Port Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
March 21, 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 2025/03/20 Thu 12:02 AM 2.98 H 2025/03/20 Thu 05:43 AM 0.43 L 2025/03/20 Thu 12:30 PM 2.45 H 2025/03/20 Thu 05:36 PM 0.38 L 2025/03/21 Fri 12:48 AM 2.83 H 2025/03/21 Fri 06:31 AM 0.63 L 2025/03/21 Fri 01:19 PM 2.36 H 2025/03/21 Fri 06:24 PM 0.53 L Providence: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 2025/03/20 Thu 12:23 AM 3.78 H 2025/03/20 Thu 05:58 AM 0.55 L 2025/03/20 Thu 12:55 PM 3.30 H 2025/03/20 Thu 06:00 PM 0.65 L 2025/03/21 Fri 01:10 AM 3.63 H 2025/03/21 Fri 06:43 AM 0.84 L 2025/03/21 Fri 01:44 PM 3.24 H 2025/03/21 Fri 06:48 PM 0.85 L
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
Today
A chance of rain, mainly before 10am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 50. Northwest wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 35. West wind 6 to 14 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Southwest wind 6 to 15 mph.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 46. Northwest wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night
A chance of snow, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Monday
A chance of rain and snow before 8am, then rain. High near 51. South wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Monday Night
A chance of rain before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Light west wind.
Wednesday
A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. West wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Light west wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. West wind 5 to 9 mph.
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Waves 2 to
3 ft. Patchy fog this morning. Rain likely this morning with vsby
1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
.SAT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to
4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 2 to
3 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S after midnight.
Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of rain after midnight.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW. Gusts up
to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. Rain.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt,
diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
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Rhode Island Sound:
.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 5 seconds and SE 4 ft at
11 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of rain this
morning with vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt, becoming
W 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
4 ft at 5 seconds and SE 4 ft at 10 seconds.
.SAT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: SW 4 ft at 5 seconds and SE 3 ft at
10 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: SW 5 ft at
7 seconds and SE 4 ft at 9 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft
at 8 seconds and W 3 ft at 4 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S after midnight.
Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 9 seconds and W 2 ft at
4 seconds. A chance of rain after midnight.
.MON...S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Rain.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft. Rain.
.TUE...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
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Buzzard Bay:
.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at
10 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. Rain likely this morning
with vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft
at 5 seconds and E 2 ft at 10 seconds.
.SAT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SW
3 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 foot at 10 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at
6 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 5 seconds and S 1 foot at 9 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds around 10 kt, becoming S after midnight.
Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at
8 seconds. A chance of rain after midnight.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW. Gusts up
to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Rain.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
2 to 4 ft.
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Cape Cod Bay:
.TODAY...W winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming NW this afternoon. Gusts
up to 35 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 4 seconds
and E 3 ft at 8 seconds. Rain, mainly this morning. Patchy fog
this morning with vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming W 15 to 20 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft
at 5 seconds and E 3 ft at 9 seconds.
.SAT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 5 seconds and NE 2 ft at 8 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft, building to 3 to 5 ft after
midnight. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and NE 1 foot at
7 seconds, becoming NW 3 ft at 4 seconds and E 1 foot at
9 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft, subsiding to 2 to
4 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 5 seconds and SE
1 foot at 9 seconds, becoming NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 foot
at 9 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S after midnight. Seas
around 2 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 6 seconds.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW 10 to
15 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Rain.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
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.
