Port Update

Philadelphia, PA / Delaware River & Bay

September 23, 2025

Notices

Moran Shipping Agencies at Port Philadelphia & Wilmington, DE & Baltimore, MD
Port Security - MARSEC Level 1
Local TimeGMT - 4

Weather / Marine Zone Forecast

Marine Weather
ANZ400-232100-
401 AM EDT Tue Sep 23 2025
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK NJ TO FENWICK
ISLAND DE AND FOR DELAWARE BAY...
High pressure is in control through tonight as a warm front tracks
north of the area. A cold front will gradually track through the
region on Wednesday into Wednesday night before stalling south of
the area on Thursday. This front may lift back north as a warm front
on Thursday night before another cold front passes through late
Friday into Saturday. Broad high pressure then approaches from the
west on Sunday into early next week.
ANZ454-232100- Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm-
401 AM EDT Tue Sep 23 2025
 
TODAY
S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft
at 11 seconds and S 2 ft at 3 seconds.
TONIGHT
S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming
SW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE
4 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 4 seconds.
WED
S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at
12 seconds and S 2 ft at 4 seconds.
WED NIGHT
S winds around 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail:
E 3 ft at 11 seconds and S 1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of
showers in the evening, then a chance of showers and tstms after
midnight.
THU
S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft
at 4 seconds and E 3 ft at 10 seconds. A chance of showers.
THU NIGHT
SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 5 seconds and E 2 ft at
9 seconds. A chance of tstms. Showers likely.
FRI
SW winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Showers likely with
a chance of tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon.
FRI NIGHT
W winds around 5 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A chance of
showers.
SAT
N winds around 5 kt, becoming E in the afternoon. Seas
2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers.
SAT NIGHT
S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW after midnight. Seas
2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers.
Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

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