Port Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
February 20, 2026
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 2026/02/19 Thu 02:12 AM -0.48 L 2026/02/19 Thu 08:47 AM 3.70 H 2026/02/19 Thu 02:27 PM -0.57 L 2026/02/19 Thu 09:09 PM 3.80 H 2026/02/20 Fri 02:52 AM -0.45 L 2026/02/20 Fri 09:31 AM 3.59 H 2026/02/20 Fri 03:01 PM -0.58 L 2026/02/20 Fri 09:55 PM 3.83 H Providence: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 2026/02/19 Thu 02:17 AM -0.43 L 2026/02/19 Thu 09:06 AM 4.67 H 2026/02/19 Thu 02:37 PM -0.53 L 2026/02/19 Thu 09:27 PM 4.72 H 2026/02/20 Fri 03:00 AM -0.41 L 2026/02/20 Fri 09:52 AM 4.54 H 2026/02/20 Fri 03:15 PM -0.57 L 2026/02/20 Fr 10:14 PM 4.74 H
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
This Afternoon
Rain likely before 2pm, then snow between 2pm and 4pm, then freezing rain and sleet after 4pm. High near 39. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.
Tonight
Freezing rain and sleet, possibly mixed with rain before 9pm, then snow likely. Low around 29. East wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.
Saturday
A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Northeast wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Saturday Night
A chance of snow, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Sunday
A chance of snow, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Northeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Sunday Night
Snow likely, mainly after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Monday
Snow likely, mainly before 8am. Cloudy, with a high near 33. North wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northwest wind around 6 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Northwest wind around 7 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Wednesday
A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Light southwest wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night
Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday
A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt
with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of rain with a
slight chance of snow, then rain, snow, freezing rain and sleet.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming
N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of snow.
Rain likely with sleet in the evening.
.SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of snow
in the morning.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of
snow in the evening.
.SUN...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of snow
in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt, increasing to 25 to 30 kt
after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of snow in the evening,
then snow likely after midnight.
.MON...N winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Waves around
3 ft, except 5 to 7 ft at the bay entrance. Snow likely.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves
2 to 3 ft, except 5 to 7 ft at the bay entrance. A chance of
snow.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
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Rhode Island Sound:
.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt.
Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 4 ft at
6 seconds and E 1 foot at 10 seconds. A chance of rain and snow,
then rain with snow likely.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt, becoming
N 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE
4 ft at 7 seconds and N 1 foot at 4 seconds. Rain in the evening,
then a chance of snow after midnight.
.SAT...N winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 4 ft
at 7 seconds and N 2 ft at 5 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail:
S 3 ft at 8 seconds and E 2 ft at 6 seconds.
.SUN...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 4 seconds and S
2 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of snow in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt, increasing to 25 to 30 kt with
gusts up to 35 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NE
6 ft at 5 seconds and S 1 foot at 7 seconds. A chance of snow in
the evening, then snow likely after midnight.
.MON...N winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 7 to
10 ft. Snow likely.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. A chance of
snow.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
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Buzzard Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds around 10 kt, increasing to 15 to
20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: E 2 ft at 3 seconds and S
1 foot at 7 seconds. A slight chance of snow, then rain, a chance
of snow and freezing rain.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 3 seconds and S
2 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of snow. Rain in the evening.
.SAT...N winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S
2 ft at 7 seconds and N 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of snow in
the morning.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail:
SW 2 ft at 7 seconds and N 1 foot at 4 seconds.
.SUN...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: NE
1 foot at 2 seconds and SW 1 foot at 7 seconds. A chance of snow
in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt, increasing to 25 to 30 kt
after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft, building to 3 to 5 ft after
midnight. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 3 seconds and S 1 foot at
7 seconds, becoming NE 4 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot at
8 seconds. A chance of snow in the evening, then snow likely
after midnight.
.MON...N winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft. Snow likely.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. A chance of
snow.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 2 to 3 ft.
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Cape Cod Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
1 foot or less, then around 2 ft. Wave Detail: E 1 foot at
3 seconds and S 1 foot at 8 seconds. Snow likely with freezing
rain.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: E 2 ft at 3 seconds and SE 2 ft at 7 seconds.
Freezing rain, snow and rain in the evening, then a chance of
snow after midnight.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the morning.
Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and S 2 ft at
7 seconds. A chance of snow in the morning.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 5 seconds and S 1 foot at 7 seconds.
.SUN...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and S 1 foot at
8 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt, increasing to 25 to 30 kt with
gusts up to 35 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft, building to
4 to 6 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: NE 3 ft at 4 seconds and S
1 foot at 7 seconds, becoming NE 6 ft at 5 seconds and E 2 ft at
9 seconds. A chance of snow in the evening, then snow likely
after midnight.
.MON...NE winds 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 8 to
11 ft. Snow likely.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. A chance of
snow.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 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.
