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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
04/29/2019 00:00:00    -7.94   -3.22    8.57   247.9    24.8
04/29/2019 00:30:00    -4.95   -7.33    8.84   214.0    24.0
04/29/2019 01:00:00   -30.26    1.89   30.32   273.6    23.6
04/29/2019 01:30:00    -5.22  -10.76   11.96   205.9    23.4
04/29/2019 02:00:00     9.21  -23.05   24.82   158.2    23.1
04/29/2019 02:30:00   121.28  -35.22  126.29   106.2    23.0
04/29/2019 03:00:00    13.59   -6.09   14.89   114.1    22.8
04/29/2019 03:30:00   161.82    8.31  162.03    87.1    22.8
04/29/2019 04:00:00    23.08   17.94   29.23    52.1    22.9
04/29/2019 04:30:00   -33.01   13.03   35.49   291.5    22.8
04/29/2019 05:00:00    -0.27   15.56   15.56   359.0    22.6
04/29/2019 05:30:00   100.15   19.85  102.10    78.8    22.4
04/29/2019 06:00:00    21.73   -5.76   22.48   104.8    22.6
04/29/2019 06:30:00    38.45   12.53   40.44    72.0    22.9
04/29/2019 07:00:00    25.86   -1.90   25.93    94.2    22.9
04/29/2019 07:30:00   -30.84    3.86   31.08   277.1    22.8
04/29/2019 08:00:00   -31.80  -12.01   33.99   249.3    22.5
04/29/2019 08:30:00   -52.97  -37.27   64.77   234.9    22.5
04/29/2019 09:00:00   -24.68    1.57   24.73   273.6    22.3
04/29/2019 09:30:00   -41.26  -16.33   44.37   248.4    22.4
04/29/2019 10:00:00   -36.68   18.54   41.10   296.8    22.4
04/29/2019 10:30:00   -32.30   -1.43   32.33   267.5    22.6
04/29/2019 11:00:00   -52.47   12.66   53.98   283.6    22.6

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
04/29/2019 00:00:00    23.90    0.17    0.08    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 00:30:00    23.77    0.17    0.09    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 01:00:00    23.83    0.18    0.09    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 01:30:00    23.66    0.19    0.10    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 02:00:00    23.65    0.20    0.10    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 02:30:00    23.02    0.20    0.10    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 03:00:00    22.89    0.21    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 03:30:00    23.00    0.21    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 04:00:00    22.91    0.21    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 04:30:00    23.02    0.21    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 05:00:00    22.61    0.22    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 05:30:00    22.45    0.22    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 06:00:00    23.14    0.22    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 06:30:00    23.05    0.22    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 07:00:00    22.84    0.22    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 07:30:00    22.67    0.22    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 08:00:00    22.81    0.23    0.12    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 08:30:00    22.71    0.23    0.12    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 09:00:00    22.70    0.22    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 09:30:00    22.64    0.22    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 10:00:00    22.97    0.22    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 10:30:00    22.90    0.22    0.11    0.00    0.00
04/29/2019 11:00:00    23.04    0.22    0.11    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-02 18:00Z (01-02 12:00 CST)
F  2026-01-02 20:30Z (01-02 14:30 CST)
J  2026-01-02 20:00Z (01-02 14:00 CST)
R  2026-01-02 20:30Z (01-02 14:30 CST)
W  2026-01-02 20:00Z (01-02 14:00 CST)