Daily Update
Port Manatee, FL
September 27, 2024
Notices
PORT IS CLOSED
CLIENTS IN BLIND-COPY
PORT MANATEE, FL (27-38’N 82-33’30”W)
PORT LIMITS/INFORMATION (UPDATED 07/23/24)
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Maximum Depths - (Brackish)
Harbor entrance – Increase maximum draft to 37 06” +/- tide to a maximum of 38 06”.
TERMINAL LIMITS/INFORMATION
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Maximum drafts allowed alongside berths: (UPDATED 08/14/24)
Berth 4 - 39'-02"
Berth 5 - 39'-02"
Berth 6 - 39'-06" – TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Berth 7 – 38-00”
Berth 8 – 37’09
Berth 9 - 39'-08" (37'-08" inside 50' of berth 8 bulkhead)
Berth 10 - 39'-03"
Berth 12 - 38'-00"
Berth 14 - 39'10"
The restrictions for docking at Port Manatee are as follows. However, please contact the agents for any vessel with a draft of 37’06 to confirm actual tidal restrictions, as they change daily. (UPDATED 04/29/24)
Tampa Bay Pilots guidelines and/or handling for recommendations for vessels transiting the main shipping channel:
Draft: To From Sea
Draft less than 30 ft docking or sailing anytime Greater than 35 ft requires slack water
Draft: Shifts to or from the north (UPDATED 05/01/23) Draft less than 27 ft - Anytime
27 to 34 Ft – current 0.5 Knots or less Draft greater than 34 Ft - Slack water
There is no longer a 0.3 knot restriction in Manatee
Max LOA 900 ft; Vessels between 700 and 800 feet require less than 0.5 kt current anytime Vessels 800 ft and over require slack water for all movements
Only 1 vessel with draft greater than 36 ft per slack water movement
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TANKER TRAFFIC: IN – NONE
DUE – NONE
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FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL FILING REQUIREMENTS
96 Hours - advance notice of arrival required by USCG
72 Hours - The Harbormasters office requires a 72 hour minimum notice of a vessel arrival. Any time less than 72 hours will be considered short notice and could result in vessel's delay to berth.
48 Hours - advance receipt of crew list by Immigration for any vessel arriving from a foreign port, or arriving coast wise with detained crew.
24 Hours (minimum) - Foreign cargo must have manifest submitted to Customs & Border Patrol AMS.
24 Hours - advance fax of crew list and approved visitors required by Port Security Officer.
Port Security - All persons doing ship’s business within Port Manatee must have TWIC and a Port-issued ID Badge. Someone not having one or both must be escorted. Vehicles must have permanent company markings to be allowed onto any terminal.
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NEWS ARTICLES: NONE
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CURRENT ISSUES: NONE
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FUTURE ISSUES: 10/08/24 – SEAPORT MANATEE - A meeting of the Manatee County Port Authority will be held Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at 9:00 am, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, in the third-floor meeting room of the Port Manatee Intermodal Center, 1905 Intermodal Circle, Palmetto, FL 34221. If you have any questions, please contact Pam Wingo via email at pwingo@seaportmanatee.com or call 941-721-2395.
10/15/24 – 1700 – PROPELLER CLUB – HOCKEY GAME - ATTACHED
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Security level: MARSEC 1
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Hurricane Alert: - CONDITION ZULU
HURRICANE SUMMARY – 09/27/24
Tropical Storm Helene Intermediate Advisory Number 16A - NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092024 800 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024
...HELENE PRODUCING DAMAGING GUSTY WINDS AND LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS......FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IN EFFECT FOR METROPOLITAN ATLANTA...
SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...34.2N 83.0W
ABOUT 35 MI...60 KM SSW OF CLEMSON SOUTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 80 MI...130 KM ENE OF ATLANTA GEORGIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 30 MPH...48 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...972 MB...28.70 INCHES
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Hurricane Isaac Advisory Number 6 - NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102024 500 AM AST Fri Sep 27 2024
...ISAAC BECOMES A HURRICANE...
SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...37.0N 48.5W
ABOUT 1175 MI...1895 KM W OF THE AZORES
ABOUT 980 MI...1575 KM ENE OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 90 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...981 MB...28.97 INCHES
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1. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL98): Showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure located midway in between the Cabo Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles continues to become better organized. This isturbance is already producing gale-force winds. Environmental conditions are conducive for further development and a tropical depression or storm could form today while the system moves generally westward to west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. The system is then forecast to slow down and turn north-northwestward by this weekend. Additional information on this system, including gale warnings, can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.
2. Western Caribbean: An area of low pressure could form over the western Caribbean Sea by the middle of next week. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for slow development thereafter while the system moves
generally northwestward, potentially entering the Gulf of Mexico by the end of next week.
generally northwestward, potentially entering the Gulf of Mexico by the end of next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
3. Eastern Tropical Atlantic: An area of low pressure could form over the eastern tropical Atlantic by the early to middle part of next week. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for slow development
thereafter while the system moves generally northwestward at 10 to 15 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
thereafter while the system moves generally northwestward at 10 to 15 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
Tides / Currents
TIDES: PORT MANATEE, FL
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon /Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
SEPTEMBER 2024
F 27 High 12:54 AM 1.8 7:22 AM Rise 2:42 AM 30
27 Low 3:28 AM 1.7 7:20 PM Set 4:50 PM
27 High 9:36 AM 2.3
27 Low 5:41 PM 0.3
Sa 28 High 12:48 AM 1.8 7:22 AM Rise 3:40 AM 21
28 Low 4:59 AM 1.5 7:19 PM Set 5:24 PM
28 High 10:53 AM 2.3
28 Low 6:20 PM 0.4
Su 29 High 12:55 AM 1.8 7:22 AM Rise 4:36 AM 14
29 Low 5:53 AM 1.2 7:18 PM Set 5:54 PM
29 High 11:50 AM 2.3
29 Low 6:50 PM 0.5
M 30 High 1:03 AM 1.9 7:23 AM Rise 5:29 AM 8
30 Low 6:35 AM 1.0 7:17 PM Set 6:22 PM
30 High 12:37 PM 2.3
30 Low 7:15 PM 0.7
OCTOBER 2024
Tu 1 High 1:10 AM 2.0 7:23 AM Rise 6:21 AM 3
1 Low 7:11 AM 0.9 7:16 PM Set 6:48 PM
1 High 1:18 PM 2.2
1 Low 7:35 PM 0.8
W 2 High 1:16 AM 2.1 7:24 AM Rise 7:12 AM 0
2 Low 7:45 AM 0.6 7:15 PM Set 7:14 PM
2 High 1:57 PM 2.2
2 Low 7:51 PM 0.9
Th 3 High 1:23 AM 2.2 7:24 AM Rise 8:04 AM 0
3 Low 8:17 AM 0.5 7:14 PM Set 7:42 PM
3 High 2:35 PM 2.0
3 Low 8:06 PM 1.1
F 4 High 1:35 AM 2.4 7:25 AM Rise 8:57 AM 0
4 Low 8:50 AM 0.3 7:12 PM Set 8:11 PM
4 High 3:13 PM 1.9
4 Low 8:19 PM 1.2
Sa 5 High 1:53 AM 2.5 7:25 AM Rise 9:51 AM 3
5 Low 9:26 AM 0.2 7:11 PM Set 8:44 PM
5 High 3:55 PM 1.8
5 Low 8:33 PM 1.3
Su 6 High 2:17 AM 2.6 7:26 AM Rise 10:48 AM 7
6 Low 10:06 AM 0.2 7:10 PM Set 9:21 PM
6 High 4:45 PM 1.7
6 Low 8:45 PM 1.4
M 7 High 2:46 AM 2.6 7:27 AM Rise 11:47 AM 13
7 Low 10:54 AM 0.2 7:09 PM Set 10:04 PM
7 High 5:54 PM 1.6
7 Low 8:50 PM 1.4
Tu 8 High 3:22 AM 2.6 7:27 AM Rise 12:45 PM 20
8 Low 11:54 AM 0.3 7:08 PM Set 10:54 PM
W 9 High 4:06 AM 2.6 7:28 AM Rise 1:42 PM 29
9 Low 1:11 PM 0.3 7:07 PM Set 11:51 PM
Th 10 High 5:06 AM 2.5 7:28 AM Rise 2:35 PM 39
10 Low 2:35 PM 0.3 7:06 PM
F 11 High 6:33 AM 2.4 7:29 AM Set 12:53 AM 49
11 Low 3:48 PM 0.2 7:05 PM Rise 3:23 PM
Sa 12 High 8:22 AM 2.3 7:29 AM Set 1:59 AM 60
12 Low 4:46 PM 0.2 7:04 PM Rise 4:05 PM
12 High 11:54 PM 1.7
Su 13 Low 4:07 AM 1.4 7:30 AM Set 3:05 AM 70
13 High 9:56 AM 2.4 7:03 PM Rise 4:44 PM
13 Low 5:33 PM 0.2
M 14 High 12:01 AM 1.8 7:30 AM Set 4:12 AM 80
14 Low 5:13 AM 1.1 7:02 PM Rise 5:20 PM
14 High 11:11 AM 2.4
14 Low 6:12 PM 0.4
Tu 15 High 12:12 AM 1.9 7:31 AM Set 5:19 AM 89
15 Low 6:08 AM 0.8 7:01 PM Rise 5:55 PM
15 High 12:16 PM 2.4
15 Low 6:45 PM 0.6
W 16 High 12:26 AM 2.1 7:31 AM Set 6:26 AM 95
16 Low 6:58 AM 0.4 7:00 PM Rise 6:31 PM
16 High 1:17 PM 2.3
16 Low 7:13 PM 0.9
Th 17 High 12:44 AM 2.4 7:32 AM Set 7:35 AM 99
17 Low 7:46 AM 0.0 6:59 PM Rise 7:08 PM
17 High 2:17 PM 2.1
17 Low 7:37 PM 1.1
F 18 High 1:05 AM 2.6 7:33 AM Set 8:46 AM 99
18 Low 8:35 AM -0.2 6:58 PM Rise 7:50 PM
18 High 3:18 PM 2.0
18 Low 7:55 PM 1.3
Sa 19 High 1:31 AM 2.8 7:33 AM Set 9:58 AM 97
19 Low 9:26 AM -0.3 6:57 PM Rise 8:37 PM
19 High 4:26 PM 1.7
19 Low 8:07 PM 1.5
Su 20 High 2:02 AM 2.9 7:34 AM Set 11:09 AM 92
20 Low 10:20 AM -0.3 6:56 PM Rise 9:31 PM
M 21 High 2:38 AM 2.8 7:34 AM Set 12:16 PM 85
21 Low 11:20 AM -0.2 6:55 PM Rise 10:29 PM
Tu 22 High 3:20 AM 2.7 7:35 AM Set 1:15 PM 76
22 Low 12:29 PM 0.0 6:54 PM Rise 11:31 PM
W 23 High 4:11 AM 2.5 7:36 AM Set 2:06 PM 66
23 Low 1:46 PM 0.1 6:53 PM
Th 24 High 5:25 AM 2.3 7:36 AM Rise 12:33 AM 56
24 Low 2:59 PM 0.2 6:52 PM Set 2:49 PM
F 25 High 7:26 AM 2.1 7:37 AM Rise 1:33 AM 46
25 Low 3:58 PM 0.3 6:52 PM Set 3:26 PM
25 High 11:25 PM 1.7
Sa 26 Low 3:53 AM 1.4 7:38 AM Rise 2:31 AM 36
26 High 9:20 AM 2.0 6:51 PM Set 3:57 PM
26 Low 4:44 PM 0.4
26 High 11:31 PM 1.8
Su 27 Low 5:00 AM 1.1 7:38 AM Rise 3:25 AM 27
27 High 10:39 AM 1.9 6:50 PM Set 4:26 PM
27 Low 5:21 PM 0.6
27 High 11:42 PM 1.9
M 28 Low 5:47 AM 0.9 7:39 AM Rise 4:17 AM 19
28 High 11:40 AM 1.9 6:49 PM Set 4:52 PM
28 Low 5:50 PM 0.7
28 High 11:52 PM 2.0
Tu 29 Low 6:26 AM 0.6 7:40 AM Rise 5:08 AM 12
29 High 12:33 PM 1.9 6:48 PM Set 5:18 PM
29 Low 6:15 PM 0.9
W 30 High 12:01 AM 2.1 7:40 AM Rise 5:59 AM 6
30 Low 7:00 AM 0.4 6:48 PM Set 5:45 PM
30 High 1:21 PM 1.8
30 Low 6:35 PM 1.0
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
MARINE WEATHER: Hazardous Weather Conditions
Small Craft Advisory in effect from September 27, 04:08 AM CDT until September 28, 01:00 AM CDT
Last Update: 953 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024
View Nearby Observations
24NM SW Pass-a-grille Reef FL
Marine Zone Forecast
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
This AfternoonWest winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 10 to 12 feet, occasionally to 15 feet, subsiding to 7 to 10 feet, occasionally to 13 feet. Wave detail: southwest 10 feet at 9 seconds.
TonightSouthwest winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet, subsiding to 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet after midnight. Wave detail: southwest 6 feet at 8 seconds. Isolated showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
SaturdaySouthwest winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave detail: west 4 feet at 7 seconds and south 1 foot at 5 seconds. Scattered showers. Isolated thunderstorms early in the morning, then scattered thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon.
Saturday NightSouthwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave detail: west 2 feet at 6 seconds and south 1 foot at 5 seconds. Scattered thunderstorms. Scattered showers until early morning, then numerous showers late.
SundaySouthwest winds around 5 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave detail: west 2 feet at 5 seconds and south 1 foot at 4 seconds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Sunday NightSouthwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave detail: northwest 2 feet at 5 seconds and south 1 foot at 4 seconds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
MondaySouth winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. Scattered showers and thunderstorms early in the morning, then isolated showers and thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon.
Monday NightNorthwest winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Isolated thunderstorms. Isolated showers in the evening, then scattered showers after midnight.
TuesdayEast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms.
winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.