Port Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
September 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 )
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 2025/09/23 Tue 02:27 AM 0.17 L 2025/09/23 Tue 09:26 AM 4.16 H 2025/09/23 Tue 03:01 PM 0.22 L 2025/09/23 Tue 09:42 PM 3.60 H 2025/09/24 Wed 02:59 AM 0.19 L 2025/09/24 Wed 10:02 AM 4.00 H 2025/09/24 Wed 03:38 PM 0.29 L 2025/09/24 Wed 10:19 PM 3.37 H Providence: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 2025/09/23 Tue 02:25 AM 0.20 L 2025/09/23 Tue 09:43 AM 5.06 H 2025/09/23 Tue 02:54 PM 0.31 L 2025/09/23 Tue 09:58 PM 4.46 H 2025/09/24 Wed 03:05 AM 0.22 L 2025/09/24 Wed 10:20 AM 4.88 H 2025/09/24 Wed 03:38 PM 0.38 L 2025/09/24 Wed 10:36 PM 4.20 H
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
This Afternoon
A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 70. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog between 7pm and 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 61. East wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. High near 72. South wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then showers likely. Patchy fog before 9pm. Low around 66. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday
A chance of showers, mainly before 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night
A slight chance of showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Light west wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Light southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with a high near 77. West wind 3 to 7 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Light and variable wind.
Monday
Partly sunny, with a high near 77. North wind 3 to 7 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Light and variable wind.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance
of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft. Patchy fog.
Showers likely after midnight. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt with gusts up
to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 3 ft. Showers likely.
Patchy fog in the afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM, decreasing to 1 NM
or less in the afternoon.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves
2 to 3 ft. Showers. A chance of tstms in the evening. Patchy fog
in the evening. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to 1 to 3 NM after
midnight.
.FRI...W winds around 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of
showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the morning.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Waves around 2 ft.
.SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft.
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW. Waves
around 2 ft. A chance of showers.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft.
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Rhode Island Sound:
.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave
Detail: SE 3 ft at 12 seconds and SW 2 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy
fog. A chance of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...E winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
3 ft at 11 seconds and S 1 foot at 5 seconds. Patchy fog. Showers
likely after midnight. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to 1 to 3 NM
after midnight.
.THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 4 seconds and SE 3 ft at
11 seconds. Showers likely. Patchy fog in the afternoon. Vsby
1 to 3 NM, decreasing to 1 NM or less in the afternoon.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S
4 ft at 5 seconds and SE 2 ft at 10 seconds. Showers. Patchy fog
in the evening. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to 1 to 3 NM after
midnight.
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the morning.
Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SW 4 ft at 6 seconds and SE 2 ft at
9 seconds. A chance of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the morning.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 7 seconds and SE 2 ft at
9 seconds.
.SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas around
2 ft. A chance of showers.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
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Buzzard Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave
Detail: SE 2 ft at 10 seconds and S 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance
of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: E
1 foot at 5 seconds and S 1 foot at 5 seconds. Patchy fog. A
chance of showers after midnight. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing
to 1 to 3 NM after midnight.
.THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 3 seconds and SE 1 foot at
9 seconds. Showers likely. Patchy fog in the morning. Vsby 1 to
3 NM.
.THU NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot at
8 seconds. Showers. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to 1 to 3 NM
after midnight.
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the morning.
Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 1 foot
at 8 seconds. A chance of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the morning.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Seas
around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at
9 seconds.
.SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas around
2 ft, then 1 foot or less. A chance of showers.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less.
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Cape Cod Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave
Detail: E 2 ft at 2 seconds and S 1 foot at 2 seconds. Patchy
fog. A chance of showers. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: E
1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers. Patchy fog in the
evening. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to 1 to 3 NM after
midnight.
.THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 1 foot at 2 seconds and NE 1 foot
at 6 seconds. Showers likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 3 seconds and E 2 ft at
6 seconds. Showers. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to 1 to 3 NM
after midnight.
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt in the
afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: E 2 ft at 6 seconds and
SW 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in
the morning.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: E 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW 1 foot
at 2 seconds.
.SAT...NE winds around 5 kt. Seas 1 foot or less.
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. A
chance of showers.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less.
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.
