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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
01/05/2026 00:00:00     3.57   -7.17    8.01   153.5    18.6
01/05/2026 00:30:00     4.02   -8.33    9.25   154.2    18.5
01/05/2026 01:00:00     1.38  -11.63   11.71   173.2    18.5
01/05/2026 01:30:00     1.33  -14.26   14.32   174.7    18.5
01/05/2026 02:00:00    -3.54  -13.90   14.34   194.3    18.4
01/05/2026 02:30:00    -8.70  -11.60   14.50   216.9    18.5
01/05/2026 03:00:00    -7.47  -11.19   13.45   213.7    18.4
01/05/2026 03:30:00    -4.24  -16.32   16.86   194.6    18.4
01/05/2026 04:00:00    -1.65  -12.89   13.00   187.3    18.5
01/05/2026 04:30:00    -3.31  -11.94   12.39   195.5    18.5
01/05/2026 05:00:00    -2.22  -15.04   15.20   188.4    18.5
01/05/2026 05:30:00    -6.76   -8.48   10.84   218.6    18.6
01/05/2026 06:00:00    -7.61   -9.86   12.46   217.7    18.6
01/05/2026 06:30:00    -5.79    1.36    5.95   283.2    18.6
01/05/2026 07:00:00    -3.70   -0.19    3.70   267.1    18.6
01/05/2026 07:30:00    -7.24   -2.13    7.55   253.6    18.6
01/05/2026 08:00:00    -7.27    5.45    9.09   306.9    18.7
01/05/2026 08:30:00    -7.32    0.74    7.36   275.8    18.7
01/05/2026 09:00:00    -2.83   -2.90    4.05   224.3    18.7
01/05/2026 09:30:00    -6.55   -2.72    7.09   247.4    18.7

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
01/05/2026 00:00:00    18.54   41.75   31.06    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 00:30:00    18.49   41.70   31.06    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 01:00:00    18.50   41.74   31.08    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 01:30:00    18.49   41.74   31.09    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 02:00:00    18.45   41.69   31.09    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 02:30:00    18.47   41.76   31.12    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 03:00:00    18.42   41.72   31.13    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 03:30:00    18.42   41.75   31.15    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 04:00:00    18.42   41.79   31.18    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 04:30:00    18.43   41.87   31.25    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 05:00:00    18.47   41.99   31.32    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 05:30:00    18.52   42.15   31.41    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 06:00:00    18.56   42.26   31.47    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 06:30:00    18.57   42.29   31.49    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 07:00:00    18.60   42.36   31.52    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 07:30:00    18.59   42.33   31.51    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 08:00:00    18.63   42.46   31.58    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 08:30:00    18.64   42.44   31.56    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 09:00:00    18.66   42.48   31.58    0.00    0.00
01/05/2026 09:30:00    18.70   42.55   31.60    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-05 09:30Z (01-05 03:30 CST)
F  2026-01-05 10:00Z (01-05 04:00 CST)
J  2026-01-03 19:30Z (01-03 13:30 CST)
R  2026-01-05 10:00Z (01-05 04:00 CST)
W  2026-01-05 09:30Z (01-05 03:30 CST)