Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 16 Oct 2026, 13:46
Snapshot cache 180s
16.8 East Fort wind - kt
NNW East Fort direction
0.6 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 16:00-18:00 | 11.9-21 kt NNW | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | short / messy chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY SHORT / MESSY CHOP
SUNSET 17:59 4h 12m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
14:00
11.1 kt
NNW
G 19.8 kt
Tide -
15:00
11.1 kt
NNW
G 20 kt
Tide -
16:00
11.9 kt
NNW
G 21 kt
Tide -
17:00
10.3 kt
NNW
G 18.1 kt
Tide -
18:00
7.2 kt
NW
G 12.4 kt
Tide -
19:00
5.6 kt
NW
G 9.5 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from NW 335° → blowing toward SE 155°
Angled away from shore
16.8 kt | gust 19.2 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SSE 155°
TIDE TO ↑ WSW 243° | 0.6 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
↑
NW 335°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.5 m 03:12
NOW 1.6 m
↑ RISING
LOW 0.9 m 09:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.6 m
W1 significant wave height
SHORT / MESSY CHOP
2.9 s period
290° WNW wave from
0.5 m nearshore
Losing 0.1 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM WNW 290°
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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
180 min old
16.8 kt
335° NNW
19.2 gust kt
328° gust dir
STEADY 2.4 kt / 14%
16 Oct 2026, 10:46
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
180 min old
17.4 kt
325° NW
20.9 gust kt
324° gust dir
VARIABLE 3.5 kt / 20%
16 Oct 2026, 10:46
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
186 min old
7.9 kt
314° NW
10.2 gust kt
314° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.3 kt / 29%
16 Oct 2026, 10:40
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
184 min old
0.6 m Hs
290° WNW
1.2 max m
2.9 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 10:43
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
184 min old
1.6 m
Observed water level
1.3 predicted m
0.3 surge m
0 status
16 Oct 2026, 10:43
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
180 min old
0.5 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.7 max m
2.2 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 10:46