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Little Whale
Doable, but keep one eye on the sky and the other on the chop.
Patchy Smoke · 77° · 6 kt wind12 PM–4 PM is the best 4-hour window inside your selected limits.
For Pursuit 235 · 4 hours · limits 15 kt / 2.5 ftMake it yours, skipper
The flag re-reads the water for your boat and your day.
Your boat
Time on the water
Your comfort line: 15 kt wind · 2.5 ft seas
Pick your day
Seven days, one honest flag each.
Showing hourly detail for today. Each flag uses that day's own forecast.
Daylight forecast
9 NWS grid hours
4 turns today
NDBC BUZM3
How the day develops
Wind, waves, and tide stay aligned to the same daylight hours.
Sustained wind in knots. The dashed line is your selected boat limit.
Wave height from the NWS marine grid, with clearly identified buoy-based estimates for gaps.
Predicted water level in feet relative to MLLW from NOAA CO-OPS.
Hour by hour
Daylight only. The useful part of your day.
7 kt
8 ktView exact hourly readings
How this forecast is built
5 of 5 inputs reporting. Stations, locations, and roles are shown below.
Resolved directly from the destination coordinates.
The buoy fills wave gaps and supplies observations.
Predicted heights and high/low timing.
Shown when the selected buoy reports it.
Source geography
Where these readings come from
Dashed lines connect this destination to the stations contributing marine, tide, and aviation context.
- Forecast pointLittle WhaleNWS forecast point
- BuoyBuzzards Bay · BUZM317.8 NM away
- Tide gaugeNewport · 84526605.7 NM away
- AviationProvidence/T.F. Green · KPVD16.8 NM away
NWS hourly forecast
RoleSupplies the hourly wind, sky, temperature, and precipitation forecast at this destination.
- forecast point
- Little Whale · little-whale
- Coordinates
- 41.4447° N, 71.4237° W
Why this sourceUses the catalog's pre-resolved NWS grid cell for these destination coordinates.
Data timingForecast grid updated · 48 min ago
ConfidenceThe forecast is resolved directly at this location.
Hourly wind, weather, temperature, and precipitation forecast resolved from the selected latitude/longitude.
NWS coastal marine grid
RoleSupplies forecast wave heights, which Boat or Nope uses before buoy-based estimates when available.
- marine grid point
- Buzzards Bay · BUZM3
- Distance
- 17.8 NM from destination
- Coordinates
- 41.3970° N, 71.0330° W
Why this sourceResolved on the coastal marine grid at BUZM3, the selected marine reference point for this destination.
Data timingMarine grid updated · 48 min ago
ConfidenceThe selected source is within 25 NM of the destination.
Wave-height forecast resolved at marine reference BUZM3. Used before Boat or Nope's observed-buoy fallback when the grid reports usable wave heights.
NDBC BUZM3
RoleChecks recent observed wind, waves, and water temperature and helps fill gaps when the marine grid has no usable wave value.
- buoy
- Buzzards Bay · BUZM3
- Distance
- 17.8 NM from destination
- Coordinates
- 41.3970° N, 71.0330° W
Why this sourceSelected from the catalog as the nearest trusted NDBC marine observation station for Little Whale.
Data timingLatest buoy observation · 57 min ago
ConfidenceThe selected source is within 25 NM of the destination.
Selected catalog buoy, 17.8 NM from the selected location. Reports observed wind, waves, and water temperature when those sensors are available.
CO-OPS 8452660
RoleSupplies predicted tide heights and high/low timing for each forecast day.
- tide station
- Newport · 8452660
- Distance
- 5.7 NM from destination
- Coordinates
- 41.5050° N, 71.3260° W
Why this sourceSelected as the nearest trusted CO-OPS prediction station for Little Whale.
Data timingPredictions generated for each selected day
ConfidenceThe selected source is within 25 NM of the destination.
Selected catalog tide station, 5.7 NM from the selected location. Tide predictions and high/low events in feet relative to MLLW for the available forecast days.
AviationWeather KPVD
RoleAdds nearby observed and forecast gust context from METAR and TAF reports.
- aviation station
- Providence/T.F. Green · KPVD
- Distance
- 16.8 NM from destination
- Coordinates
- 41.7240° N, 71.4282° W
Why this sourceChosen from the nearest aviation candidates that returned a current METAR or TAF report.
Data timingLatest METAR observation · 6 min ago
ConfidenceThe selected source is within 25 NM of the destination.
Nearest aviation candidates: KPVD 16.8 NM, KWST 17.9 NM, KEWB 25.2 NM.
Hourly seas: NWS coastal marine-grid wave height is preferred when available. Gaps fall back to the latest NDBC wave observation projected with forecast wind; fallback values are planning estimates, not NOAA wave forecasts.
Verdict: Go, Caution, No-Go, or Incomplete is derived from the boat limits you select for wind and seas.
Source retrieval17 reused · 3 refreshed
Updated 7/17/2026, 12:56:31 PM EDT · Planning context, not certified navigation.
Local source coverage
Planning a boating day at Little Whale
Little Whale is a Northeast boating destination in Rhode Island, with local wind, wave, tide, and aviation weather conditions from nearby reporting stations.
This named water in Rhode Island uses Buzzards Bay (BUZM3, 17.8 NM away) for marine observations, Newport (8452660, 5.7 NM away) for tide predictions, and Providence/T.F. Green (KPVD, 16.8 NM away) for nearby aviation weather context.
This location is part of Boat or Nope's reviewed launch catalog and remains subject to automated source-health checks.Nearby harbors