: 72 feet (21 meters)
Speed: 51.92 cm/s (1.01 kts) Direction: 292 °T (WNW) Water Temp: 27°C (80 °F)
System Voltage: 13.0 V Signal Strength: -22.3 dB Ping Count: 150
  


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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
05/14/2024 15:30:00   -36.61   -13.59    39.05  249.6   25.2
05/14/2024 16:00:00   -36.08   -20.68    41.59  240.2   25.2
05/14/2024 16:30:00   -27.14   -30.54    40.86  221.6   25.3
05/14/2024 17:00:00   -35.05   -63.07    72.15  209.1   25.6
05/14/2024 17:30:00   -36.40   -63.88    73.52  209.7   25.5
05/14/2024 18:00:00   -38.78   -70.67    80.61  208.8   25.7
05/14/2024 18:30:00   -51.56   -68.35    85.62  217.0   25.7
05/14/2024 19:00:00   -52.81   -66.11    84.61  218.6   25.7
05/14/2024 19:30:00   -41.22   -76.78    87.15  208.2   25.8
05/14/2024 20:00:00   -38.70   -78.37    87.40  206.3   25.9
05/14/2024 20:30:00   -45.04   -68.88    82.30  213.2   25.6
05/14/2024 21:00:00   -48.84   -66.64    82.62  216.2   25.6
05/14/2024 21:30:00   -56.03   -67.19    87.49  219.8   25.7
05/14/2024 22:00:00   -59.86   -57.49    83.00  226.2   25.6
05/14/2024 22:30:00   -64.26   -62.64    89.74  225.7   25.6
05/14/2024 23:00:00   -63.10   -44.17    77.02  235.0   25.6
05/14/2024 23:30:00   -73.31   -27.84    78.42  249.2   25.6
05/15/2024 00:00:00   -77.26   -20.36    79.90  255.2   25.6
05/15/2024 00:30:00   -77.29     3.30    77.36  272.4   25.6
05/15/2024 01:00:00   -69.38    15.07    71.00  282.3   25.5
05/15/2024 01:30:00   -62.30    29.48    68.92  295.3   25.6
05/15/2024 02:00:00   -60.10    29.42    66.91  296.1   25.6
05/15/2024 02:30:00   -56.36    30.17    63.93  298.2   25.6
05/15/2024 03:00:00   -47.02    38.88    61.01  309.6   25.7
05/15/2024 03:30:00   -38.50    40.44    55.84  316.4   25.8
05/15/2024 04:00:00   -27.29    41.97    50.06  327.0   25.7
05/15/2024 04:30:00   -17.09    41.75    45.11  337.7   25.8
05/15/2024 05:00:00    -5.08    38.82    39.15  352.5   25.9
05/15/2024 05:30:00     0.07    35.91    35.91    0.1   25.9
05/15/2024 06:00:00     6.14    30.01    30.63   11.6   25.9
05/15/2024 06:30:00     6.87    26.77    27.64   14.4   25.9
05/15/2024 07:00:00    16.29    18.94    24.98   40.7   25.8
05/15/2024 07:30:00    17.17     8.10    18.98   64.7   25.9
05/15/2024 08:00:00    11.74   -10.12    15.50  130.8   25.8
05/15/2024 08:30:00    12.09     7.69    14.33   57.5   25.8
05/15/2024 09:00:00    -1.00    12.58    12.62  355.5   25.8
05/15/2024 09:30:00   -15.46    -4.74    16.17  253.0   25.8
05/15/2024 10:00:00   -21.44    -5.55    22.15  255.5   25.7
05/15/2024 10:30:00   -26.79     0.88    26.80  271.9   25.6
05/15/2024 11:00:00   -25.29    -1.43    25.33  266.8   25.5
05/15/2024 11:30:00   -25.17     5.69    25.81  282.7   25.4
05/15/2024 12:00:00   -28.31     4.38    28.65  278.8   25.4
05/15/2024 12:30:00   -20.99     7.61    22.33  289.9   25.3
05/15/2024 13:00:00   -19.20    14.25    23.91  306.6   25.4
05/15/2024 13:30:00   -19.46    14.30    24.15  306.3   25.4
05/15/2024 14:00:00   -20.25    12.94    24.03  302.6   25.5
05/15/2024 14:30:00   -24.48    -4.79    24.94  258.9   25.6
05/15/2024 15:00:00   -22.49    -1.86    22.57  265.3   25.6
05/15/2024 15:30:00   -25.65    -4.45    26.03  260.2   25.7
05/15/2024 16:00:00   -25.03    -1.50    25.07  266.6   25.7
05/15/2024 16:30:00   -29.16    -5.84    29.74  258.7   25.7
05/15/2024 17:00:00   -28.58    -6.55    29.32  257.1   25.6
05/15/2024 17:30:00   -32.29    -9.77    33.74  253.2   25.7
05/15/2024 18:00:00   -38.41    -6.76    39.00  260.0   25.8
05/15/2024 18:30:00   -38.82     3.38    38.97  275.0   25.8
05/15/2024 19:00:00   -39.45     2.18    39.51  273.2   25.9
05/15/2024 19:30:00   -44.39     8.03    45.11  280.3   26.1
05/15/2024 20:00:00   -48.27    19.13    51.92  291.6   26.6