Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 17 Oct 2026, 09:15
Snapshot cache 180s
14.2 East Fort wind - kt
NNW East Fort direction
1.4 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 12:00-14:00 | 12.4-22.6 kt N | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | organised bumps
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY ORGANISED BUMPS
SUNSET 17:57 8h 41m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
09:00
10.5 kt
NNW
G 18.1 kt
1.1 m | UNKNOWN
10:00
12.3 kt
NNW
G 21.8 kt
1.1 m | UNKNOWN
11:00
11.9 kt
NNW
G 21.2 kt
Tide -
12:00
12.4 kt
N
G 22.6 kt
Tide -
13:00
9.9 kt
N
G 18.1 kt
Tide -
14:00
10.7 kt
N
G 18.8 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from N 344° → blowing toward S 164°
Angled away from shore
14.2 kt | gust 15.9 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SSE 164°
TIDE TO ↑ SE 135° | 0.4 kt
WIND WITH TIDE
Wind and current are broadly aligned
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 344°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.4 m 03:51
NOW 1.2 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1.1 m 09:00
LIVE WAVE FIELD
1.4 m
W1 significant wave height
ORGANISED BUMPS
6.3 s period
24° NNE wave from
1 m nearshore
Losing 0.4 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NNE 24°
LIVE
3-HOUR HISTORY

IS IT BUILDING OR DROPPING?

Observed HHA history + browser memory
WIND - EAST FORT -
Building history...
WAVES - W1 -
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LIVE WIND

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
16 min old
14.2 kt
344° NNW
15.9 gust kt
342° gust dir
STEADY 1.7 kt / 12%
17 Oct 2026, 09:00
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
15 min old
13.9 kt
336° NNW
15.1 gust kt
341° gust dir
STEADY 1.2 kt / 9%
17 Oct 2026, 09:01
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
20 min old
7.8 kt
312° NW
10.5 gust kt
312° gust dir
GUSTY 2.7 kt / 35%
17 Oct 2026, 08:56
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
20 min old
1.4 m Hs
24° NNE
2.5 max m
6.3 period s
ORGANISED BUMPS wave character
17 Oct 2026, 08:56
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
16 min old
1.2 m
Observed water level
1.1 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
17 Oct 2026, 09:00
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
18 min old
1 m Hs
Wave direction -
1.3 max m
3.3 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
17 Oct 2026, 08:58