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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
01/03/2026 00:00:00    38.01   -6.78   38.61   100.1    19.1
01/03/2026 00:30:00    38.14   -9.41   39.28   103.9    19.2
01/03/2026 01:00:00    37.56  -12.91   39.72   109.0    19.1
01/03/2026 01:30:00    37.35  -15.16   40.31   112.1    19.1
01/03/2026 02:00:00    39.50  -15.64   42.48   111.6    19.1
01/03/2026 02:30:00    38.46  -11.75   40.21   107.0    19.1
01/03/2026 03:00:00    42.12  -22.21   47.62   117.8    19.2
01/03/2026 03:30:00    43.66  -18.34   47.36   112.8    19.1
01/03/2026 04:00:00    43.43  -22.70   49.00   117.6    19.2
01/03/2026 05:30:00    45.60  -27.48   53.24   121.1    19.4

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
01/03/2026 00:00:00    19.17   39.67   28.91    0.00    0.00
01/03/2026 00:30:00    19.25   39.76   28.92    0.00    0.00
01/03/2026 01:00:00    19.17   39.66   28.89    0.00    0.00
01/03/2026 01:30:00    19.13   39.62   28.89    0.00    0.00
01/03/2026 02:00:00    19.09   39.53   28.84    0.00    0.00
01/03/2026 02:30:00    19.12   39.64   28.92    0.00    0.00
01/03/2026 03:00:00    19.21   39.64   28.85    0.00    0.00
01/03/2026 03:30:00    19.19   39.73   28.94    0.00    0.00
01/03/2026 04:00:00    19.19   39.87   29.05    0.00    0.00
01/03/2026 05:30:00    19.45   40.18   29.13    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-03 05:30Z (01-02 23:30 CST)
F  2026-01-03 08:00Z (01-03 02:00 CST)
J  2026-01-03 07:00Z (01-03 01:00 CST)
R  2026-01-03 08:00Z (01-03 02:00 CST)
W  2026-01-03 07:30Z (01-03 01:30 CST)