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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
04/18/2026 00:00:00   -20.22   -5.45   20.94   254.9    23.7
04/18/2026 00:30:00   -11.20   -6.84   13.12   238.6    23.6
04/18/2026 01:00:00    -8.08   -1.17    8.16   261.8    23.9
04/18/2026 01:30:00   -19.61   -5.84   20.46   253.4    23.8
04/18/2026 02:00:00   -18.04   -3.55   18.39   258.9    23.8
04/18/2026 02:30:00   -13.45   -3.07   13.80   257.1    23.6
04/18/2026 03:00:00   -17.33   -3.59   17.70   258.3    23.5
04/18/2026 03:30:00   -12.29   -3.28   12.72   255.1    23.4
04/18/2026 04:00:00   -11.26   -3.98   11.94   250.5    23.4
04/18/2026 04:30:00   -13.62   -2.68   13.88   258.9    23.6
04/18/2026 05:00:00   -13.10   -1.04   13.14   265.5    23.7
04/18/2026 05:30:00   -13.26    0.18   13.26   270.8    23.8
04/18/2026 06:00:00   -11.89   -1.34   11.97   263.6    23.8
04/18/2026 06:30:00   -14.09   -0.08   14.09   269.7    23.9
04/18/2026 07:00:00   -16.43    0.67   16.44   272.3    23.9

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
04/18/2026 00:00:00    23.73   49.77   33.50    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 00:30:00    23.55   49.54   33.46    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 01:00:00    23.84   49.99   33.58    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 01:30:00    23.80   49.95   33.58    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 02:00:00    23.77   49.90   33.57    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 02:30:00    23.59   49.68   33.53    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 03:00:00    23.47   49.52   33.50    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 03:30:00    23.37   49.38   33.47    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 04:00:00    23.36   49.37   33.47    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 04:30:00    23.51   49.60   33.53    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 05:00:00    23.69   49.88   33.61    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 05:30:00    23.81   50.07   33.66    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 06:00:00    23.82   50.09   33.66    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 06:30:00    23.83   50.10   33.67    0.00    0.00
04/18/2026 07:00:00    23.87   50.16   33.69    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-04-18 06:00Z (04-18 01:00 CDT)
D  2026-04-18 02:30Z (04-17 21:30 CDT)
F  2026-04-18 06:30Z (04-18 01:30 CDT)
J  2026-04-18 06:30Z (04-18 01:30 CDT)
R  2026-04-18 06:30Z (04-18 01:30 CDT)
W  2026-04-18 06:00Z (04-18 01:00 CDT)