Port of Ship Bottom

UN/LOCODEUSSBQWhat is a UN/LOCODE?39.65° N, 74.1833° WLocal timeAmerica/New_York, UTC-4

In short

Ship Bottom: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 4, 2026, 00:19 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 Ship Bottom

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

Forecast

Model forecast for Ship Bottom 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 4 00:00	13	63°	19	1	6	24
Oct 4 06:00	13	75°	20	1.2	6	24
Oct 4 12:00	16	75°	24	1.3	7	24
Oct 4 18:00	11	57°	18	1.1	7	21
Oct 5 00:00	11	48°	17	1	7	24
Oct 5 06:00	9	335°	15	0.9	7	24
Oct 5 12:00	7	291°	12	0.7	7	24
Oct 5 18:00	11	304°	19	0.7	7	24
Oct 6 00:00	7	292°	13	0.6	7	24
Oct 6 06:00	9	330°	14	0.5	8	24
Oct 6 12:00	9	341°	15	0.6	5	24

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 3, 2026, 18:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 18 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 Ship Bottom

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

Buoy Nacote Creek, Jacques Cousteau Reserve, NJ · 33.7 kmobserved Jun 8, 2026, 22:30 UTC

Water temp

—

Air temp

18.5°C (65°F)

Wind

6 kn @ 70°

Waves

—

Weather buoys

Brant Beach, NJ4.8 km
NDBC/OPT Engineering Test Station19.6 km
Buoy 126, Jacques Cousteau Reserve, NJ23.3 km
Chestnut Neck, Jacques Cousteau Reserve, NJ32.8 km
Nacote Creek, Jacques Cousteau Reserve, NJ33.7 km

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

Anchorages, pilot boarding and routing near Ship Bottom

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

Routing measureNew York Southern Approach OutboundTraffic Lane167.155(c) · 26.8 km
Routing measureNew York Southern ApproachSeparation Zone167.155(a) · 35.2 km

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

Marine accidents investigated nearby Authority-reported

5 accidents and incidents within 100 km of the port in the published records of national accident-investigation boards since Jul 7, 2010, located where the board states a position. The most recent:

Jan 8, 2025Cargo, Dry BulkNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)88 km away
Algoma Verity, Philadelphia, PA, USA (NTSB DCA25FM015) · ALGOMA VERITY
Apr 29, 2022ACCNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)95 km away
ENDO BREEZE, New York, NY, USA (NTSB DCA22FM016) · Endo Breeze
Aug 15, 2016ACCNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)90 km away
Lady Gertrude, Sandy Hook, NJ, USA (NTSB DCA16FM051)
Dec 23, 2011ACCNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)87 km away
Rickmers Tokyo, Philadelphia, PA, USA (NTSB DCA12LM004) · ZEA TOKYO
Jul 7, 2010ACCNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)88 km away
Caribbean Sea / Resource / DUKW 34, Philadelphia, PA, USA (NTSB DCA10MM025) · OLIVER

Source: NTSB marine investigations (CAROL). Courtesy: National Transportation Safety Board. Licence: US Government work (17 U.S.C. §105), public domain.

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