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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
02/20/2026 00:00:00     1.72    9.88   10.03     9.9    17.4
02/20/2026 00:30:00    -3.04    9.93   10.38   343.0    17.4
02/20/2026 01:00:00    -1.81    8.90    9.08   348.5    17.4
02/20/2026 01:30:00    -4.19    7.04    8.19   329.2    17.4
02/20/2026 02:00:00    -5.38    7.36    9.12   323.8    17.4
02/20/2026 02:30:00    -6.20    7.45    9.69   320.2    17.4
02/20/2026 03:00:00    -6.36    4.91    8.03   307.7    17.5
02/20/2026 03:30:00    -7.46    2.40    7.84   287.8    17.4
02/20/2026 04:00:00    -7.81   -1.87    8.03   256.5    17.4
02/20/2026 04:30:00    -3.10   -3.05    4.35   225.5    17.4
02/20/2026 05:00:00    -3.30   -4.89    5.90   214.0    17.4
02/20/2026 05:30:00    -4.87   -2.80    5.62   240.1    17.4
02/20/2026 06:00:00    -0.79   -5.16    5.22   188.7    17.4
02/20/2026 06:30:00    -5.44   -7.54    9.30   215.8    17.4
02/20/2026 07:00:00    -0.53   -6.64    6.66   184.6    17.4
02/20/2026 07:30:00    -0.14   -7.02    7.02   181.1    17.4
02/20/2026 08:00:00     0.96   -6.84    6.91   172.0    17.4
02/20/2026 08:30:00     0.13   -6.71    6.71   178.9    17.4
02/20/2026 09:00:00    -0.12   -7.25    7.25   180.9    17.4
02/20/2026 09:30:00     2.49   -6.73    7.18   159.7    17.4
02/20/2026 10:00:00     0.77   -3.94    4.01   168.9    17.4
02/20/2026 10:30:00     0.78   -6.54    6.59   173.2    17.4
02/20/2026 11:00:00    -0.13   -7.28    7.28   181.0    17.3
02/20/2026 11:30:00     4.43   -6.80    8.12   146.9    17.3
02/20/2026 12:00:00     2.98   -5.07    5.88   149.6    17.3
02/20/2026 12:30:00     3.04   -2.57    3.98   130.2    17.3
02/20/2026 13:00:00    -1.19    1.64    2.03   324.0    17.3
02/20/2026 13:30:00    -2.17    1.80    2.82   309.7    17.3
02/20/2026 14:00:00    -2.66   -1.43    3.02   241.7    17.3
02/20/2026 14:30:00    -4.48    5.40    7.02   320.3    17.3
02/20/2026 15:00:00    -4.16    3.45    5.40   309.7    17.4
02/20/2026 15:30:00    -4.11    1.72    4.46   292.7    17.4

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
02/20/2026 00:00:00    17.35   44.41   34.27    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 00:30:00    17.36   44.42   34.26    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 01:00:00    17.39   44.47   34.28    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 01:30:00    17.43   44.54   34.31    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 02:00:00    17.42   44.57   34.34    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 02:30:00    17.44   44.60   34.35    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 03:00:00    17.46   44.65   34.37    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 03:30:00    17.44   44.67   34.41    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 04:00:00    17.38   44.68   34.47    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 04:30:00    17.39   44.68   34.47    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 05:00:00    17.39   44.69   34.48    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 05:30:00    17.39   44.71   34.48    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 06:00:00    17.39   44.71   34.49    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 06:30:00    17.39   44.72   34.50    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 07:00:00    17.38   44.73   34.52    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 07:30:00    17.38   44.74   34.52    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 08:00:00    17.38   44.74   34.53    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 08:30:00    17.37   44.73   34.53    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 09:00:00    17.37   44.72   34.52    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 09:30:00    17.36   44.71   34.52    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 10:00:00    17.35   44.69   34.51    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 10:30:00    17.34   44.68   34.50    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 11:00:00    17.29   44.53   34.42    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 11:30:00    17.28   44.50   34.40    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 12:00:00    17.27   44.44   34.37    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 12:30:00    17.26   44.43   34.36    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 13:00:00    17.27   44.44   34.35    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 13:30:00    17.28   44.45   34.36    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 14:00:00    17.30   44.47   34.37    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 14:30:00    17.32   44.50   34.37    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 15:00:00    17.35   44.54   34.38    0.00    0.00
02/20/2026 15:30:00    17.36   44.57   34.39    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-02-20 14:30Z (02-20 08:30 CST)
F  2026-02-20 15:00Z (02-20 09:00 CST)
J  2026-02-20 08:30Z (02-20 02:30 CST)
R  2026-02-20 14:30Z (02-20 08:30 CST)
W  2026-02-20 14:30Z (02-20 08:30 CST)