Port of Boca del Rio
In short
Boca del Rio: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 5, 2026, 08:25 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.
Get port alerts
Get an email when Boca del Rio is busier than usual or is named in an official release.
Free forever. No card. A free account follows up to 5 ships and ports.
- In port now
- 0
- Arrivals, last 24 h
- 0
- Departures, last 24 h
- 0
- Ships nearby, last 6 h
- 0
Vessels near Boca del Rio
Ships Voydar received on AIS near the port in the last 6 hours, most recent first. Being near a port is not a port call; the board above lists calls.
No vessels detected near Boca del Rio in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.
Forecast
Model forecast for Boca del Rio over the next 72 hours, every 6 hours: wind, gusts, waves and visibility. Times in UTC.
| Time (UTC) | Wind (kn) | From | Gusts (kn) | Waves (m) | Period (s) | Visibility (km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 199° | 11 | 1.3 | 6 | 19 | |
| 6 | 247° | 10 | 1 | 6 | 21 | |
| 1 | 42° | 9 | 0.8 | 6 | 22 | |
| 8 | 356° | 15 | 1.1 | 5 | 24 | |
| 1 | 319° | 8 | 0.7 | 5 | 24 | |
| 3 | 260° | 6 | 0.6 | 5 | 24 | |
| 3 | 32° | 9 | 0.8 | 5 | 24 | |
| 5 | 345° | 13 | 1.3 | 5 | 20 | |
| 5 | 204° | 10 | 0.9 | 6 | 14 | |
| 5 | 250° | 10 | 0.7 | 6 | 19 | |
| 3 | 136° | 8 | 0.7 | 6 | 11 | |
| 3 | 188° | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 5, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 5, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 19 km away.
Source: ECMWF open data (IFS 0.25° forecasts, ECMWF WAM waves). This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Source: www.ecmwf.int. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Licence: CC-BY-4.0 + ECMWF Terms of Use.
Source: NOAA GFS 0.25° and GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III) forecasts. Forecast: NOAA NCEP GFS / GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III). Licence: US Government work (public domain); NOAA Open Data Dissemination.
A model forecast, not an observation. Not for navigation.
Marine conditions near Boca del Rio
Live wind, waves and water temperature from nearby NOAA buoys and tide gauges — free government data the incumbents charge for.
Weather buoys
- Sacrifice Island, Mexico6.9 km
- Veracruz Harbor, MX9.7 km
- La Mancha Beach, Mexico60.5 km
Source: NOAA National Data Buoy Center & CO-OPS Tides & Currents — public domain.
Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby
2 incidents within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Sep 21, 2020. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:
- OtherSep 22, 20209 km away
On 21 September at 0842LT, the Mexican Navy seized a Mexico-flagged product tanker BLUE COMMANDER at Veracruz Port for alleged transportation of stolen fuel. The vessel and 21 crew members were arrested for the crime of possessing hydrocarbons without the paperwork showing its source. According to the report, the illegal fuel-theft operation was part of a larger conspiracy run by the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel and the Sangre Nueva Zeta cartel.
- OtherSep 21, 2020Tanker9 km away
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 8:03 AM On 21 September at 0842LT, the Mexican Navy seized a Mexico-flagged product tanker BLUE COMMANDER at Veracruz Port for alleged transportation of stolen fuel. The vessel and 21 crew members were arrested for the crime of possessing hydrocarbons without the paperwork showing its source. According to the report, the illegal fuel-theft operation was part of a larger conspiracy run by the Jalisco Nueva Generaciön cartel and the Sangre Nueva Zeta cartel.
Source: NGA Anti-Shipping Activity Messages. This reproduction, partial or complete, of any National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) or Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) product, information or data is not approved, authorized or endorsed by the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director, NGA or any other element of the US Government. The US Government and NGA accept no liability for the accuracy or quality of this reproduction or the use of any NGA, NIMA or DMA products, information or data. Licence: US Government work — "NGA claims no copyright or other intellectual property right".
Tools for this port
Use this data
This page is also available as JSON, free, with the source and licence of every section. Sections whose sources do not permit redistribution are listed as withheld.
GET /api/v1/ports/MXBDRUsing this data in code?
Every account gets a personal API allowance: 2,500 credits a month free, 25,000 with Pro. Pro adds internal business use; API plans add building the data into your own products.