Newport ocean conditions - Which to use??

[reefseal]

The site I use to look marine weather conditions for Jamestown area (Beavertail, Ft. Wetherill..) shows conditions for RI Sound and Narragansett Bay. Both give completely different readings. Want to know which would use to check marine conditions. Either way, conditions are not looking good for this weekend!

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RHODE ISLAND SOUND

FRI NIGHT... S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE EVENING. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME TSTMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE EVENING. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SAT... S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS. PATCHY FOG. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN 1 TO 3 NM AFTER MIDNIGHT

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NARRAGANSETT BAY-


FRI NIGHT... S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT. WAVES 2 TO 3 FT...EXCEPT 4 TO 6 FT AT THE BAY ENTRANCE. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME TSTMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE EVENING. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SAT... S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 2 TO 3 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS. PATCHY FOG. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN 1 TO 3 NM AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SUN... N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT... BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT. WINDS AND WAVES HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.

 

[ScubaSarus]

Id use RI Sound conditions and then subtract a foot or two from the wave heights. Newport is always calm it seems on reports and yesterday was such a report only to have stiff S. Wind into the coves causing a lot of chop.

Its all dependent on the swell and wind directions. If from the south go with RI sound and from the North go with Newport.