Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 18 Oct 2026, 12:27
Snapshot cache 180s
25.2 East Fort wind - kt
ENE East Fort direction
2.4 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 14:00-16:00 | 16.3-29.2 kt NNE | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | cleaner wind swell
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY CLEANER WIND SWELL
SUNSET 17:54 5h 27m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
12:00
11.9 kt
N
G 21.2 kt
1.3 m | SLACK
13:00
15.3 kt
NNE
G 27 kt
1.4 m | UNKNOWN
14:00
16.3 kt
NNE
G 29.2 kt
Tide -
15:00
13 kt
N
G 23.1 kt
Tide -
16:00
14.4 kt
NNE
G 25.5 kt
Tide -
17:00
13.8 kt
NNE
G 24.7 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from NE 57° → blowing toward SW 237°
Running NE to SW along the coast
25.2 kt | gust 28.6 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ WSW 237°
TIDE TO ↑ WSW 241° | 1.2 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
↑
NE 57°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.2 m 04:21
NOW 1.4 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1.1 m 10:30
LIVE WAVE FIELD
2.4 m
W1 significant wave height
CLEANER WIND SWELL
7.7 s period
37° NE wave from
1.8 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 37°
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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
11 min old
25.2 kt
57° ENE
28.6 gust kt
62° gust dir
STEADY 3.4 kt / 13%
18 Oct 2026, 12:16
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
16 min old
18.2 kt
50° NE
21.1 gust kt
51° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.9 kt / 16%
18 Oct 2026, 12:11
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
16 min old
15.1 kt
347° NNW
16.6 gust kt
347° gust dir
STEADY 1.5 kt / 10%
18 Oct 2026, 12:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
13 min old
2.4 m Hs
37° NE
3.4 max m
7.7 period s
CLEANER WIND SWELL wave character
18 Oct 2026, 12:14
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
12 min old
1.4 m
Observed water level
1.4 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
18 Oct 2026, 12:15
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
11 min old
1.8 m Hs
Wave direction -
2.5 max m
4.1 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
18 Oct 2026, 12:16