Port Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
December 23, 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 - 5 )
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 2025/12/22 Mon 02:01 AM 0.03 L 2025/12/22 Mon 08:54 AM 3.48 H 2025/12/22 Mon 02:56 PM 0.04 L 2025/12/22 Mon 09:19 PM 2.95 H 2025/12/23 Tue 02:41 AM 0.06 L 2025/12/23 Tue 09:34 AM 3.42 H 2025/12/23 Tue 03:28 PM 0.06 L 2025/12/23 Tue 10:02 PM 2.94 H Providence: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 2025/12/22 Mon 02:14 AM 0.04 L 2025/12/22 Mon 09:12 AM 4.33 H 2025/12/22 Mon 02:56 PM 0.18 L 2025/12/22 Mon 09:35 PM 3.77 H 2025/12/23 Tue 02:56 AM 0.08 L 2025/12/23 Tue 09:54 AM 4.27 H 2025/12/23 Tue 03:35 PM 0.18 L 2025/12/23 Tue 10:19 PM 3.75 H
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
This Afternoon
Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all rain after 4pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 38. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight
Rain, mainly before 8pm. Patchy fog before 3am. Low around 32. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Northwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Light and variable wind.
Christmas Day
A slight chance of snow before 10am, then a slight chance of rain between 10am and 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Southwest wind 5 to 11 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. Northwest wind around 10 mph.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 26. North wind 5 to 9 mph.
Friday Night
Snow likely, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 18. Northeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday
A chance of snow before 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Light north wind.
Sunday
Rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 42. South wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Sunday Night
Rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. South wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Monday
A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 35. West wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 18. West wind around 10 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 30.
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
..GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
.THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft. Patchy
fog. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 25 kt after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 ft. Patchy fog. Rain
likely in the evening with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.WED...NW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Waves 2 to
3 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt, becoming
NW around 5 kt after midnight. Waves around 2 ft in the evening,
then 1 foot or less.
.THU...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 2 to
3 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves
2 to 3 ft.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 2 to
3 ft. A chance of snow.
.FRI NIGHT AND SAT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. Snow
likely. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to 1 to 3 NM.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of
rain and snow.
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Rhode Island Sound:
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 1 foot at 10 seconds. Patchy
fog. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 20 to 25 kt with
gusts up to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft, building to
3 to 5 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 5 seconds and
SE 1 foot at 10 seconds, becoming W 4 ft at 6 seconds and SE
1 foot at 10 seconds. Patchy fog. A chance of rain in the evening
with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.WED...NW winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 6 seconds and NE 2 ft at 6 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt, becoming
NW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft
at 5 seconds and E 1 foot at 10 seconds.
.THU...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: SW 4 ft at 5 seconds and E 2 ft at 10 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 6 seconds and E 2 ft at
10 seconds.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. A chance of snow.
.FRI NIGHT AND SAT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Snow
likely. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A chance of
rain.
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Buzzard Bay:
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
.THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 5 seconds and NE 1 foot at 5 seconds. Patchy
fog. Rain likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 15 to 20 kt with gusts
up to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft
at 5 seconds and SE 1 foot at 3 seconds. Patchy fog. Rain likely
in the evening. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to 1 to 3 NM after
midnight.
.WED...NW winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas around
3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 5 seconds and NE 2 ft at 6 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt, becoming
NW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft in the evening,
then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 5 seconds and E 2 ft
at 10 seconds, becoming NE 1 foot at 4 seconds and W 1 foot at
5 seconds.
.THU...W winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW
3 ft at 5 seconds and E 2 ft at 10 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and E 2 ft at
11 seconds.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A chance of snow.
.FRI NIGHT AND SAT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt.
Seas 2 to 4 ft. Snow likely. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to
1 to 3 NM.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
rain and snow.
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Cape Cod Bay:
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
.THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave
Detail: SW 1 foot at 4 seconds and NE 1 foot at 5 seconds. Patchy
fog. Rain likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 15 to 20 kt with gusts
up to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft
at 3 seconds and SE 1 foot at 3 seconds. Patchy fog. Rain, mainly
in the evening. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.WED...NW winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming N in the afternoon. Gusts
up to 40 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 5 ft at 6 seconds and
E 1 foot at 10 seconds. A chance of rain. Patchy fog in the
morning.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt, becoming
NW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 4 ft
at 6 seconds and E 4 ft at 9 seconds.
.THU...W winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft
at 4 seconds and E 3 ft at 9 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail:
N 3 ft at 6 seconds and E 3 ft at 10 seconds.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Snow likely.
Vsby 1 NM or less.
.SAT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. A chance of snow.
Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. A chance of rain
and snow.
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.
