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
TABS Buoy W -- Texas Automated Buoy System

TABS Buoy W Conditions at 04/19/2024 23:00 UTC (04/19/2024 18:00 CDT)
28° 21.0420'N   96° 0.3480'W
AA3900 DCS - sensor depth 2m
Water Depth: 72 feet (21 meters)
Speed: 23.95 cm/s (0.47 kts) Direction: 0 °T (N) Water Temp: 23°C (74 °F)
System Voltage: 12.8 V Signal Strength: -26.8 dB Ping Count: 150
  


IMPORTANT: Notice to Mariners


Today's Velocity Data (download)

   Date   |  Time  |   East |   North|   Speed|  Dir | WaterT |
          |  (UTC) |  (cm/s)|  (cm/s)|  (cm/s)| (°T) |  (°C)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
04/18/2024 23:00:00     5.48    22.64    23.29   13.6   23.2
04/18/2024 23:30:00     3.22    21.38    21.62    8.6   23.1
04/19/2024 00:00:00     5.48    21.65    22.33   14.2   23.1
04/19/2024 00:30:00    10.24    16.80    19.67   31.4   23.0
04/19/2024 01:00:00    13.25    14.94    19.97   41.6   23.0
04/19/2024 01:30:00    17.19     8.05    18.98   64.9   23.0
04/19/2024 02:00:00    20.38     8.89    22.23   66.4   22.9
04/19/2024 02:30:00    14.73     6.92    16.27   64.8   22.9
04/19/2024 03:00:00    16.36     2.06    16.49   82.8   23.0
04/19/2024 03:30:00    12.84    10.39    16.52   51.0   23.0
04/19/2024 04:00:00     7.54    18.67    20.14   22.0   23.0
04/19/2024 04:30:00     4.28    14.27    14.90   16.7   22.9
04/19/2024 05:00:00     9.31    10.01    13.67   42.9   22.9
04/19/2024 05:30:00     8.33     7.41    11.15   48.3   22.9
04/19/2024 06:00:00    10.73     3.31    11.23   72.9   22.8
04/19/2024 06:30:00    10.40     1.12    10.46   83.9   22.8
04/19/2024 07:00:00    10.43     1.22    10.50   83.3   22.8
04/19/2024 07:30:00     7.05     7.87    10.57   41.9   22.8
04/19/2024 08:00:00     6.87     9.18    11.47   36.8   22.8
04/19/2024 08:30:00     3.47    10.30    10.87   18.6   22.8
04/19/2024 09:00:00     5.02     8.73    10.07   29.9   22.8
04/19/2024 09:30:00    -0.13    11.01    11.01  359.3   22.8
04/19/2024 10:00:00     1.04    14.89    14.93    4.0   22.8
04/19/2024 10:30:00     2.67    13.65    13.91   11.1   22.8
04/19/2024 11:00:00     2.47    15.04    15.24    9.3   22.8
04/19/2024 11:30:00     4.94    15.57    16.33   17.6   22.8
04/19/2024 12:00:00     0.76    17.81    17.83    2.4   22.8
04/19/2024 12:30:00     3.33    16.00    16.34   11.8   22.8
04/19/2024 13:00:00     8.14    16.93    18.79   25.7   22.8
04/19/2024 13:30:00     9.43    14.60    17.38   32.9   22.9
04/19/2024 14:00:00     9.12    16.17    18.56   29.4   22.9
04/19/2024 14:30:00     0.03    20.27    20.27    0.1   22.9
04/19/2024 15:00:00    -9.91    17.65    20.24  330.7   23.0
04/19/2024 15:30:00    -7.23    16.10    17.65  335.8   23.0
04/19/2024 16:00:00    -7.16    18.67    20.00  339.0   23.0
04/19/2024 16:30:00    -9.00    17.28    19.48  332.5   23.1
04/19/2024 17:00:00    -9.80    21.04    23.21  335.0   23.1
04/19/2024 17:30:00    -8.60    20.93    22.63  337.7   23.2
04/19/2024 18:00:00    -2.38    21.64    21.77  353.7   23.3
04/19/2024 18:30:00     0.22    17.83    17.83    0.7   23.4
04/19/2024 19:00:00     1.04    22.24    22.26    2.7   23.4
04/19/2024 19:30:00    -1.27    24.65    24.68  357.1   23.4
04/19/2024 20:00:00    -3.56    27.18    27.41  352.5   23.4
04/19/2024 20:30:00     2.72    24.90    25.05    6.2   23.4
04/19/2024 21:00:00     0.72    25.05    25.06    1.6   23.4
04/19/2024 21:30:00     6.21    20.52    21.44   16.8   23.3
04/19/2024 22:00:00     8.71    20.63    22.39   22.9   23.3
04/19/2024 22:30:00     2.09    22.85    22.95    5.2   23.3
04/19/2024 23:00:00     0.20    23.95    23.95    0.5   23.3