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Gardiners Bay
Not today, captain. The water is outside your comfort line.
Patchy Smoke · 73° · 11 kt windNo 4-hour stretch stays inside the Pursuit 235 limits of 15 kt wind and 2.5 ft seas.
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
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Daylight forecast
3 NWS grid hours
4 turns today
NDBC 44097
NDBC 44097 · observed 7/16/2026, 5:56:00 PM EDT
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.
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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.
Latest available buoy observation.
Source geography
Where these readings come from
Dashed lines connect this destination to the stations contributing marine, tide, and aviation context.
- Forecast pointGardiners BayNWS forecast point
- BuoyBlock Island · 4409749.1 NM away
- Marine gridCentral Long Island Sound · 4403921.6 NM away
- Tide gaugeNew London · 846149011.7 NM away
- AviationGroton-New London · KGON11.1 NM away
NWS hourly forecast
RoleSupplies the hourly wind, sky, temperature, and precipitation forecast at this destination.
- forecast point
- Gardiners Bay · gardiners-bay
- Coordinates
- 41.1731° N, 72.1784° W
Why this sourceResolved from the destination coordinates, so it represents the selected harbor rather than a nearby city.
Data timingForecast grid updated · 4 hr 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
- Central Long Island Sound · 44039
- Distance
- 21.6 NM from destination
- Coordinates
- 41.1380° N, 72.6550° W
Why this sourceResolved on the coastal marine grid at 44039, the selected marine reference point for this destination.
Data timingMarine grid updated · 4 hr ago
ConfidenceThe selected source is within 25 NM of the destination.
Wave-height forecast resolved at marine reference 44039. Used before Boat or Nope's observed-buoy fallback when the grid reports usable wave heights.
NDBC 44097
RoleChecks recent observed wind, waves, and water temperature and helps fill gaps when the marine grid has no usable wave value.
- buoy
- Block Island · 44097
- Distance
- 49.1 NM from destination
- Coordinates
- 40.9690° N, 71.1270° W
Why this sourceThe configured buoy 44039 did not report usable observations, so 44097 was selected from nearby candidates.
Data timingLatest buoy observation · 38 min ago
ConfidenceThe source is 49.1 NM away, so local conditions may differ.
Automatic fallbackConfigured 44039; selected 44097 after checking 44039, 44097.
Selected catalog buoy, 49.1 NM from the selected location. Reports observed wind, waves, and water temperature when those sensors are available.
CO-OPS 8461490
RoleSupplies predicted tide heights and high/low timing for each forecast day.
- tide station
- New London · 8461490
- Distance
- 11.7 NM from destination
- Coordinates
- 41.3550° N, 72.0870° W
Why this sourceSelected as the nearest trusted CO-OPS prediction station for Gardiners Bay.
Data timingPredictions generated for each selected day
ConfidenceThe selected source is within 25 NM of the destination.
Selected catalog tide station, 11.7 NM from the selected location. Tide predictions and high/low events in feet relative to MLLW for the available forecast days.
AviationWeather KGON
RoleAdds nearby observed and forecast gust context from METAR and TAF reports.
- aviation station
- Groton-New London · KGON
- Distance
- 11.1 NM from destination
- Coordinates
- 41.3300° N, 72.0500° W
Why this sourceChosen from the nearest aviation candidates that returned a current METAR or TAF report.
Data timingLatest METAR observation · 31 min ago
ConfidenceThe selected source is within 25 NM of the destination.
Nearest aviation candidates: KGON 11.1 NM, KMTP 13 NM, KHTO 13.2 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.
Updated 7/16/2026, 6:34:23 PM EDT · Planning context, not certified navigation.
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