Which way's the wind?

Tell it where the wind's blowing from and it ranks every harbor by how sheltered you'll be — so you head for the few good options tonight, not scroll through forty. The protection nobody else computes.

Wind is blowing from the…

Cruising ground

In a southwest wind: 32 good · 8 fair to tuck into.

Good tonight32

Fair — workable8

FairEastchester Bay — City IslandCity Island (Bronx), New York · Long Island Sound FairEssex — Connecticut RiverConnecticut River, Connecticut · Long Island Sound FairGreat Salt Pond (New Harbor)Block Island, Rhode Island · Block Island FairGuilford HarborGuilford, Connecticut · Long Island Sound FairNew London Harbor — Thames RiverNew London, Connecticut · Fishers Island Sound & the East End FairQuissett HarborFalmouth, Massachusetts · Buzzards Bay FairStonington HarborStonington, Connecticut · Fishers Island Sound & the East End FairWest Falmouth HarborFalmouth, Massachusetts · Buzzards Bay

Poor — only if settled10

PoorApponagansett Bay — PadanaramSouth Dartmouth, Massachusetts · Buzzards Bay PoorBristol HarborBristol, Rhode Island · Narragansett Bay PoorCaptain Islands — GreenwichGreenwich, Connecticut · Long Island Sound PoorDutch HarborJamestown, Rhode Island · Narragansett Bay PoorMattapoisett HarborMattapoisett, Massachusetts · Buzzards Bay PoorMilford HarborMilford, Connecticut · Long Island Sound PoorNewport Harbor — Brenton CoveNewport, Rhode Island · Narragansett Bay PoorNorwalk Islands — Sheffield HarborNorwalk Islands, Connecticut · Long Island Sound PoorOnset HarborWareham, Massachusetts · Buzzards Bay PoorSippican Harbor — MarionMarion, Massachusetts · Buzzards Bay

Exposed — pick another5

ExposedClinton HarborClinton, Connecticut · Long Island Sound ExposedNiantic Bay & RiverEast Lyme, Connecticut · Fishers Island Sound & the East End ExposedOrient HarborOrient, New York · Fishers Island Sound & the East End ExposedSakonnet HarborLittle Compton, Rhode Island · Narragansett Bay ExposedThimble Islands — Stony CreekBranford, Connecticut · Long Island Sound

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Good in a north Good in a northeast Good in a east Good in a southeast Good in a south Good in a southwest Good in a west Good in a northwest

Protection ratings are computed from shoreline fetch and cross-checked against the Coast Pilot — a planning aid, not a forecast. Always check the marine forecast and your own eyes before you commit to a night at anchor.