Port Update

Lake Charles, LA

March 12, 2026

Notices

LAKE CHARLES

Channel Service: OPEN

Pilot Service: OPEN

Tug Availability: 4 TUGS - 01/31/26 CARL OOS 2-3 WEEKS **

Cameron Ferry: OPEN

Notes: Open 24/7, however, for routine maintenance, it is out of service nightly from 12:00 AM to 1:30 AM.

http://wwwapps.dotd.la.gov/operations/ferrystatus/fmbs_status.aspx?PID=F_STATUS

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Inbound Deep Draft Pilot Boarding Windows:

From 09/0415 to 09/1800 ** From 10/0545 to 10/1830 ** From 11/0700 to 11/1900 ** 12/0800 to 12/2030 ** From 13/0845 to 13/2330 ** 14/0930 to 14/0045 ** 15/1015 to 16/0145 ** From 16/1045 to 16/1800

Maximum Channel Draft: 40'00” FW

Max Terminal Drafts:

Alcoa 32’00” FW

Bulk Terminal 1 Old 40’00” FW

Bulk Terminal 1 New 40’00” FW

CITGO “B” Dock 40’00” FW 9/18/25

CITGO “C” Dock 39’06” FW 01/19/26

CITGO “D” Dock 36’00” FW 9/18/25

CITGO CLIFTON RIDGE 36’00” FW 01/19/26

Phillips 66 Clifton Ridge 40’00” FW

Phillips 66 Refinery Dock #3 42’00” BRACKISH WATER | CONTROLLING DEPTH

Port of Lake Charles City Docks 35’00” FW

Port of Lake Charles City Dock #8 40’00" FW

Westlake Chemical A Dock 41’00” FW

Westlake Chemical C Dock 42’00” FW

Westlake Styrene/CII 35’00” FW

Ventur Global LNG 40’00” FW

A2 INNER ANCHORAGE 40’00” FW

A4 INNER ANCHORAGE 40’00” FW

I-210 BRIDGE 135 FT (+/- TIDE)

Traffic Notice:

-ABANDONED ANCHOR CHAIN IN POSITION L 29-17.8N, LN 093-11.75W, BEARING 150 / 2.6NM FROM CC. DO NOT ANCHOR LESS THAN 3.5 MILES S.E. OF CC

PILOT DELAYS OF 2026

January 05, 2026 Monday

2036 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

January 06, 2026 Tuesday

0600 – Pilot services resumed

1958 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

January 07, 2026 Wednesday

0630 – Pilot services resumed

2006 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

January 08, 2026 Thursday

0600 – Pilot services resumed

January 09, 2026 Friday

0002 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

0500 – Pilot services resumed

January 15, 2026 Thursday

0006 – Pilot services suspended due to high winds

0345 – Pilot services resumed

January 21, 2026 Wednesday

2026 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

January 22, 2026 Thursday

0500 – Pilot services resumed

1630 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

January 23, 2026 Friday

0515 – Pilot services resumed

January 24, 2026 Saturday

2000 – Pilot services suspended due to rough weather

January 25, 2026 Sunday

0800 – Pilot services resumed

1730 – Pilot services suspended due to severe weather

January 26, 2026 Monday

0730 – Pilot services resumed

2215 – Pilot services suspended due to rough weather

January 27, 2025 Tuesday

0400 – Pilot services resumed

January 30, 2026 Friday

1812 – Pilot services suspended due to rough weather / wind

January 31, 2026 Saturday

0430 - Pilot services resumed

February 08, 2026 Sunday

2305 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

February 09, 2026 Monday

0400 – Pilot services resumed

2245 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

February 10, 2026 Tuesday

0400 – Pilot services resumed

2230 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

February 11, 2026 Wednesday

0700 – Pilot services resumed

2030 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

February 12, 2026 Thursday

0415 – Pilot services resumed

2315 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

February 13, 2026 Friday

0455 – Pilot services resumed

2128 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

February 14, 2026 Saturday

0515 – Pilot services resumed

1911 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

February 15, 2026 Sunday

0345 – Pilot services resumed

February 19, 2026 Thursday

1618 – Pilot services suspended due to fog

February 20, 2026 Friday

0700 – Pilot services resumed

1915 – Pilot services suspended due to fog
February 21, 2026 Saturday
0500 – Pilots services resumed
February 25, 2026 Wednesday
2145 – Pilots services suspended account high winds
February 26, 2026 Thursday
0200 – Pilots services resumed
1900 – Pilots services suspended due to fog
February 27, 2026 Friday
0400 – Pilots services resumed
February 28, 2026 Saturday
2012 – Pilots services suspended due to fog
March 01, 2026 Sunday
0600 – Pilots services resumed
March 03, 2026 Tuesday
0206 – Pilots services suspended due to fog
0400 – Pilots services resumed
March 04, 2026 Wednesday
1839 – Pilots services suspended due to fog
March 05, 2026 Thursday
0600 – Pilots services resumed
March 06, 2026 Friday
0318 – Pilots services suspended account fog
0415 – Pilots services resumed
March 08, 2026 Sunday
1830 – Pilots service suspended account fog
March 09, 2026 Monday
0400 – Pilots services resumed
2345 – Pilots service suspended account fog
March 10, 2026 Tuesday
0315 – Pilots service resumed
March 11, 2026 Wednesday
1915 – Pilots service suspended account high winds and rough seas
March 12, 2026 Thursday
0300 – Pilots service resumed

Weather / Marine Zone Forecast

Offshore and Coastal Forecast: https://www.weather.gov/lch/

Today

North winds 25 to 30 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet, subsiding to 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet this afternoon. Wave detail: north 8 feet at 7 seconds, becoming northeast 6 feet at 6 seconds.

Tonight

Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming east 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave detail: northeast 4 feet at 5 seconds.

Friday

South winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave detail: east 2 feet at 6 seconds.

Friday Night

South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet after midnight. Wave detail: south 1 foot at 2 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds, becoming south 1 foot at 3 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds.

Saturday

South winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave detail: south 1 foot at 3 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds.

Saturday Night

Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave detail: southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds.

Sunday

South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet.

Sunday Night

Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming north 25 to 30 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet, building to 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet after midnight. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.

Monday

North winds 25 to 30 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet.

Monday Night

Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

CBP : https://www.dhs.gov/coronavirus

CDC : https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html

USCG : https://www.uscg.mil/Coronavirus/

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

https://www.weather.gov/

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

NOAA US GULF OFFSHORE WATER WEATHER

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIAOFFNT4.shtml

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Lake Charles

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Attachments

Gulf of America Sea Fog Forecast_03122026.pdf(579 KB )

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