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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
02/08/2026 00:00:00    17.69   -4.79   18.33   105.2    15.5
02/08/2026 00:30:00    18.55   -8.75   20.51   115.3    15.6
02/08/2026 01:00:00    17.96   -9.30   20.23   117.4    15.6
02/08/2026 01:30:00    21.61   -8.88   23.36   112.3    15.5
02/08/2026 02:00:00    23.42   -9.70   25.35   112.5    15.7
02/08/2026 02:30:00    23.77   -8.45   25.23   109.6    15.6
02/08/2026 03:00:00    23.85  -11.10   26.31   115.0    15.8
02/08/2026 03:30:00    22.69   -7.40   23.87   108.1    15.8
02/08/2026 04:00:00    20.10   -9.07   22.05   114.3    15.7
02/08/2026 04:30:00    19.03  -10.20   21.59   118.2    15.6
02/08/2026 05:00:00    17.85  -10.79   20.86   121.2    15.6
02/08/2026 05:30:00    18.88  -11.20   21.95   120.7    15.6
02/08/2026 06:00:00    14.53  -12.32   19.05   130.3    15.5
02/08/2026 06:30:00    14.94  -14.65   20.92   134.4    15.4
02/08/2026 07:00:00    16.21  -14.72   21.90   132.2    15.4
02/08/2026 07:30:00    16.46  -12.84   20.88   128.0    15.3
02/08/2026 08:00:00    15.13  -15.10   21.38   134.9    15.4
02/08/2026 08:30:00    16.96  -12.13   20.85   125.6    15.3
02/08/2026 09:00:00    13.53  -13.45   19.08   134.8    15.3
02/08/2026 09:30:00    14.80  -11.75   18.90   128.4    15.3
02/08/2026 10:00:00    13.66  -14.94   20.24   137.6    15.2
02/08/2026 10:30:00    13.59  -11.61   17.87   130.5    15.2
02/08/2026 11:00:00    10.82  -12.66   16.65   139.5    15.3
02/08/2026 11:30:00    11.57  -14.01   18.17   140.4    15.4
02/08/2026 12:00:00    12.31  -11.86   17.09   133.9    15.5
02/08/2026 12:30:00    11.71  -13.24   17.68   138.5    15.5
02/08/2026 13:00:00     7.76  -14.94   16.84   152.6    15.5
02/08/2026 13:30:00     8.87  -11.01   14.14   141.1    15.5
02/08/2026 14:00:00     8.55  -11.28   14.15   142.8    15.4
02/08/2026 14:30:00     9.50   -8.57   12.79   132.1    15.4
02/08/2026 15:00:00     7.28  -10.41   12.70   145.0    15.4
02/08/2026 15:30:00     1.42  -10.94   11.03   172.6    15.4
02/08/2026 16:00:00     4.68   -7.86    9.15   149.2    15.5
02/08/2026 16:30:00     0.81   -6.87    6.92   173.3    15.5
02/08/2026 17:00:00     2.05   -7.46    7.74   164.6    15.7
02/08/2026 17:30:00    -0.39   -1.31    1.37   196.6    15.8
02/08/2026 18:00:00     1.33   -1.13    1.75   130.4    15.8
02/08/2026 18:30:00     2.65   -1.33    2.97   116.7    15.8
02/08/2026 19:00:00     0.03    0.75    0.75     2.3    15.9
02/08/2026 19:30:00     2.05    0.58    2.13    74.2    15.9
02/08/2026 20:00:00     1.28   -1.20    1.75   133.2    15.9
02/08/2026 20:30:00     2.52   -1.77    3.08   125.1    16.0
02/08/2026 21:00:00     0.90   -0.98    1.33   137.4    16.0
02/08/2026 21:30:00    -1.03   -0.03    1.03   268.3    16.0
02/08/2026 22:00:00     3.15    1.16    3.36    69.8    16.0
02/08/2026 22:30:00     2.65    0.84    2.78    72.4    16.0
02/08/2026 23:00:00     2.66    0.21    2.67    85.5    15.9

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
02/08/2026 00:00:00    15.55   37.77   29.92    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 00:30:00    15.66   37.92   29.97    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 01:00:00    15.70   37.96   29.98    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 01:30:00    15.61   37.91   30.01    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 02:00:00    15.78   38.08   30.02    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 02:30:00    15.63   37.99   30.06    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 03:00:00    15.84   38.19   30.07    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 03:30:00    15.80   38.16   30.07    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 04:00:00    15.73   38.09   30.06    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 04:30:00    15.64   38.00   30.06    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 05:00:00    15.68   38.01   30.04    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 05:30:00    15.63   37.95   30.02    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 06:00:00    15.55   37.89   30.03    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 06:30:00    15.49   37.83   30.02    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 07:00:00    15.42   37.77   30.02    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 07:30:00    15.42   37.77   30.02    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 08:00:00    15.44   37.82   30.05    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 08:30:00    15.38   37.77   30.05    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 09:00:00    15.37   37.76   30.05    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 09:30:00    15.30   37.72   30.07    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 10:00:00    15.24   37.65   30.05    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 10:30:00    15.23   37.63   30.04    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 11:00:00    15.38   37.83   30.10    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 11:30:00    15.43   37.91   30.13    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 12:00:00    15.50   37.97   30.13    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 12:30:00    15.50   37.99   30.15    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 13:00:00    15.52   38.00   30.15    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 13:30:00    15.50   38.00   30.16    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 14:00:00    15.48   37.99   30.17    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 14:30:00    15.46   38.02   30.21    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 15:00:00    15.46   38.03   30.22    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 15:30:00    15.47   38.04   30.22    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 16:00:00    15.51   38.04   30.18    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 16:30:00    15.58   38.10   30.19    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 17:00:00    15.71   38.22   30.19    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 17:30:00    15.80   38.30   30.20    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 18:00:00    15.84   38.35   30.20    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 18:30:00    15.89   38.36   30.19    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 19:00:00    15.87   38.37   30.20    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 19:30:00    15.86   38.35   30.20    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 20:00:00    15.97   38.43   30.19    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 20:30:00    16.03   38.45   30.16    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 21:00:00    16.02   38.48   30.18    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 21:30:00    15.98   38.50   30.23    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 22:00:00    16.04   38.50   30.20    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 22:30:00    15.97   38.45   30.20    0.00    0.00
02/08/2026 23:00:00    15.92   38.43   30.21    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-02-08 23:00Z (02-08 17:00 CST)
F  2026-02-08 23:00Z (02-08 17:00 CST)
J  2026-02-08 23:00Z (02-08 17:00 CST)
R  2026-02-08 16:30Z (02-08 10:30 CST)
W  2026-02-08 22:30Z (02-08 16:30 CST)