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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
07/21/2026 05:00:00     1.35   19.26   19.31     4.0    29.9
07/21/2026 05:30:00     5.34   14.60   15.55    20.1    29.9
07/21/2026 06:00:00     3.20   18.75   19.02     9.7    29.9
07/21/2026 06:30:00     9.85   16.00   18.79    31.6    29.9
07/21/2026 07:00:00    15.00   18.07   23.48    39.7    29.9
07/21/2026 07:30:00    16.06   15.42   22.26    46.2    29.9
07/21/2026 08:00:00    16.81   11.64   20.45    55.3    29.9
07/21/2026 08:30:00    11.66   12.30   16.95    43.5    29.8
07/21/2026 09:00:00    21.29   15.32   26.23    54.3    29.8
07/21/2026 09:30:00    18.87   10.19   21.45    61.6    29.8
07/21/2026 10:00:00    21.87   11.96   24.93    61.3    29.8
07/21/2026 10:30:00    24.37   14.23   28.22    59.7    29.8
07/21/2026 11:00:00    24.52    7.73   25.71    72.5    29.7
07/21/2026 11:30:00    27.22    3.21   27.41    83.3    29.7
07/21/2026 12:00:00    27.53    4.50   27.90    80.7    29.7
07/21/2026 12:30:00    27.38    3.91   27.66    81.9    29.7
07/21/2026 13:00:00    30.95    1.57   30.99    87.1    29.7
07/21/2026 13:30:00    29.67   -2.73   29.80    95.3    29.7
07/21/2026 14:00:00    26.68   -0.87   26.69    91.9    29.6
07/21/2026 14:30:00    29.77   -0.15   29.77    90.3    29.7
07/21/2026 15:00:00    28.96   -5.48   29.47   100.7    29.7
07/21/2026 15:30:00    29.89   -3.84   30.14    97.3    29.7
07/21/2026 16:00:00    30.43   -5.24   30.88    99.8    29.7
07/21/2026 16:30:00    27.97   -3.35   28.17    96.8    29.7
07/21/2026 17:00:00    30.03   -8.63   31.25   106.0    29.8
07/21/2026 17:30:00    27.74   -2.57   27.86    95.3    29.8
07/21/2026 18:00:00    28.37   -7.07   29.24   104.0    29.8
07/21/2026 18:30:00    26.50   -5.15   27.00   101.0    29.9
07/21/2026 19:00:00    26.72   -5.48   27.28   101.6    30.0
07/21/2026 19:30:00    30.97   -0.25   30.97    90.5    30.1
07/21/2026 20:00:00    29.61   -6.29   30.27   102.0    30.1
07/21/2026 20:30:00    27.91   -0.66   27.92    91.4    30.0
07/21/2026 21:00:00    26.98   -0.09   26.98    90.2    30.5
07/21/2026 21:30:00    27.81    5.60   28.37    78.6    30.5
07/21/2026 22:00:00    28.29    3.17   28.47    83.6    30.5
07/21/2026 22:30:00    27.85   14.34   31.33    62.8    30.5

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+


Last Data Reported
B  2026-07-21 23:00Z (07-21 18:00 CDT)
D  2026-07-21 23:00Z (07-21 18:00 CDT)
F  2026-07-21 23:00Z (07-21 18:00 CDT)
J  2026-07-21 22:30Z (07-21 17:30 CDT)
R  2026-07-21 23:00Z (07-21 18:00 CDT)
W  2026-07-21 22:30Z (07-21 17:30 CDT)