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 04/30/2024 06:00 UTC (04/30/2024 01:00 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: 49.11 cm/s (0.95 kts) Direction: 347 °T (NNW) Water Temp: 24°C (76 °F)
System Voltage: 11.9 V Signal Strength: -1.7 dB Ping Count: 137
Wind: 0.0 m/s (0.0 kts)
          From 270°T (W)
Air Temp: 25 °C (77 °F)
Relative Humidity:  79 %
Pressure: 1012.1 mb (29.89 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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04/30/2024 00:00:00   -28.32   -10.11    30.07  250.4   24.4
04/30/2024 00:30:00   -31.28    -6.17    31.88  258.8   24.3
04/30/2024 01:00:00   -36.70     0.99    36.71  271.5   24.3
04/30/2024 01:30:00   -33.72     6.07    34.26  280.2   24.3
04/30/2024 02:00:00   -33.60    11.58    35.54  289.0   24.4
04/30/2024 02:30:00   -33.15    14.47    36.17  293.6   24.4
04/30/2024 03:00:00   -30.63    24.82    39.42  309.0   24.5
04/30/2024 03:30:00   -30.15    28.95    41.80  313.8   24.5
04/30/2024 04:00:00   -27.98    34.95    44.77  321.3   24.5
04/30/2024 04:30:00   -22.73    40.65    46.57  330.8   24.5
04/30/2024 05:00:00   -18.47    44.94    48.59  337.7   24.4
04/30/2024 05:30:00   -15.84    48.16    50.70  341.8   24.4
04/30/2024 06:00:00   -10.90    47.89    49.11  347.2   24.3



       
  Today's Wave Data

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