Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 5/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 18 Oct 2026, 18:19
Snapshot cache 180s
22 East Fort wind - kt
N East Fort direction
2.2 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 22:00-00:00 | 10.9-18.7 kt ESE | ONSHORE | tide unknown | cleaner wind swell
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY CLEANER WIND SWELL
SUNSET 17:54 Sunset passed
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
18:00
12.4 kt
N
G 22 kt
2.9 m | SLACK
19:00
11.3 kt
N
G 20.2 kt
2.8 m | UNKNOWN
20:00
12.3 kt
N
G 22 kt
Tide -
21:00
7 kt
N
G 12.4 kt
Tide -
22:00
10.9 kt
ESE
G 18.7 kt
Tide -
23:00
10.7 kt
E
G 18.5 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from N 1° → blowing toward S 181°
Angled away from shore
22 kt | gust 24.5 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ S 181°
TIDE TO ↑ E 90° | 0.5 kt
WIND ACROSS TIDE
Wind is crossing the tidal stream
MODELLED CURRENT | Open-Meteo / MeteoFrance SMOC | ~8 km grid
Geometry only - not a go/no-go rating. Frinton shoreline is approximated SW to NE.
LAND
SEA
N ↑
FRINTON
↑
N 1°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.2 m 04:21
NOW 2.8 m
↓ FALLING
LOW 1.1 m 10:30
LIVE WAVE FIELD
2.2 m
W1 significant wave height
CLEANER WIND SWELL
7.7 s period
35° NE wave from
1.6 m nearshore
Losing 0.6 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NE 35°
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3-HOUR HISTORY

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Observed HHA history + browser memory
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LIVE WIND

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
4 min old
22 kt
1° N
24.5 gust kt
1° gust dir
STEADY 2.5 kt / 11%
18 Oct 2026, 18:16
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
4 min old
8.9 kt
356° N
11.6 gust kt
351° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.7 kt / 30%
18 Oct 2026, 18:16
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Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
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LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
7 min old
2.2 m Hs
35° NE
3.3 max m
7.7 period s
CLEANER WIND SWELL wave character
18 Oct 2026, 18:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
5 min old
2.8 m
Observed water level
2.8 predicted m
-0.1 surge m
0 status
18 Oct 2026, 18:15
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
4 min old
1.6 m Hs
Wave direction -
2.2 max m
4.5 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
18 Oct 2026, 18:16