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Newport, RI Daily Water Report — September 5, 2026

Divers own Newport today. An 8.8 diving score, matching the high marks that have held through most of the past week, sits well above a 7.4 for boating, 6.7 apiece for sailing and fishing, 6.5 for kayaking, and a 4.9 that leaves surfing little to work with. Wildlife reaches an 8, the strongest of the supplied recent scores, on solunar timing, proximity to the lows, and a still-manageable breeze. Open-Meteo current conditions and forecast keep the sea small: waves 0.3 to 0.4 meters, a 0.3-meter south swell at 4.9 seconds, and the day’s calmest water near 14:00 at 0.34 meters. A north wind around 7 knots, gusting to 10, is the representative picture, but the range runs 2.3 to 10 knots and the strongest gust, 15.6 knots, is timed at 07:00. After that early bump the air is easier. Sky is fully overcast, rain is not indicated, pressure is 1010 hPa and rising, and marine SST is 21.4 C, a tenth of a degree above average. Atmospheric visibility is 25.3 km; that is not underwater visibility. A 0.6 m/s current sets toward the north-northwest. NOAA tides give a 0.16-meter low at 07:48 and the fuller 1.18-meter high at 15:11. The practical window is late morning through midafternoon, once the 07:00 gust fades and the flood builds toward that high, overlapping the 13:14–14:14 solunar minor. The 06:44–08:44 major sits on the morning low for anyone already on the water at first light. Fishing improved from yesterday’s 5.5 even as wind filled in from 3.6 knots; boating and kayaking ease off yesterday’s 8.9 and 8.0, a fair trade for a still-tiny sea. Surf’s short period is the day’s honest limitation, not a hazard so much as a shrug. Through the 8th, Open-Meteo keeps waves 0.2 to 0.3 meters and winds light, with only a 26 percent rain chance tomorrow, before peak winds near 15 knots and waves to a meter-plus on the 9th and 10th. Best bet: drop in for the dive around that 14:00 0.34-meter lull as the tide floods toward 15:11.