Daily Update

Cape Canaveral, FL

June 17, 2024

Notices

PORT LIMITS/INFORMATION: (UPDATED 03/06/24)
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Depths - (salt density) is 1.023
Entrance to channel - 46.0 ft
Harbor channel - 44.0 ft
Turning basin – 43’00 ft  Middle turning basin 43.0 ft’ Maximum allowed draft – 40’ FT   / Under keel clearance - channel – 3.0 FT / alongside berths - 0.5 ft   /  Vessels 38'01" – 40’00' will be tide restricted  and require 2 adequate tugs
 
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BERTH LIMITS/INFORMATION: (UPDATED 03/06/24)
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South Cargo Pier 4 – Max. draft – 39’06 – Max loa 975’00 – Max beam -106’00
North Cargo Pier 1A – Max. draft – 38’06”
North Cargo Pier 1B – Max. draft – 38’6”  -  max length for tankers at NCP 1B to be capped at 840’ (A good benchmark to use is a BCM of 420’) / 150’ Max Beam / 95,000 MT Max Displacement  
North Cargo Pier 2 – Max. draft – 39’06 (Vessels over 650’ restricted to 38’06)
 
A vessel with a draft that does not exceed 38 00″may transit the channels and basins at any time and stage of the tide. Vessels that have a draft in excess of 38’00″are considered “tide jobs” and will be advised by the Harbormaster and Canaveral Pilots of the time of boarding with consideration given to the stage of the tide. These vessels are generally scheduled to begin an inbound transit two hours prior to high tide.  A minimum under keel clearance of 2’6” is required during the transit of the channels and basins. (UPDATED 1/26/24)
 
54'00" MAX Waterline to Manifold for all TPSI Vessels
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FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL FILING REQUIREMENTS
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96 Hours - advance notice of arrival required by USCG.
48 Hours - advance paperwork for foreign vessels and US flag arriving foreign to Customs and Border Patrol.
24 Hours (minimum) - Foreign cargo must submit a manifest to the Customs & Border Patrol AMS.
24 Hours - advance notice of arrival required by Port Authority via Harbor Master and Pilots.
 
Port Security - All persons doing ship’s business within Port Canaveral must have TWIC prior to be allowed onto any terminal.  Escort required without a TWIC.  Vehicles must have permanent company markings to be allowed onto any terminal.
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DUE: PER LINK   
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NEWS ARTICLES:  NONE
 
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CURRENT ISSUES:  06/18/24 - Tuesday, June 18: SpaceX Astra 1P/SES-24  Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Astra 1P satellite, which will broadcast satellite TV channels across Germany, France and Spain, for Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES.  Launch: 5:35 p.m. Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.  Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space. 
 
TBA: SpaceX Starlink 10-2 - Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will deploy a batch of Starlink internet satellites, which are packed inside the fairing atop the 230-foot rocket.  Launch: TBA (postponed from Wednesday, Thursday and Friday).  Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.  Trajectory: Northeast.  Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
 
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FUTURE ISSUES:  06/25/24 - Tuesday, June 25: SpaceX Falcon Heavy GOES-U - Mission: NOAA’s last GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites) spacecraft, which will monitor weather and environmental phenomena, will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.  Launch: TBA.  Location: Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.  Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
06/26/24 - 0900 - Canaveral Port Authority Monthly meeting - 445 Challenger Road  Cape Canaveral, Fl 32920
 
07/05/24 – PROPELLER CLUB - July 5  Port Fireworks Dinner!!!
07/08/24 – PROPELLER CLUB - July 8  Board Meeting, Fishlips 11:30 am
 
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Hurricane Alert:  4/SEASONAL – TWO SYSTEMS BEING MONITORED
800 AM EDT Mon Jun 17 2024

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:


1. Satellite imagery and surface observations indicate that a broad
area of low pressure is forming over the Bay of Campeche.
Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional gradual
development, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is likely
to form by midweek while it moves slowly westward or
west-northwestward toward the western Gulf coast.

Regardless of development, several days of heavy rainfall are
expected across portions of southern Mexico and Central America, and
these rains are likely to cause life-threatening flooding and flash
flooding.  Locally heavy rainfall is also expected to spread over
portions of the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Mexico by the
middle of the week.  In addition, gale warnings have been issued for
portions of the Gulf of Mexico, and more information on those
warnings is available in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National
Weather Service.  Interests along the western and northwestern Gulf
coasts should monitor the progress of this system. An Air Force
Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate the
system later today.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.


2. Southwestern Atlantic Ocean:
An area of cloudiness and thunderstorms located several hundred
miles east of the Bahamas is associated with a surface trough and
an upper-level area of low pressure.  Environmental conditions
could be conducive for some development of this system during the
next few days while it moves westward or west-northwestward.  The
system is forecast to approach the coast of the southeast United
States on Thursday or Friday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
 
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CURRENT SECURITY ALERT – MARSEC 1
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Tides / Currents

Tides for Canaveral Harbor (Trident Pier)
 
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
JUNE 2024
 
M   17     High   4:36 AM     2.6   6:25 AM     Set  2:59 AM      73
    17      Low  10:42 AM     0.1   8:22 PM    Rise  4:27 PM
    17     High   5:26 PM     3.5
    17      Low  11:41 PM     0.6
 
Tu  18     High   5:23 AM     2.6   6:25 AM     Set  3:30 AM      81
    18      Low  11:26 AM     0.0   8:22 PM    Rise  5:25 PM
    18     High   6:10 PM     3.7
 
W   19      Low  12:30 AM     0.5   6:25 AM     Set  4:06 AM      88
    19     High   6:10 AM     2.6   8:22 PM    Rise  6:26 PM
    19      Low  12:11 PM    -0.1
    19     High   6:53 PM     3.9
 
Th  20      Low   1:17 AM     0.3   6:26 AM     Set  4:49 AM      94
    20     High   6:57 AM     2.6   8:23 PM    Rise  7:29 PM
    20      Low  12:56 PM    -0.2
    20     High   7:39 PM     4.0
 
F   21      Low   2:01 AM     0.2   6:26 AM     Set  5:40 AM      98
    21     High   7:44 AM     2.7   8:23 PM    Rise  8:32 PM
    21      Low   1:41 PM    -0.3
    21     High   8:25 PM     4.1
 
Sa  22      Low   2:46 AM     0.1   6:26 AM     Set  6:39 AM      99
    22     High   8:33 AM     2.7   8:23 PM    Rise  9:30 PM
    22      Low   2:27 PM    -0.4
    22     High   9:12 PM     4.2
 
Su  23      Low   3:31 AM     0.1   6:26 AM     Set  7:44 AM      99
    23     High   9:22 AM     2.8   8:23 PM    Rise 10:21 PM
    23      Low   3:14 PM    -0.4
    23     High   9:59 PM     4.3
 
M   24      Low   4:19 AM     0.0   6:27 AM     Set  8:52 AM      96
    24     High  10:12 AM     2.9   8:23 PM    Rise 11:06 PM
    24      Low   4:05 PM    -0.3
    24     High  10:45 PM     4.2
 
Tu  25      Low   5:08 AM    -0.1   6:27 AM     Set 10:00 AM      91
    25     High  11:03 AM     3.0   8:23 PM    Rise 11:46 PM
    25      Low   5:01 PM    -0.3
    25     High  11:33 PM     4.1
 
W   26      Low   5:59 AM    -0.1   6:27 AM     Set 11:07 AM      83
    26     High  11:57 AM     3.2   8:24 PM
    26      Low   6:01 PM    -0.1
 
Th  27     High  12:22 AM     3.9   6:27 AM    Rise 12:21 AM      74
    27      Low   6:49 AM    -0.2   8:24 PM     Set 12:11 PM
    27     High  12:54 PM     3.3
    27      Low   7:03 PM     0.0
 
F   28     High   1:13 AM     3.7   6:28 AM    Rise 12:54 AM      63
    28      Low   7:39 AM    -0.3   8:24 PM     Set  1:14 PM
    28     High   1:55 PM     3.5
    28      Low   8:07 PM     0.1
 
Sa  29     High   2:09 AM     3.4   6:28 AM    Rise  1:26 AM      52
    29      Low   8:29 AM    -0.4   8:24 PM     Set  2:18 PM
    29     High   2:59 PM     3.7
    29      Low   9:12 PM     0.2
 
Su  30     High   3:08 AM     3.2   6:28 AM    Rise  1:59 AM      40
    30      Low   9:21 AM    -0.5   8:24 PM     Set  3:22 PM
    30     High   4:02 PM     3.9
    30      Low  10:17 PM     0.2
 
JULY 2024
 
M    1     High   4:08 AM     3.0   6:29 AM    Rise  2:35 AM      29
     1      Low  10:13 AM    -0.5   8:24 PM     Set  4:28 PM
     1     High   5:01 PM     4.1
     1      Low  11:22 PM     0.2
 
Tu   2     High   5:07 AM     2.9   6:29 AM    Rise  3:15 AM      20
     2      Low  11:08 AM    -0.5   8:24 PM     Set  5:35 PM
     2     High   5:57 PM     4.2
 
W    3      Low  12:23 AM     0.2   6:30 AM    Rise  4:02 AM      11
     3     High   6:03 AM     2.8   8:24 PM     Set  6:41 PM
     3      Low  12:02 PM    -0.5
     3     High   6:50 PM     4.3
 
Th   4      Low   1:19 AM     0.1   6:30 AM    Rise  4:54 AM      5
     4     High   6:58 AM     2.8   8:24 PM     Set  7:43 PM
     4      Low  12:54 PM    -0.4
     4     High   7:42 PM     4.3
 
F    5      Low   2:09 AM     0.1   6:31 AM    Rise  5:53 AM      1
     5     High   7:51 AM     2.8   8:24 PM     Set  8:39 PM
     5      Low   1:44 PM    -0.4
     5     High   8:31 PM     4.2
 
Sa   6      Low   2:55 AM     0.1   6:31 AM    Rise  6:54 AM      0
     6     High   8:42 AM     2.9   8:23 PM     Set  9:26 PM
     6      Low   2:32 PM    -0.3
     6     High   9:18 PM     4.1
 
Su   7      Low   3:39 AM     0.2   6:31 AM    Rise  7:56 AM      0
     7     High   9:31 AM     2.9   8:23 PM     Set 10:07 PM
     7      Low   3:18 PM    -0.2
     7     High  10:01 PM     4.0
 
M    8      Low   4:23 AM     0.2   6:32 AM    Rise  8:56 AM      3
     8     High  10:17 AM     2.9   8:23 PM     Set 10:42 PM
     8      Low   4:04 PM     0.0
     8     High  10:42 PM     3.8
 
Tu   9      Low   5:05 AM     0.2   6:32 AM    Rise  9:53 AM      7
     9     High  11:01 AM     2.9   8:23 PM     Set 11:12 PM
     9      Low   4:52 PM     0.2
     9     High  11:20 PM     3.6
 
W   10      Low   5:46 AM     0.3   6:33 AM    Rise 10:47 AM      13
    10     High  11:45 AM     2.9   8:23 PM     Set 11:40 PM
    10      Low   5:41 PM     0.4
    10     High  11:58 PM     3.4
 
Th  11      Low   6:27 AM     0.3   6:33 AM    Rise 11:39 AM      21
    11     High  12:31 PM     2.9   8:23 PM
    11      Low   6:32 PM     0.6
 
F   12     High  12:36 AM     3.2   6:34 AM     Set 12:06 AM      29
    12      Low   7:06 AM     0.3   8:22 PM    Rise 12:31 PM
    12     High   1:19 PM     3.0
    12      Low   7:24 PM     0.7
 
Sa  13     High   1:18 AM     2.9   6:34 AM     Set 12:32 AM      38
    13      Low   7:46 AM     0.3   8:22 PM    Rise  1:22 PM
    13     High   2:09 PM     3.1
    13      Low   8:17 PM     0.8
 
Su  14     High   2:04 AM     2.7   6:35 AM     Set 12:59 AM      48
    14      Low   8:26 AM     0.3   8:22 PM    Rise  2:16 PM
    14     High   3:02 PM     3.2
    14      Low   9:11 PM     0.8
 
M   15     High   2:54 AM     2.6   6:35 AM     Set  1:28 AM      57
    15      Low   9:10 AM     0.2   8:21 PM    Rise  3:12 PM
    15     High   3:54 PM     3.4
    15      Low  10:05 PM     0.8
 
Tu  16     High   3:48 AM     2.5   6:36 AM     Set  2:02 AM      67
    16      Low   9:56 AM     0.2   8:21 PM    Rise  4:11 PM
    16     High   4:45 PM     3.5
    16      Low  11:01 PM     0.7
 
W   17     High   4:41 AM     2.5   6:36 AM     Set  2:41 AM      76
    17      Low  10:45 AM     0.1   8:21 PM    Rise  5:13 PM
    17     High   5:34 PM     3.7
    17      Low  11:55 PM     0.6
 
Th  18     High   5:33 AM     2.6   6:37 AM     Set  3:28 AM      84
    18      Low  11:37 AM     0.0   8:20 PM    Rise  6:16 PM
    18     High   6:23 PM     4.0
 
F   19      Low  12:46 AM     0.5   6:37 AM     Set  4:23 AM      91
    19     High   6:25 AM     2.7   8:20 PM    Rise  7:16 PM
    19      Low  12:28 PM    -0.2
    19     High   7:12 PM     4.1
 
Sa  20      Low   1:34 AM     0.3   6:38 AM     Set  5:26 AM      96
    20     High   7:16 AM     2.9   8:19 PM    Rise  8:12 PM
    20      Low   1:19 PM    -0.4
    20     High   8:01 PM     4.3
 
Su  21      Low   2:20 AM     0.1   6:39 AM     Set  6:35 AM      99
    21     High   8:09 AM     3.0   8:19 PM    Rise  9:00 PM
    21      Low   2:09 PM    -0.5
    21     High   8:50 PM     4.4
 
M   22      Low   3:06 AM     0.0   6:39 AM     Set  7:45 AM      99
    22     High   9:01 AM     3.2   8:18 PM    Rise  9:43 PM
    22      Low   2:59 PM    -0.5
    22     High   9:38 PM     4.5
 
Tu  23      Low   3:53 AM    -0.1   6:40 AM     Set  8:54 AM      97
    23     High   9:54 AM     3.4   8:18 PM    Rise 10:21 PM
    23      Low   3:52 PM    -0.4
    23     High  10:25 PM     4.4
 
W   24      Low   4:41 AM    -0.2   6:40 AM     Set 10:02 AM      92
    24     High  10:47 AM     3.6   8:17 PM    Rise 10:55 PM
    24      Low   4:49 PM    -0.3
    24     High  11:12 PM     4.2
 
h  25      Low   5:30 AM    -0.3   6:41 AM     Set 11:07 AM      85
    25     High  11:41 AM     3.8   8:17 PM    Rise 11:28 PM
    25      Low   5:49 PM    -0.1
 
F   26     High  12:00 AM     4.0   6:41 AM     Set 12:11 PM      76
    26      Low   6:20 AM    -0.4   8:16 PM
    26     High  12:37 PM     3.9
    26      Low   6:52 PM     0.1
 
Sa  27     High  12:51 AM     3.6   6:42 AM    Rise 12:01 AM      65
    27      Low   7:11 AM    -0.4   8:16 PM     Set  1:16 PM
    27     High   1:37 PM     4.0
    27      Low   7:56 PM     0.3
 
Su  28     High   1:47 AM     3.3   6:42 AM    Rise 12:36 AM      54
    28      Low   8:03 AM    -0.3   8:15 PM     Set  2:22 PM
    28     High   2:40 PM     4.0
    28      Low   9:00 PM     0.4
 
M   29     High   2:48 AM     3.1   6:43 AM    Rise  1:15 AM      43
    29      Low   8:57 AM    -0.2   8:15 PM     Set  3:28 PM
    29     High   3:45 PM     4.1
    29      Low  10:06 PM     0.5
 
Tu  30     High   3:51 AM     2.9   6:44 AM    Rise  1:58 AM      32
    30      Low   9:54 AM    -0.2   8:14 PM     Set  4:33 PM
    30     High   4:48 PM     4.1
    30      Low  11:12 PM     0.5
 
W   31     High   4:54 AM     2.9   6:44 AM    Rise  2:48 AM      22
    31      Low  10:52 AM    -0.1   8:13 PM     Set  5:36 PM
    31     High   5:46 PM     4.1

Weather / Marine Zone Forecast

MARINE WEATHER:  Hazardous Weather Conditions
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Last Update: 1000 AM EDT Mon Jun 17 2024
View Nearby Observations
 
37NM ENE Port Canaveral FL
Marine Zone Forecast
 
Rest Of TodayEast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave detail: east 4 feet at 7 seconds and east 1 foot at 12 seconds. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon.
TonightEast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave detail: east 5 feet at 6 seconds and east 1 foot at 12 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight.
TuesdayEast winds around 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave detail: east 7 feet at 8 seconds and north 1 foot at 7 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Tuesday NightEast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave detail: east 7 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A chance of showers.
WednesdayEast winds around 20 knots. Seas 7 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet. Wave detail: east 8 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, then showers likely in the evening. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers after midnight.
ThursdayEast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 8 to 10 feet, occasionally to 13 feet, subsiding to 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet after midnight. Wave detail: east 9 feet at 11 seconds and north 3 feet at 8 seconds, becoming east 7 feet at 10 seconds and north 3 feet at 8 seconds after midnight. Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
FridayEast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
 
winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

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