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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
01/20/2026 00:00:00    -3.06   -2.54    3.98   230.3    17.3
01/20/2026 00:30:00    -1.81   -1.02    2.08   240.6    17.3
01/20/2026 01:00:00    -4.66   -0.28    4.67   266.6    17.2
01/20/2026 01:30:00    -4.59   -2.57    5.26   240.8    17.2
01/20/2026 02:00:00    -5.09   -3.72    6.30   233.8    17.2
01/20/2026 02:30:00    -4.93   -4.04    6.37   230.7    17.2
01/20/2026 03:00:00    -3.00   -2.64    4.00   228.7    17.1
01/20/2026 03:30:00    -1.56   -4.96    5.20   197.5    17.1
01/20/2026 04:00:00    -1.89   -1.48    2.40   231.9    17.1
01/20/2026 04:30:00    -2.00   -1.62    2.57   231.0    17.1
01/20/2026 05:00:00    -2.17   -0.42    2.21   259.0    17.1
01/20/2026 05:30:00     0.00    2.39    2.39     0.0    17.1
01/20/2026 06:00:00    -3.67    0.28    3.68   274.4    17.1
01/20/2026 06:30:00     0.27   -1.60    1.62   170.4    17.1
01/20/2026 07:00:00    -1.48   -0.42    1.54   254.2    17.1
01/20/2026 07:30:00    -1.54   -1.77    2.35   221.0    17.1
01/20/2026 08:00:00    -2.48   -0.07    2.48   268.4    17.1
01/20/2026 08:30:00    -4.23   -5.53    6.96   217.4    17.1
01/20/2026 09:00:00    -6.98   -4.95    8.56   234.7    17.1
01/20/2026 09:30:00    -6.05   -9.10   10.93   213.6    17.0
01/20/2026 10:00:00    -6.72   -6.68    9.48   225.2    17.0
01/20/2026 10:30:00    -8.63  -10.82   13.84   218.6    17.0
01/20/2026 11:00:00   -10.77   -8.86   13.95   230.6    17.0
01/20/2026 11:30:00   -13.21   -9.37   16.20   234.7    16.9
01/20/2026 12:00:00   -13.62  -14.23   19.70   223.7    16.9
01/20/2026 12:30:00   -10.24   -9.69   14.10   226.6    16.9
01/20/2026 13:00:00    -6.73  -13.45   15.04   206.6    16.9
01/20/2026 13:30:00   -13.33  -12.61   18.35   226.6    16.8
01/20/2026 14:00:00   -11.66  -13.51   17.85   220.8    16.8
01/20/2026 14:30:00   -13.96  -15.67   20.99   221.7    16.7
01/20/2026 15:00:00   -12.76  -12.85   18.11   224.8    16.7
01/20/2026 15:30:00   -12.15  -12.14   17.18   225.0    16.7
01/20/2026 16:00:00   -10.30   -9.81   14.22   226.4    16.8
01/20/2026 16:30:00    -5.68  -11.59   12.91   206.1    16.8
01/20/2026 17:00:00    -4.67  -10.56   11.55   203.9    16.9
01/20/2026 17:30:00    -1.51  -13.28   13.37   186.5    17.0
01/20/2026 18:00:00     6.70  -13.61   15.17   153.8    17.0
01/20/2026 18:30:00     4.73   -7.29    8.69   147.0    17.0
01/20/2026 19:00:00     5.66   -5.82    8.12   135.8    17.0
01/20/2026 19:30:00     9.45   -5.09   10.73   118.3    17.0
01/20/2026 20:00:00     9.61   -5.86   11.26   121.4    17.1
01/20/2026 20:30:00     8.72    0.04    8.72    89.7    17.1
01/20/2026 21:00:00     5.70    2.66    6.29    65.0    17.1
01/20/2026 21:30:00     5.96    0.59    5.99    84.3    17.1
01/20/2026 22:00:00     3.66   -1.92    4.13   117.7    17.0
01/20/2026 22:30:00     2.22   -1.08    2.47   115.9    17.0
01/20/2026 23:00:00    -0.07   -2.13    2.13   181.9    17.0
01/20/2026 23:30:00     0.15   -3.17    3.17   177.3    17.0

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
01/20/2026 00:00:00    17.28   45.11   34.93    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 00:30:00    17.26   45.09   34.93    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 01:00:00    17.24   45.06   34.93    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 01:30:00    17.22   45.05   34.92    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 02:00:00    17.21   45.03   34.92    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 02:30:00    17.18   44.99   34.91    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 03:00:00    17.15   44.94   34.90    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 03:30:00    17.11   44.89   34.89    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 04:00:00    17.07   44.85   34.88    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 04:30:00    17.08   44.87   34.89    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 05:00:00    17.07   44.86   34.89    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 05:30:00    17.07   44.86   34.89    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 06:00:00    17.08   44.88   34.90    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 06:30:00    17.08   44.88   34.90    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 07:00:00    17.09   44.89   34.91    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 07:30:00    17.08   44.88   34.90    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 08:00:00    17.07   44.86   34.90    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 08:30:00    17.07   44.87   34.90    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 09:00:00    17.06   44.86   34.90    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 09:30:00    17.01   44.79   34.88    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 10:00:00    16.98   44.74   34.87    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 10:30:00    17.01   44.78   34.87    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 11:00:00    16.96   44.69   34.84    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 11:30:00    16.90   44.61   34.82    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 12:00:00    16.89   44.60   34.82    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 12:30:00    16.89   44.58   34.81    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 13:00:00    16.91   44.64   34.84    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 13:30:00    16.82   44.52   34.82    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 14:00:00    16.76   44.45   34.80    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 14:30:00    16.69   44.34   34.77    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 15:00:00    16.71   44.35   34.77    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 15:30:00    16.73   44.37   34.77    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 16:00:00    16.76   44.41   34.78    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 16:30:00    16.81   44.48   34.79    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 17:00:00    16.92   44.65   34.84    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 17:30:00    16.94   44.70   34.87    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 18:00:00    17.00   44.78   34.88    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 18:30:00    16.99   44.77   34.89    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 19:00:00    17.01   44.82   34.91    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 19:30:00    16.99   44.82   34.93    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 20:00:00    17.12   45.01   34.99    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 20:30:00    17.08   44.91   34.93    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 21:00:00    17.04   44.85   34.91    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 21:30:00    17.04   44.84   34.91    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 22:00:00    17.02   44.82   34.90    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 22:30:00    17.02   44.82   34.91    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 23:00:00    17.01   44.81   34.91    0.00    0.00
01/20/2026 23:30:00    17.01   44.81   34.91    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-20 23:30Z (01-20 17:30 CST)
F  2026-01-20 23:30Z (01-20 17:30 CST)
J  2026-01-20 23:30Z (01-20 17:30 CST)
R  2026-01-20 22:30Z (01-20 16:30 CST)
W  2026-01-20 23:30Z (01-20 17:30 CST)