Daily Update

Philadelphia / Delaware River & Bay

October 15, 2024

Notices

Moran Shipping Agencies at Port Philadelphia & Wilmington, DE. 
 
Port Security - MARSEC Level 1
 
Local Time – GMT -4
 
Good day,

Draft information
37’ - 40’ outbound from Packer Avenue including Beckett Street
- Use reference station Philadelphia.
- Vessels may sail 3 hours before low water and up until 1.5 hours after low water at Philadelphia.
37’ - 40’ outbound from Paulsboro
- Please use reference station Marcus Hook.
- Vessels may sail from Paulsboro 1 hour before low water up until 3 hours after low water at Marcus Hook.
37’ - 40’ outbound from Marcus Hook (anchorage or berth)
- Please use reference station Marcus Hook.

Weather / Marine Zone Forecast

Marine Weather
ANZ400-160000-
701 AM EDT Tue Oct 15 2024
 SYNOPSIS FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK NJ TO FENWICK
ISLAND DE AND FOR DELAWARE BAY...
Strong high pressure builds southward from Canada across the
Midwest to the mid-Mississippi Valley today into Wednesday.
This high slides eastward and closer to our area Wednesday night
and Thursday, then it settles right over our area Friday and
into early next week.
 ANZ454-160000-
Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm-
702 AM EDT Tue Oct 15 2024
 
TODAY
NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 5 seconds and S 1 foot at 7 seconds.
 
TONIGHT
NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 5 seconds and S 1 foot at 6 seconds.
 
WED
NW winds around 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and S 1 foot at 6 seconds.
 
WED NIGHT
N winds around 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot at
6 seconds.
 
THU
N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 1 foot at
6 seconds.
 
THU NIGHT
N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 2 ft at
12 seconds.
 
FRI
N winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
 
FRI NIGHT
NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
 
SAT
NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
 
SAT NIGHT
SE winds around 5 kt, becoming W after midnight.
Seas 3 to 4 ft.

 
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