Port Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
November 04, 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 Time ends this Sunday, November 2nd at 0200. Please retard your clocks 1 hour at that time.
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 2025/11/03 Mon 05:14 AM 4.30 H 2025/11/03 Mon 11:17 AM -0.15 L 2025/11/03 Mon 05:39 PM 3.87 H 2025/11/03 Mon 11:10 PM -0.40 L 2025/11/04 Tue 06:05 AM 4.69 H 2025/11/04 Tue 12:06 PM -0.34 L 2025/11/04 Tue 06:30 PM 4.02 H 2025/11/04 Tue 11:54 PM -0.55 L Providence: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 2025/11/03 Mon 05:29 AM 5.20 H 2025/11/03 Mon 11:13 AM 0.01 L 2025/11/03 Mon 05:56 PM 4.86 H 2025/11/03 Mon 11:20 PM -0.44 L 2025/11/04 Tue 06:21 AM 5.66 H 2025/11/04 Tue 12:02 PM -0.24 L 2025/11/04 Tue 06:48 PM 5.05 H
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
This Afternoon
Sunny, with a high near 55. Northwest wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 38. West wind 6 to 9 mph.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 57. South wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Wednesday Night
A chance of rain, mainly between 7pm and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west 17 to 22 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 52. Northwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Light southwest wind becoming south 8 to 13 mph in the morning.
Friday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 49. Southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday
Rain likely, mainly before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Southwest wind 9 to 11 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. West wind 3 to 6 mph.
Sunday
A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Light southwest wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Night
A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Monday
A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. West wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
.THIS AFTERNOON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 35 kt.
Waves around 3 ft.
.TONIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
.WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming SW
15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt in the afternoon. Waves 2 to
4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt,
becoming W with gusts up to 55 kt after midnight. Waves 4 to
6 ft. A chance of rain.
.THU...NW winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt, diminishing
to 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt in the afternoon. Waves
around 3 ft. At the bay entrance, waves 5 to 7 ft, subsiding to
3 to 5 ft in the afternoon.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt,
diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
.FRI...SW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Waves 2 to
4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Waves
4 to 6 ft. Rain likely.
.SAT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 3 to
5 ft. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
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Rhode Island Sound:
..STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
.THIS AFTERNOON...NW winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 5 seconds and S 3 ft at
8 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 15 to 20 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft
at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at 9 seconds.
.WED...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming SW
25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to
3 ft, building to 4 to 6 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: SW
3 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds, becoming SW 6 ft at
6 seconds and SE 2 ft at 10 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...W winds 35 to 45 kt with gusts up to 55 kt. Seas
7 to 10 ft, building to 9 to 12 ft after midnight. Wave Detail:
SW 10 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 11 seconds, becoming SW
12 ft at 9 seconds and W 6 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of rain.
.THU...NW winds 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 50 kt, diminishing
to 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 to
10 ft, subsiding to 5 to 7 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: SW
10 ft at 9 seconds and W 6 ft at 6 seconds, becoming NW 6 ft at
6 seconds and SW 5 ft at 9 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt,
diminishing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft,
subsiding to 2 to 3 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: SW 4 ft at
9 seconds and NW 3 ft at 6 seconds, becoming NW 2 ft at 5 seconds
and SW 2 ft at 8 seconds.
.FRI...SW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT AND SAT...SW winds 25 to 30 kt, diminishing to 20 to
25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft.
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Buzzard Bay:
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
.THIS AFTERNOON...W winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 5 seconds and SW 2 ft at
8 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt,
diminishing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt after midnight.
Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 7 seconds and N 1 foot at
6 seconds.
.WED...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming SW
20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas around
2 ft, building to 3 to 5 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: W 2 ft
at 5 seconds and N 1 foot at 6 seconds, becoming SW 5 ft at
5 seconds and N 1 foot at 6 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 45 kt,
becoming W 35 to 40 kt with gusts up to 55 kt after midnight.
Seas 4 to 6 ft, building to 6 to 8 ft after midnight. Wave
Detail: W 6 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 12 seconds, becoming
SW 8 ft at 9 seconds and W 4 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of rain.
.THU...NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Gusts up to 50 kt in the morning.
Seas 5 to 7 ft, subsiding to 3 to 5 ft in the afternoon. Wave
Detail: SW 7 ft at 9 seconds and W 4 ft at 5 seconds, becoming SW
4 ft at 9 seconds and NW 3 ft at 6 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt,
diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave
Detail: SW 3 ft at 9 seconds and NW 2 ft at 6 seconds.
.FRI...SW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Rain likely.
.SAT...SW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
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Cape Cod Bay:
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
.THIS AFTERNOON...W winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 6 seconds and SW 1 foot
at 9 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft
at 6 seconds and SW 1 foot at 8 seconds.
.WED...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming SW
15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 6 seconds and SW 2 ft at 3 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt,
becoming W 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 60 kt after midnight.
Seas 4 to 6 ft, building to 5 to 8 ft after midnight. Wave
Detail: S 4 ft at 8 seconds and SW 3 ft at 4 seconds, becoming W
6 ft at 5 seconds and SW 3 ft at 8 seconds. Rain likely, mainly
in the evening.
.THU...NW winds 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 55 kt, diminishing
to 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to
8 ft, subsiding to 5 to 6 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: W
7 ft at 6 seconds and SW 3 ft at 9 seconds, becoming NW 6 ft at
7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of rain in the
morning.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt,
diminishing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt after midnight.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 6 seconds and SW 1 foot
at 9 seconds.
.FRI...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT AND SAT...SW winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 15 to
20 kt. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 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.
