Port Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
July 29, 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 )
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 2025/07/28 Mon 04:27 AM 0.20 L 2025/07/28 Mon 11:14 AM 3.92 H 2025/07/28 Mon 04:34 PM 0.38 L 2025/07/28 Mon 11:30 PM 3.64 H 2025/07/29 Tue 04:55 AM 0.29 L 2025/07/29 Tue 12:00 PM 3.77 H 2025/07/29 Tue 05:17 PM 0.56 L Providence: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 2025/07/28 Mon 04:16 AM 0.37 L 2025/07/28 Mon 11:32 AM 4.84 H 2025/07/28 Mon 04:31 PM 0.53 L 2025/07/28 Mon 11:47 PM 4.56 H 2025/07/29 Tue 04:54 AM 0.41 L 2025/07/29 Tue 12:18 PM 4.68 H 2025/07/29 Tue 05:16 PM 0.74 L
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
Today
Sunny and hot, with a high near 97. Heat index values as high as 103. West wind 6 to 8 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 70. Light and variable wind.
Wednesday
Sunny and hot, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 98. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Northeast wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. North wind around 6 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 78. North wind 6 to 8 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Light and variable wind.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 foot or less, then
around 2 ft.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves
around 2 ft in the evening, then 1 foot or less.
.WED...E winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt with gusts up
to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 ft
in the afternoon.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Waves around 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms.
.THU...NE winds around 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of
showers and tstms.
.THU NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt after
midnight. Waves around 2 ft. Showers likely. A chance of tstms in
the evening. Vsby 1 to 3 NM after midnight.
.FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to
3 ft. Showers likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves
2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW 5 to
10 kt. Waves around 2 ft.
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Rhode Island Sound:
.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 3 seconds and SE 1 foot at
9 seconds. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less, increasing to 1 to
3 NM.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W after midnight. Seas
around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot at
8 seconds.
.WED...E winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt with gusts up
to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft
at 4 seconds and N 1 foot at 2 seconds. Patchy fog in the
afternoon with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.WED NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail:
SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot at 8 seconds. A chance of
showers. Patchy fog in the evening with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas around
2 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 3 seconds and SW 2 ft at 5 seconds.
A chance of showers.
.THU NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: E
3 ft at 4 seconds and SW 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of showers
in the evening. Showers likely after midnight with vsby 1 to
3 NM.
.FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Showers likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
2 to 4 ft. A chance of showers.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW around
10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
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Buzzard Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
around 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 3 seconds and SE 1 foot at
8 seconds. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas around 2 ft in the evening, then 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot at 8 seconds,
becoming NW 1 foot at 3 seconds and SW 1 foot at 4 seconds.
.WED...E winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt with gusts up
to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 ft
in the afternoon. Wave Detail: N 1 foot at 3 seconds and SW
1 foot at 4 seconds, becoming SW 2 ft at 3 seconds and NE 1 foot
at 3 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt,
becoming W after midnight. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft
at 4 seconds and NE 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and
tstms. Patchy fog in the evening with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon.
Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 3 seconds and SW 1 foot
at 5 seconds. A chance of showers.
.THU NIGHT...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 SW 1 foot at
5 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers
likely after midnight with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Showers likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
2 to 4 ft. A chance of showers.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt,
becoming W 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
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Cape Cod Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less, then
around 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 1 foot at 2 seconds and SE 1 foot at
8 seconds.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N after midnight. Seas
around 2 ft in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: W
1 foot at 3 seconds and SE 1 foot at 8 seconds, becoming N 1 foot
at 2 seconds and S 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.WED...E winds around 5 kt, becoming S with gusts up to 20 kt in
the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 ft in the
afternoon. Wave Detail: N 1 foot at 3 seconds and S 1 foot at
4 seconds, becoming S 1 foot at 2 seconds and N 1 foot at
3 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 1 foot at 3 seconds and NE
1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms after
midnight.
.THU...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon.
Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 3 seconds and S 1 foot
at 4 seconds. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the
morning.
.THU NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt after
midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 4 seconds and S
1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers likely after midnight with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Showers likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt,
becoming SW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 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.
