Port Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
February 11, 2025
Notices
Homeland Security Advisory System
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The National Homeland Security Advisory System is at Yellow (MARSEC Level I), or an elevated level of threat for the Port of Providence
Local Time Zone
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The Port of Providence and Narragansett Bay are currently utilizing Eastern Standard Time (GMT - 4 )
Daylight Savings
Daylight Savings
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Sunday November 3rd at 0200 clocks will be retarded 1 hour UTC -4
Current Maximum drafts at Terminals in feet:
Current Maximum drafts at Terminals in feet:
Davisville: 32-00
Prov Port: 38-00
Hudson: 27-05
Exxon: 38-00
Shell: 39-02
Sprague Providence: 32-00 ( flood tide restricted)
Sprague East providence: 30-00 ( daylight flood restricted)
Tides / Currents
Tides: Newport: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 2025/02/10 Mon 06:08 AM 3.73 H 2025/02/10 Mon 12:42 PM 0.01 L 2025/02/10 Mon 06:25 PM 3.39 H 2025/02/10 Mon 11:57 PM -0.12 L 2025/02/11 Tue 06:55 AM 3.81 H 2025/02/11 Tue 01:17 PM -0.07 L 2025/02/11 Tue 07:11 PM 3.56 H Providence: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 2025/02/10 Mon 06:22 AM 4.49 H 2025/02/10 Mon 01:17 PM 0.32 L 2025/02/10 Mon 06:39 PM 4.22 H 2025/02/10 Mon 11:35 PM -0.14 L 2025/02/11 Tue 07:09 AM 4.62 H 2025/02/11 Tue 12:29 PM 0.20 L 2025/02/11 Tue 07:25 PM 4.40 H
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
Today
Increasing clouds, with a high near 34. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
Tonight
Cloudy, with a low around 21. Light and variable wind.
Wednesday
A slight chance of snow after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday Night
Snow before 3am, then snow and sleet between 3am and 5am, then snow, freezing rain, and sleet after 5am. Low around 28. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Thursday
Rain and sleet, becoming all rain after 8am. High near 43. East wind around 7 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. West wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with a high near 32. Northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 17. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday
A chance of snow after 2pm, mixing with rain after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday Night
Rain, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all rain after 3am. Low around 31. South wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Sunday
Rain. High near 44. South wind 7 to 11 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Sunday Night
Rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. West wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Washington's Birthday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. West wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
.TODAY...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves
1 foot or less. Patchy fog after midnight. A chance of snow after
midnight with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.WED...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon.
Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 ft in the afternoon.
.WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft. Snow likely. Rain
and sleet after midnight. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW in the afternoon. Gusts
up to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft. At the bay entrance, waves 6 to
7 ft, subsiding to 5 ft in the afternoon. Rain, mainly in the
morning.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves
3 to 5 ft.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to
15 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
.SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of rain
and snow.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves
2 to 3 ft. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
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Rhode Island Sound:
.TODAY...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt this afternoon.
Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 ft this afternoon. Wave
Detail: W 1 foot at 3 seconds and S 1 foot at 8 seconds, becoming
SW 2 ft at 3 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas around 2 ft in the evening, then 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot at 10 seconds,
becoming W 1 foot at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot at 10 seconds. A
chance of snow. Vsby 1 to 3 NM after midnight.
.WED...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NE 3 ft at 5 seconds and
SW 1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of snow in the afternoon.
.WED NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 25 kt after
midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft, building to 5 to 6 ft after midnight.
Wave Detail: E 5 ft at 5 seconds, becoming E 6 ft at 8 seconds. A
chance of snow in the evening, then rain and sleet after
midnight. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...E winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW in the afternoon. Gusts
up to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: SE 7 ft at 8 seconds
and SW 2 ft at 4 seconds. Rain.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: SE 6 ft at 9 seconds and W 5 ft at
5 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
.SAT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of rain
and snow.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Rain.
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Buzzards Bay:
.TODAY...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt this afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: SW
1 foot at 3 seconds and S 1 foot at 7 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas around 2 ft in the evening, then 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds,
becoming SW 1 foot at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds.
Patchy fog after midnight. A chance of snow after midnight with
vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.WED...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 1 foot
or less, then around 2 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: NE
1 foot at 3 seconds and SW 1 foot at 4 seconds, becoming N 2 ft
at 4 seconds. A chance of snow in the afternoon.
.WED NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 4 seconds. A chance of snow in
the evening, then rain and sleet with snow likely after midnight.
Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...E winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW in the afternoon. Gusts
up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 5 seconds and
SW 2 ft at 4 seconds. Rain.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW 20 to 25 kt after
midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 4 seconds and
SE 3 ft at 8 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
2 to 3 ft.
.SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of rain
and snow.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Rain with a
chance of snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
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Cape Cod Bay:
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt this afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: NW
2 ft at 4 seconds and NE 1 foot at 7 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming
NW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft in the evening,
then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: W 1 foot at 3 seconds and NE
1 foot at 6 seconds, becoming NW 1 foot at 3 seconds and E 1 foot
at 6 seconds.
.WED...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 1 foot
or less, then 2 to 3 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: N 1 foot
at 4 seconds, becoming N 2 ft at 4 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NE 3 ft at 4 seconds. A chance of snow in
the evening, then rain with snow likely with sleet after midnight
with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...SE winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming SW around 15 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: SE 4 ft at 5 seconds.
Rain. Sleet in the morning with vsby 1 NM or less.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW 20 to 25 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft
at 5 seconds and E 3 ft at 7 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of snow.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
around 2 ft. Rain with snow likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
Port / Terminal Restrictions
Cape Cod Canal Air Draft Restriction
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The US Army Corp of Engineers has advised the current maximum air draft for Cape Cod Canal transits is 135 ft. Deep draft is restricted to 32 ft. Vessels over 28 ft will need tide window for transit.
