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Newport, RI Daily Water Report — September 6, 2026

Sailing and boating own Newport today. Small forecast seas, a usable north-northwesterly, and a dry sky put those two at the top of the board; surfing does not, and diving is simply off the sheet. Open-Meteo has waves holding 0.2 to 0.3 meters, with the calmest water near 19:00 at 0.22 meters. Swell is a short 0.18 meters at 4.6 seconds from the south, wind waves even smaller, period on the combined sea only 5.4 seconds. That is easy water for a hull and a non-event for a board—surfing sits at 4.6 on height, period, swell direction, and wind, not on hope. Representative wind is 9 knots from the north-northwest, gusting to 13, inside a 1.0 to 9.3-knot day; the sharpest gust, 16.1 knots, is timed at 06:00, so the early hours carry the most edge. Cloud cover around 70 percent and no rain keep sailing at 7.9 and boating at 7.6 on wind, waves, current, precipitation, and cloud. Those scores are not safety declarations. A 0.5 meter-per-second current setting west is the real tradeoff, and kayaking, scored on wind, waves, current, and rain, lands a more cautious 6.2. Fishing is a middling 6.4 from solunar timing, tide state, a rising 1015 hPa pressure, wind, and available clarity. The morning major period, 07:47 to 09:47, overlaps the 0.16-meter low at 09:15; the evening major, 19:47 to 21:47, rides the fall from the 1.20-meter high at 16:22 toward the late low at 23:25. Wildlife, using solunar, low-tide proximity, and wind, is 6—softer than yesterday’s reconstructed 8. Versus recent reconstructed days, sailing is the standout jump from yesterday’s 6.7; boating is in line with 7.4 yesterday and a notch below the 8s earlier in the week. Air runs 15.8 to 20.1 C with 21 kilometers of atmospheric visibility; marine SST is 21.2 C. Sunrise 06:16, sunset 19:14, waning crescent. Through the 8th the marine forecast stays tiny. The 9th and 10th bring a bump—waves to 1.0 then 0.9 to 1.2 meters, peak wind 15.3 knots, and a 25 percent rain chance—before it eases. Best bet: take the sail or the boat into the late afternoon, when the breeze is still honest and the water is as quiet as it gets.