Harbor WebCam - Portsmouth, NH

Portsmouth (NH) Harbor – 43.1°N, 70.8°W

Dialup version | HELP! I just see a red x. | The image is stuck
IF YOU ARE SEEING ONLY A BLACK IMAGE, TRY THE DIALUP VERSION. IF YOU STILL A BLACK IMAGE, SEND

From Ceres Street, Portsmouth, N.H., looking northeast over the Piscataqua River toward Maine.

River traffic. The Piscataqua River is a swift tidal river. When the tide comes in (right to left <--- above), it reverses the river's normal flow. Travel by tankers and other large vessels is restricted to slack tide, when the current is more or less zero. See the chart below for slack tide times at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor (map), which is roughly three miles downstream.
Piscataqua River Currents Thu 01:56am EST -0.00 knots Slack, Ebb Begins Thu 04:32am EST -1.61 knots Max Ebb Thu 06:40am EST Sunrise Thu 08:14am EST 0.00 knots Slack, Flood Begins Thu 09:32am EST Moonrise Thu 10:17am EST 1.22 knots Max Flood Thu 02:02pm EST -0.00 knots Slack, Ebb Begins Thu 04:15pm EST Sunset Thu 04:59pm EST -1.99 knots Max Ebb Thu 06:21pm EST Moonset Thu 09:01pm EST 0.00 knots Slack, Flood Begins Thu 10:51pm EST 0.98 knots Max Flood Fri 02:40am EST -0.00 knots Slack, Ebb Begins Fri 05:14am EST -1.52 knots Max Ebb Fri 06:41am EST Sunrise Fri 08:59am EST 0.00 knots Slack, Flood Begins Fri 10:14am EST Moonrise Fri 11:00am EST 1.14 knots Max Flood Fri 02:41pm EST -0.00 knots Slack, Ebb Begins Fri 04:14pm EST Sunset Fri 05:40pm EST -1.92 knots Max Ebb Fri 07:21pm EST Moonset Fri 09:46pm EST 0.00 knots Slack, Flood Begins Fri 11:34pm EST 0.94 knots Max Flood	Current Conditions 50.0 ^oF overcast Forecast
New Hampshire-Maine border. The N.H.-Maine border lies in the middle of the Piscataqua River. Its exact location was the subject of a long-running dispute settled by the U.S. Supreme Court. Piscataqua River. This Piscataqua River is a 13-mile long tidal estuary formed by merging of the Salmon and Cocheco rivers. The river, which separates Maine and New Hampshire, also drains Great Bay, a National Estuarine Research Reserve site. The last 8.8 miles of the Piscataqua River constitute Portsmouth Harbor, which stretches across New Castle, Portsmouth, and Newington, and the Maine communities of Kittery and Eliot. Currents. The swift currents of the Piscataqua River make Portsmouth Harbor one of the fastest flowing commercial port waterways in the northeastern United States. The ice-free deep-water channel has been used for shipping since the 1600s.
	Points of Interest 1. Moran Towing tugboats 2. Public benches 3. Ferry Landing restaurant 4. Tug Alley Too tugboat 5. Memorial Bridge 6. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard 7. Badger's Island, Kittery, Maine
What kind of name is Piscataqua (Piss-cat-a-qua)? Easy for you to say, but not so easy to spell. See an extended examination of the origin of the word at SeacoastNH.com and 20 ways to spell Piscataqua. More information. For more about the Piscataqua River, see the Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources web page.

The image is stuck. We're trying to set the image to refresh as often a possible, but if the setting is too fast sometimes the image will get stuck for a minute or two. If you notice the image getting stuck like that, send .