Port of Broad Brook

UN/LOCODEUSBB8What is a UN/LOCODE?41.9° N, 72.5333° WLocal timeAmerica/New_York, UTC-4

In short

Broad Brook: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 3, 2026, 14:36 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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In port now: 0
Arrivals, last 24 h: 0
Departures, last 24 h: 0
Ships nearby, last 6 h: 0

Vessels near Broad Brook

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 Broad Brook in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.

Forecast

Model forecast for Broad Brook 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)
Oct 3 12:00	6	6°	13	0.3	3	24
Oct 3 18:00	5	358°	14	0.3	6	24
Oct 4 00:00	3	72°	8	0.5	4	24
Oct 4 06:00	4	52°	7	0.5	4	24
Oct 4 12:00	4	56°	9	0.5	4	24
Oct 4 18:00	5	136°	12	0.8	5	24
Oct 5 00:00	4	122°	7	0.6	5	24
Oct 5 06:00	2	166°	4	0.4	7	24
Oct 5 12:00	4	212°	9	0.4	7	24
Oct 5 18:00	12	302°	26	0.6	7	24
Oct 6 00:00	7	294°	16	0.6	7	24

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 3, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 3, 2026, 06:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 72 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 Broad Brook

Live wind, waves and water temperature from nearby NOAA buoys and tide gauges — free government data the incumbents charge for.

Buoy 8461490 - New London, CT · 76.1 kmobserved Jun 8, 2026, 22:30 UTC

Water temp

13.5°C (56°F)

Air temp

17.8°C (64°F)

Wind

—

Waves

—

Weather buoys

Tide gauges

New London, CT76.2 km
New Haven, CT80.1 km

Source: NOAA National Data Buoy Center & CO-OPS Tides & Currents — public domain.

Anchorages, pilot boarding and routing near Broad Brook

Charted areas within 40 km, from NOAA's MarineCadastre.gov. Reference only, not for navigation: the regulation cited governs.

AnchorageMouse IslandspecialConnecticut River, CT110.55(f) · 38 km
AnchoragePortlandspecialConnecticut River, CT110.55(g) · 38.3 km

Sources: NOAA Office for Coastal Management (MarineCadastre.gov) and NOAA Fisheries (public domain). Retrieved Oct 1, 2026.

Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby

1 incident within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Jun 2, 2014. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

Pirate AssaultJun 2, 2014Tugboat96 km away
UNITED STATES: On 2 June, robbers stole a small tug boat from the Oyster House pier in East Providence, Rhode Island. The boat was later found aground and half-submerged in the Providence River near Sabin Point. East Providence Police and Fire were alerted to reports of a vessel in distress with at least two people shining flashlights. When authorities boarded the vessel nobody was found, although a person later discovered nearby on shore has been identified as a person of interest.

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".

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