Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 15 Oct 2026, 13:22
Snapshot cache 180s
17 East Fort wind - kt
SSW East Fort direction
0.8 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 15:00-17:00 | 14.2-25.1 kt SSW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | organised bumps
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY ORGANISED BUMPS
SUNSET 18:01 4h 38m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
13:00
14 kt
SSW
G 24.7 kt
2.7 m | SLACK
14:00
13.6 kt
SSW
G 24.1 kt
2.9 m | UNKNOWN
15:00
14.2 kt
SSW
G 25.1 kt
Tide -
16:00
11.1 kt
SSW
G 19.7 kt
Tide -
17:00
9.5 kt
SSW
G 16.3 kt
Tide -
18:00
7.6 kt
SSW
G 13.6 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from S 197° → blowing toward N 17°
Running SW to NE along the coast
17 kt | gust 18.5 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 17°
TIDE TO ↑ W 278° | 0.7 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
↑
S 197°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.6 m 02:45
NOW 3.2 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 0.8 m 08:30
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.8 m
W1 significant wave height
ORGANISED BUMPS
5 s period
179° S wave from
0.7 m nearshore
Losing 0.1 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM S 179°
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3-HOUR HISTORY

IS IT BUILDING OR DROPPING?

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

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
8 min old
17 kt
197° SSW
18.5 gust kt
193° gust dir
STEADY 1.5 kt / 9%
15 Oct 2026, 13:15
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
12 min old
15.1 kt
212° SSW
16.5 gust kt
212° gust dir
STEADY 1.4 kt / 9%
15 Oct 2026, 13:11
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
12 min old
11.2 kt
211° SSW
13 gust kt
211° gust dir
VARIABLE 1.8 kt / 16%
15 Oct 2026, 13:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
10 min old
0.8 m Hs
179° S
1.5 max m
5 period s
ORGANISED BUMPS wave character
15 Oct 2026, 13:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
9 min old
3.2 m
Observed water level
2.9 predicted m
0.3 surge m
0 status
15 Oct 2026, 13:14
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
7 min old
0.7 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.9 max m
3.1 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 13:16