Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 17 Oct 2026, 01:12
Snapshot cache 180s
20.8 East Fort wind - kt
NW East Fort direction
1.1 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 05:00-07:00 | 9.7-17.1 kt NW | OFFSHORE | tide unknown | organised bumps
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY ORGANISED BUMPS
SUNSET 17:57 16h 44m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
01:00
9 kt
NW
G 15.6 kt
2.4 m | UNKNOWN
02:00
9 kt
NW
G 15.9 kt
Tide -
03:00
9.1 kt
NW
G 15.9 kt
Tide -
04:00
9.1 kt
NW
G 15.9 kt
Tide -
05:00
9.7 kt
NW
G 17.1 kt
Tide -
06:00
9 kt
NW
G 15.6 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
OFFSHORE
Wind from NW 321° → blowing toward SE 141°
Land to sea
20.8 kt | gust 23.5 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SE 141°
TIDE TO ↑ WSW 246° | 1.2 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 321°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 2.4 m 00:59
NOW 2.5 m
↑ RISING
LOW 1.9 m 00:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
1.1 m
W1 significant wave height
ORGANISED BUMPS
5 s period
4° N wave from
0.7 m nearshore
Losing 0.4 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM N 4°
LIVE
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
11 min old
20.8 kt
321° NW
23.5 gust kt
321° gust dir
STEADY 2.7 kt / 13%
17 Oct 2026, 01:01
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
11 min old
12.9 kt
323° NW
15.2 gust kt
325° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.3 kt / 18%
17 Oct 2026, 01:01
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
16 min old
6.2 kt
298° WNW
7.4 gust kt
298° gust dir
VARIABLE 1.2 kt / 19%
17 Oct 2026, 00:56
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
15 min old
1.1 m Hs
4° N
1.8 max m
5 period s
ORGANISED BUMPS wave character
17 Oct 2026, 00:57
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
13 min old
2.5 m
Observed water level
2.4 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
17 Oct 2026, 00:59
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
14 min old
0.7 m Hs
Wave direction -
1 max m
2.6 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
17 Oct 2026, 00:58