Port Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
March 05, 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 2026/03/04 Wed 01:37 AM -0.41 L 2026/03/04 Wed 08:15 AM 3.86 H 2026/03/04 Wed 01:54 PM -0.35 L 2026/03/04 Wed 08:36 PM 4.10 H 2026/03/05 Thu 02:16 AM -0.36 L 2026/03/05 Thu 08:56 AM 3.64 H 2026/03/05 Thu 02:22 PM -0.31 L 2026/03/05 Thu 09:17 PM 3.95 H Providence: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 2026/03/04 Wed 01:16 AM -0.42 L 2026/03/04 Wed 08:30 AM 4.77 H 2026/03/04 Wed 01:39 PM -0.30 L 2026/03/04 Wed 08:52 PM 4.97 H 2026/03/05 Thu 02:02 AM -0.37 L 2026/03/05 Thu 09:12 AM 4.51 H 2026/03/05 Thu 02:18 PM -0.30 L 2026/03/05 Thu 09:34 PM 4.79 H
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
Today
Rain likely, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog after 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 37. East wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain. Areas of fog. Low around 33. East wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday
Rain, mainly before noon. Areas of fog. High near 36. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Cloudy, with a low around 33. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday
Cloudy, with a high near 49. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
Saturday Night
A chance of rain, mainly after 8pm. Cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Sunday
A chance of rain before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Light southwest wind.
Monday
Sunny, with a high near 57. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 41. Southwest wind around 6 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind 5 to 7 mph.
Wednesday
A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Southwest wind 7 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt. Waves
around 2 ft. Areas of fog. A chance of rain. Rain. Vsby 1 to
3 NM.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves
2 to 3 ft. Areas of fog. Rain. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to
1 to 3 NM after midnight.
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to
3 ft. Areas of fog. Rain, mainly in the morning. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, diminishing to around 5 kt
after midnight. Waves around 2 ft.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt with gusts up
to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves
2 to 4 ft. A chance of rain.
.SUN...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 2 to
3 ft. A chance of rain.
.SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves around
2 ft.
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Rhode Island Sound:
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt
with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at
7 seconds. Areas of fog. A chance of rain. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: NE 4 ft at 6 seconds and S 1 foot at
6 seconds. Areas of fog. Rain. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to
1 to 3 NM after midnight.
.FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: NE 4 ft at 6 seconds. Areas of fog. Rain,
mainly in the morning. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt
after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NE 4 ft at
8 seconds.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft at 9 seconds and
S 2 ft at 5 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: SW 6 ft at 5 seconds and SE 3 ft at
9 seconds. A chance of rain.
.SUN...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. A chance of rain.
.SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft.
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Buzzard Bay:
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 8 seconds and S 1 foot at
5 seconds. Areas of fog. A chance of rain. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 3 seconds and S 1 foot at
6 seconds. Areas of fog. Rain. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to
1 to 3 NM after midnight.
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 3 seconds. Areas of fog. Rain,
mainly in the morning. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, diminishing to around 5 kt
after midnight. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at
3 seconds.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 3 seconds and
E 2 ft at 9 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail:
SW 4 ft at 5 seconds and SE 2 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of rain.
.SUN...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A chance of rain.
.SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around
2 ft.
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Cape Cod Bay:
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt
with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at
5 seconds and SW 1 foot at 2 seconds. Areas of fog. Rain likely
with vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 4 seconds. Areas of fog. Rain. Vsby
1 NM or less, increasing to 1 to 3 NM after midnight.
.FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: NE 3 ft at 5 seconds. Areas of fog. Rain in
the morning. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming E around 5 kt after
midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NE 3 ft at 5 seconds.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NE
3 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 3 seconds.
.SAT 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 3 ft at
7 seconds. A chance of rain after midnight.
.SUN...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. A chance of rain.
.SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...SW 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.
