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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
01/06/2026 00:00:00    -1.98   -7.96    8.20   194.0    19.3
01/06/2026 00:30:00     0.60   -6.29    6.32   174.6    19.3
01/06/2026 01:00:00    -1.37   -2.12    2.52   212.9    19.3
01/06/2026 01:30:00     1.58   -2.33    2.82   145.9    19.3
01/06/2026 02:00:00     1.22   -1.27    1.76   136.2    19.2
01/06/2026 02:30:00     1.76   -1.78    2.50   135.3    19.2
01/06/2026 03:00:00     1.78   -0.19    1.79    96.1    19.2
01/06/2026 03:30:00     3.45   -3.18    4.69   132.7    19.2
01/06/2026 04:00:00     2.13   -4.14    4.66   152.8    19.2
01/06/2026 04:30:00     3.62   -5.25    6.38   145.4    19.2
01/06/2026 05:00:00     3.11   -4.27    5.28   143.9    19.3
01/06/2026 05:30:00     3.42   -6.00    6.91   150.3    19.2
01/06/2026 06:00:00     3.34   -2.90    4.42   131.0    19.3
01/06/2026 06:30:00     3.55   -5.16    6.26   145.5    19.3
01/06/2026 07:00:00     4.38   -5.50    7.03   141.5    19.3
01/06/2026 07:30:00     3.27   -1.86    3.76   119.6    19.3
01/06/2026 08:00:00     5.46   -3.13    6.29   119.8    19.2
01/06/2026 08:30:00     5.59    1.47    5.78    75.3    19.2
01/06/2026 09:00:00     4.63    2.40    5.22    62.6    19.2
01/06/2026 09:30:00     2.28    4.17    4.75    28.7    19.2
01/06/2026 10:00:00    -4.17    6.19    7.46   326.0    19.2
01/06/2026 10:30:00     4.25    6.34    7.63    33.8    19.1
01/06/2026 11:00:00     6.07    7.01    9.27    40.9    19.0
01/06/2026 11:30:00     6.19    9.62   11.44    32.8    19.0
01/06/2026 12:00:00     8.68   16.02   18.22    28.4    18.9
01/06/2026 12:30:00    -5.42   10.43   11.75   332.5    18.9
01/06/2026 13:00:00   -11.25   14.03   17.98   321.3    18.9
01/06/2026 13:30:00    -4.21   18.55   19.02   347.2    18.8
01/06/2026 14:00:00     2.00   15.85   15.98     7.2    18.8
01/06/2026 14:30:00    -7.38   13.04   14.98   330.5    18.8
01/06/2026 15:00:00    -4.66   11.75   12.64   338.4    18.8
01/06/2026 15:30:00    -1.52   10.33   10.44   351.6    18.8
01/06/2026 16:00:00     1.57    8.74    8.88    10.2    18.7
01/06/2026 16:30:00     1.77    7.26    7.47    13.7    18.7
01/06/2026 17:00:00    -0.19    7.84    7.84   358.6    18.7
01/06/2026 17:30:00     0.86    7.62    7.67     6.4    18.7
01/06/2026 18:00:00     0.75    4.39    4.45     9.7    18.8
01/06/2026 18:30:00    -3.02    1.81    3.52   300.9    18.8
01/06/2026 19:00:00    -3.35   -1.24    3.57   249.7    19.0
01/06/2026 19:30:00    -4.80   -2.41    5.37   243.3    19.2
01/06/2026 20:00:00    -9.57   -2.59    9.91   254.9    19.2
01/06/2026 20:30:00   -11.58    0.93   11.62   274.6    19.3
01/06/2026 21:00:00   -14.12    1.80   14.23   277.3    19.4
01/06/2026 21:30:00   -14.07    0.41   14.08   271.7    19.3
01/06/2026 22:00:00   -15.25   -3.18   15.58   258.2    19.3

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
01/06/2026 00:00:00    19.31   47.04   34.85    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 00:30:00    19.33   47.07   34.86    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 01:00:00    19.27   47.01   34.86    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 01:30:00    19.25   47.01   34.86    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 02:00:00    19.24   46.99   34.86    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 02:30:00    19.23   46.99   34.87    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 03:00:00    19.20   46.96   34.87    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 03:30:00    19.25   47.03   34.88    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 04:00:00    19.23   47.00   34.88    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 04:30:00    19.24   47.01   34.88    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 05:00:00    19.25   47.03   34.89    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 05:30:00    19.24   47.02   34.89    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 06:00:00    19.28   47.08   34.89    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 06:30:00    19.30   47.10   34.90    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 07:00:00    19.28   47.07   34.90    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 07:30:00    19.26   47.06   34.90    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 08:00:00    19.20   46.98   34.88    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 08:30:00    19.22   47.00   34.88    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 09:00:00    19.16   46.91   34.86    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 09:30:00    19.14   46.85   34.83    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 10:00:00    19.16   46.86   34.82    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 10:30:00    19.08   46.74   34.78    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 11:00:00    19.00   46.61   34.75    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 11:30:00    18.97   46.55   34.72    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 12:00:00    18.88   46.41   34.67    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 12:30:00    18.92   46.43   34.66    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 13:00:00    18.85   46.32   34.63    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 13:30:00    18.80   46.24   34.61    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 14:00:00    18.82   46.27   34.61    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 14:30:00    18.81   46.24   34.60    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 15:00:00    18.80   46.21   34.58    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 15:30:00    18.75   46.12   34.55    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 16:00:00    18.71   46.05   34.52    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 16:30:00    18.70   46.01   34.49    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 17:00:00    18.73   46.02   34.47    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 17:30:00    18.75   46.03   34.47    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 18:00:00    18.75   46.03   34.46    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 18:30:00    18.85   46.13   34.47    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 19:00:00    18.99   46.31   34.50    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 19:30:00    19.14   46.51   34.55    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 20:00:00    19.24   46.62   34.55    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 20:30:00    19.30   46.73   34.59    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 21:00:00    19.36   46.80   34.61    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 21:30:00    19.34   46.82   34.64    0.00    0.00
01/06/2026 22:00:00    19.27   46.77   34.65    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-06 21:30Z (01-06 15:30 CST)
F  2026-01-06 22:00Z (01-06 16:00 CST)
J  2026-01-03 19:30Z (01-03 13:30 CST)
R  2026-01-06 22:00Z (01-06 16:00 CST)
W  2026-01-06 21:30Z (01-06 15:30 CST)