Wind-induced, near-inertial oscillations over the Texas-Louisiana shelf in spring and summer 1992 are described using the current and wind observations taken during the first year of the Texas-Louisiana Shelf Circulation and Transport Processes Study (LATEX A). Rotary spectral analysis shows clockwise-rotating energy peaks at near-inertial frequencies for records from all current meter moorings after the suppression of principal tidal signals. The vertical structure of near-inertial oscillations is characterized by a first baroclinic mode with a near 180¿ phase difference between the upper mixed layer and the lower stratified layer. The oscillations are intermittent with a modulation timescale of about 5--10 days. They are surface-intensified and have maximum values near the shelf break, decaying gradually toward the coast but rapidly offshore. Near-inertial oscillations appear to accompany a sudden change of the wind stress during frontal passages. Diagnostic analysis suggests that the large near-inertial oscillations over the LATEX shelf are mainly generated by high-frequency (near-inertial) variation of the wind stress accompanying the passage of atmospheric fronts. When the downward transfer of the near-inertial energy to the deep stratified layer is small, a simple mixed layer model forced by the observed wind stress provides a reasonable prediction of the near-inertial currents in the mixed layer. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996