Big Boil
Current conditions are outside your 15 kt wind or 2.5 ft seas limit.
Right now
updated 2:17 AM
50°F · sets 6:01 PM
gusts 16 kt
Low tide 2:40 AM
2.67 ft MLLW · 1.6 ft above prediction
Latest observations plus the current-hour NWS sky forecast. The call itself runs on the hourly forecast; nearby NDBC NWHC3 observations do not replace it.
Small Craft Advisory issued October 21 at 7:55PM EDT until October 22 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Upton NY In effect through 10/22/2026, 6:00:00 AM EDT.
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Available forecast · 17 kt peak wind · 3 ft peak seas · Wave character unavailable
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Right now. No-Go. Seas are the limiting factor. 3 feet, 0.5 feet over your 2.5 foot limit. cloudy, wind north 17 knots, tide falling, low tide at 2:40 AM.
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Big Boil tides
Big Boil uses NOAA CO-OPS Bridgeport (8467150). The canonical chart for that station is Bridgeport Harbor.
- Low · next
- 2:40 AM · 0.85 ft
- High
- 8:52 AM · 6.86 ft
- Low
- 3:08 PM · 0.74 ft
- High
- 9:14 PM · 6.78 ft
Water temperature 59.5°F at Oct 22, 1:30 AM EDT from NDBC 44039. Essex water temperature.
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Marine forecast and boating conditions for Big Boil
Big Boil is a Northeast boating destination in Connecticut, with local wind, wave, tide, and aviation weather conditions from nearby reporting stations.
This named water in Connecticut uses Central Long Island Sound (44039, 12.6 NM away) for marine observations, Bridgeport (8467150, 13.1 NM away) for tide predictions, and Sikorsky Memorial (KBDR, 11.2 NM away) for nearby aviation weather context.
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