Port Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
November 05, 2025
Notices
Homeland Security Advisory System
*********************************
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
*********************************
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 2025/11/04 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 2025/11/05 Wed 06:54 AM 4.94 H 2025/11/05 Wed 12:58 PM -0.41 L 2025/11/05 Wed 07:20 PM 4.09 H Providence: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 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 2025/11/05 Wed 12:04 AM -0.65 L 2025/11/05 Wed 07:10 AM 5.95 H 2025/11/05 Wed 12:50 PM -0.37 L 2025/11/05 Wed 07:38 PM 5.14 H
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
Today
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 43. Breezy, with a southwest wind 14 to 22 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 52. Northwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 30. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Light southwest wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
Friday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday
Rain likely, mainly before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Southwest wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday
A chance of rain after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. East wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Sunday Night
Rain likely, mainly between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. South wind around 7 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday
A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. West wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Monday Night
A chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Veterans Day
Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. West wind 9 to 13 mph.
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
.TODAY...W winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming SW
15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt this afternoon. Waves 2 to
4 ft.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming W after midnight. Gusts
up to 45 kt. Waves 5 to 7 ft. A chance of showers in the evening.
Showers likely after midnight.
.THU...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Gusts up to 40 kt, decreasing to
30 kt in the afternoon. Waves around 3 ft, except 4 to 6 ft at
the bay entrance.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt,
becoming W 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
.FRI...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 20 to 25 kt in the
afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Waves
4 to 6 ft. A chance of rain in the evening, then rain likely
after midnight.
.SAT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
.SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 2 to
3 ft. A chance of rain.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves
2 to 4 ft. Rain likely.
*************************************************************
Rhode Island Sound:
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
.TODAY...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming SW
20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 to
3 ft, building to 4 to 6 ft this afternoon. Wave Detail: W 3 ft
at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds, becoming SW 6 ft at
6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 10 seconds.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming W 25 to 35 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 50 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft, building to 9 to
13 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: SW 10 ft at 8 seconds and SE
2 ft at 12 seconds, becoming SW 11 ft at 8 seconds and S 6 ft at
10 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening. Showers likely
after midnight.
.THU...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Gusts up to 45 kt in the morning.
Seas 7 to 10 ft, subsiding to 5 to 7 ft in the afternoon. Wave
Detail: W 8 ft at 7 seconds and SW 6 ft at 10 seconds, becoming W
6 ft at 6 seconds and S 4 ft at 10 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: NW 5 ft at
6 seconds and S 3 ft at 10 seconds, becoming W 3 ft at 7 seconds
and SE 2 ft at 11 seconds.
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 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: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds and SE
1 foot at 11 seconds, becoming SW 5 ft at 5 seconds and SE 1 foot
at 11 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave Detail:
SW 9 ft at 7 seconds and S 3 ft at 10 seconds. A chance of rain
in the evening, then rain likely after midnight.
.SAT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...SE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. A chance of rain.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Rain likely.
*************************************************************
Buzzard Bay:
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
.TODAY...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming SW
20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt this afternoon. Seas around
2 ft, building to 3 to 5 ft this afternoon. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft
at 5 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds, becoming SW 4 ft at
5 seconds and SE 1 foot at 10 seconds.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming W after midnight. Gusts
up to 50 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: SW 7 ft at 7 seconds
and S 4 ft at 11 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening.
Showers likely after midnight.
.THU...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Gusts up to 45 kt in the morning.
Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 7 seconds and SW 3 ft at
10 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 3 ft. Wave
Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds and S 1 foot at 10 seconds.
.FRI...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW 20 to 25 kt with gusts up
to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SW 4 ft
at 5 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 25 to 30 kt, diminishing to 20 to 25 kt
after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: SW 6 ft at 7 seconds
and SE 1 foot at 10 seconds. A chance of rain in the evening,
then rain likely after midnight.
.SAT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
.SUN...SE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. A chance of rain.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Rain likely.
***********************************************************
Cape Cod Bay:
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
.TODAY...W winds around 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming SW
15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 6 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 40 kt, becoming
W 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 50 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to
6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 5 seconds and S 3 ft at 10 seconds.
A chance of showers in the evening. Showers likely after
midnight.
.THU...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Gusts up to 50 kt, decreasing to
40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at
6 seconds and S 2 ft at 11 seconds.
.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 NE 2 ft at
9 seconds.
.FRI...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt with gusts
up to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft
at 7 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 4 seconds and E 1 foot at
7 seconds. A chance of rain in the evening, then rain likely
after midnight.
.SAT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
.SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. A chance of rain.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds around 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Rain likely.
Port / Terminal Restrictions
Cape Cod Canal Air Draft Restriction
*********************************
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.
