Port Update
Philadelphia / Delaware River & Bay
July 16, 2025
Notices
Moran Shipping Agencies at Port Philadelphia & Wilmington, DE.
Port Security - MARSEC Level 1
Local Time – GMT -5
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Marine Weather
ANZ400-162100-
402 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK NJ TO FENWICK
ISLAND DE AND FOR DELAWARE BAY...
A very warm and humid airmass will be over the region through
Thursday with multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms
expected. A frontal boundary will remain stalled across the
northern portion of the area today before lifting north of the
area as a warm front on Thursday. A cold front will pass through
the region Thursday night into Friday, with high pressure
building in for Saturday. Another cold front approaches late in
the weekend, then stalling and lingering to our south through
the early part of the week.
ANZ454-162100-Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm-
402 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025
TODAY
S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt late. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at
6 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms until late
afternoon, then a chance of showers and tstms late.
TONIGHT
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 1 foot at 9 seconds.
A chance of showers and tstms in the evening.
THU
SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 6 seconds.
THU NIGHT
SW winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail:
SW 3 ft at 6 seconds.
FRI
NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft
at 6 seconds and E 1 foot at 11 seconds.
FRI NIGHT
NW winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 2 ft at 6 seconds and E 1 foot at 11 seconds.
SAT
NE winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
SAT NIGHT
S winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
showers after midnight.
SUN
S winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon.
SUN NIGHT
SW winds around 5 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Seas around 2 ft. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of
showers.
Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.
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