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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
01/10/2026 00:00:00     6.49   10.71   12.52    31.2    21.2
01/10/2026 00:30:00     6.12    8.83   10.74    34.7    21.1
01/10/2026 01:00:00     3.88    9.10    9.89    23.1    21.1
01/10/2026 01:30:00     3.64    7.87    8.67    24.8    21.2
01/10/2026 02:00:00     5.15    8.76   10.16    30.5    21.1
01/10/2026 02:30:00     4.65    8.84    9.99    27.7    21.1
01/10/2026 03:00:00     4.55    8.22    9.40    29.0    21.2
01/10/2026 03:30:00     4.53    5.51    7.13    39.4    21.2
01/10/2026 04:00:00     8.13   -1.60    8.29   101.1    21.2
01/10/2026 04:30:00     4.77    3.91    6.17    50.7    21.2
01/10/2026 05:00:00    10.77    1.23   10.84    83.5    21.2
01/10/2026 05:30:00     7.91   -2.47    8.29   107.3    21.2
01/10/2026 06:00:00     4.98   -3.77    6.25   127.1    21.2
01/10/2026 06:30:00     1.43   -8.86    8.97   170.8    21.2
01/10/2026 07:00:00   -10.08   -1.07   10.14   263.9    21.1
01/10/2026 07:30:00    -5.79   -0.66    5.83   263.5    21.1
01/10/2026 08:00:00    -5.65    1.26    5.79   282.6    21.1
01/10/2026 08:30:00    -1.09    1.92    2.21   330.4    21.1
01/10/2026 09:00:00    -0.87    1.49    1.73   329.7    21.1
01/10/2026 09:30:00    -7.15   -0.28    7.16   267.8    21.1
01/10/2026 10:00:00    -3.83   -1.47    4.10   249.0    21.1
01/10/2026 10:30:00    -4.45   -8.10    9.24   208.8    21.1
01/10/2026 11:00:00    -7.95   -8.07   11.33   224.6    21.1
01/10/2026 11:30:00    -2.70   -9.36    9.74   196.1    21.1
01/10/2026 12:30:00     0.98   -7.31    7.38   172.4    21.1
01/10/2026 13:00:00    -2.04  -11.33   11.51   190.2    21.0
01/10/2026 13:30:00    -5.02  -12.92   13.86   201.2    21.0
01/10/2026 14:00:00    -8.63  -15.42   17.67   209.2    21.0
01/10/2026 14:30:00   -11.48  -11.84   16.49   224.1    20.9
01/10/2026 15:00:00   -14.15  -12.12   18.63   229.4    20.9
01/10/2026 15:30:00   -10.91  -12.72   16.76   220.6    21.0
01/10/2026 16:00:00   -19.28   -8.82   21.20   245.4    21.0

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
01/10/2026 00:00:00    21.20   42.81   29.99    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 00:30:00    21.16   42.75   29.97    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 01:00:00    21.18   42.80   30.00    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 01:30:00    21.19   42.82   30.00    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 02:00:00    21.17   42.83   30.02    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 02:30:00    21.17   42.82   30.01    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 03:00:00    21.19   42.82   30.00    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 03:30:00    21.21   42.81   29.98    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 04:00:00    21.21   42.83   30.00    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 04:30:00    21.21   42.85   30.01    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 05:00:00    21.20   42.84   30.02    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 05:30:00    21.19   42.80   29.99    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 06:00:00    21.21   42.83   30.00    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 06:30:00    21.19   42.83   30.01    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 07:00:00    21.12   42.77   30.01    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 07:30:00    21.08   42.73   30.01    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 08:00:00    21.08   42.72   30.00    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 08:30:00    21.08   42.74   30.02    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 09:00:00    21.08   42.74   30.02    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 09:30:00    21.08   42.75   30.02    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 10:00:00    21.09   42.73   30.00    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 10:30:00    21.10   42.74   30.00    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 11:00:00    21.10   42.77   30.03    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 11:30:00    21.10   42.79   30.04    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 12:30:00    21.10   42.77   30.03    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 13:00:00    21.06   42.75   30.04    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 13:30:00    21.02   42.70   30.03    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 14:00:00    20.97   42.71   30.07    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 14:30:00    20.99   42.74   30.08    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 15:00:00    21.03   42.80   30.10    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 15:30:00    20.99   42.82   30.14    0.00    0.00
01/10/2026 16:00:00    21.02   42.84   30.14    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-10 15:30Z (01-10 09:30 CST)
F  2026-01-10 15:30Z (01-10 09:30 CST)
J  2026-01-10 15:30Z (01-10 09:30 CST)
R  2026-01-10 15:30Z (01-10 09:30 CST)
W  2026-01-10 15:00Z (01-10 09:00 CST)