Port Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
March 24, 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 2025/03/23 Sun 02:39 AM 2.76 H 2025/03/23 Sun 09:21 AM 0.73 L 2025/03/23 Sun 03:13 PM 2.44 H 2025/03/23 Sun 08:54 PM 0.56 L 2025/03/24 Mon 03:44 AM 2.87 H 2025/03/24 Mon 10:31 AM 0.53 L 2025/03/24 Mon 04:19 PM 2.67 H 2025/03/24 Mon 10:14 PM 0.34 L Providence: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 2025/03/23 Sun 02:57 AM 3.59 H 2025/03/23 Sun 09:01 AM 1.09 L 2025/03/23 Sun 03:28 PM 3.36 H 2025/03/23 Sun 09:10 PM 0.87 L 2025/03/24 Mon 03:57 AM 3.72 H 2025/03/24 Mon 10:09 AM 0.90 L 2025/03/24 Mon 04:28 PM 3.57 H 2025/03/24 Mon 10:17 PM 0.59 L
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
Today
Rain and snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain and sleet, becoming all rain after 3pm. Patchy fog between noon and 4pm. High near 50. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.
Tonight
A chance of rain before 8pm. Patchy fog between 7pm and 10pm. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. West wind 5 to 11 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Light west wind.
Wednesday
A chance of rain, mainly after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday Night
A slight chance of rain before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 49. West wind 6 to 9 mph.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. West wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind around 6 mph.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Light southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday
A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. South wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt this
afternoon. Gusts up to 30 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft, building to 4 to
6 ft this afternoon. Rain with a chance of freezing rain. A
chance of snow and sleet this afternoon. Patchy fog this
afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt, becoming
W 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Waves 3 to 5 ft. Patchy fog in the
evening. A chance of rain in the evening with vsby 1 NM or less.
.TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon.
Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to around 5 kt
after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A
chance of rain.
.THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to
25 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
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Rhode Island Sound:
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
.TODAY...S winds 20 to 25 kt, increasing to 25 to 30 kt this
afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft this afternoon.
Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at 8 seconds,
becoming S 7 ft at 6 seconds and S 7 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog.
Rain with a chance of freezing rain. Snow likely with a chance of
sleet this afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM, decreasing to 1 NM or less
this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt,
diminishing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave
Detail: S 6 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog. A chance of rain in the
evening. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to 1 to 3 NM after
midnight.
.TUE...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: S 5 ft
at 9 seconds and SW 1 foot at 5 seconds. Patchy fog in the
morning with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt,
becoming W 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave
Detail: S 5 ft at 9 seconds and W 1 foot at 4 seconds.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt.
Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 5 seconds and S 3 ft at
8 seconds. A chance of rain.
.THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 7 seconds.
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Buzzard Bay:
.TODAY...S winds 15 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 25 kt this
afternoon. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft, building to 3 to
5 ft this afternoon. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 4 seconds and S
1 foot at 8 seconds, becoming S 4 ft at 5 seconds and SE 3 ft at
8 seconds. Patchy fog. Rain. A chance of freezing rain, snow and
sleet this afternoon with vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt,
diminishing to around 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft,
subsiding to 2 to 3 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at
7 seconds, becoming S 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 7 seconds.
Patchy fog in the evening. Rain likely in the evening with vsby
1 NM or less.
.TUE...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 4 seconds and S 3 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the
morning with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt,
becoming W 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave
Detail: SW 3 ft at 4 seconds and S 3 ft at 8 seconds.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and S 2 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of
rain.
.THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to
25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 4 seconds and SE
1 foot at 8 seconds.
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Cape Cod Bay:
.TODAY...S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft, building to 3 to 5 ft this afternoon. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft
at 5 seconds and N 2 ft at 6 seconds, becoming S 2 ft at
4 seconds and NE 1 foot at 6 seconds. Rain. Snow likely, a chance
of freezing rain and sleet this afternoon. Patchy fog this
afternoon with vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt,
diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft,
subsiding to 2 to 3 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at
4 seconds and E 1 foot at 6 seconds, becoming SE 2 ft at
7 seconds and SW 1 foot at 3 seconds. Patchy fog in the evening
with vsby 1 NM or less.
.TUE...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
2 ft at 8 seconds and W 1 foot at 2 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
2 ft at 8 seconds and W 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE in the afternoon. Seas
1 foot or less, then around 2 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail:
SW 1 foot at 3 seconds and SE 1 foot at 8 seconds. A chance of
rain.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt after
midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 3 seconds and
SE 1 foot at 9 seconds. A chance of rain in the evening.
.THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to
25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 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.
