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Providence, RI Daily Water Report — September 5, 2026

Paddlers and boaters get the decisive nod today on Providence’s coast. Kayaking sits at 9 out of 10 and boating at 8.9, on light wind, nearly flat waves, slack current, and a dry forecast—not a safety stamp, just unusually cooperative water. Surfing is a 4.7 because there is almost no energy in the sea, and sailing only reaches 5.2 on a breeze that never really fills in. Fishing is a middling 6.4, diving 7.6, wildlife watching 6. A representative west-northwest wind of 3 knots, gusting to 6, is the day’s texture, with a range of 1.2 to 8.6 knots and the sharpest gust, 15.7 knots, timed at 08:00. After that early bump the surface should stay easy. Wave height is about 0.12 meters at 5.2 seconds, swell a mere 0.08 meters from the south, wind waves at zero, and the forecast clustered around 0.1 meters. Calmest water sits near midnight, but the practical truth is that it barely changes. Air runs 16.4 to 23.7 C under about 75 percent cloud, humidity 81 percent, no rain indicated, and pressure 1012 hPa and rising. Atmospheric visibility is 16.5 kilometers; that is not underwater visibility, and marine water temperature is unavailable, so treat the diving score as a wind-and-wave call rather than a clarity promise. Useful windows open after sunrise at 06:15, through the morning solunar major of 06:45 to 08:45—watch that 08:00 gust—then the quieter afternoon and the evening major from 18:45 to 20:45 before sunset at 19:16. Without tide data, do not read the fishing number as a current or tide call; it is using solunar timing, pressure, wind, and available clarity. Compared with yesterday, fishing improves from 5.4 while boating slips from 9.4 and diving from 8.4; kayaking matches yesterday’s 9, continuing a week of high paddle and small-boat scores on similarly small waves. Sunday cools to 15.3–20.7 C with a 46 percent chance of precipitation and still only 0.1-meter waves. Monday looks dry, then a slow warm-up, with waves staying tiny until they build toward 0.3–0.5 meters by the 10th. Best bet: launch a kayak or a small boat after the morning gust fades and stay out on that afternoon pond, because this kind of flat, dry water is the day’s real gift.