Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 17 Oct 2026, 18:04
Snapshot cache 180s
20.8 East Fort wind - kt
N East Fort direction
2.1 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 18:00-20:00 | 13.6-24.3 kt N | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | organised bumps
GUSTINESS VARIABLE
WAVE QUALITY ORGANISED BUMPS
SUNSET 17:57 Sunset passed
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
18:00
13.6 kt
N
G 24.3 kt
2.7 m | UNKNOWN
19:00
11.1 kt
N
G 20 kt
Tide -
20:00
9.5 kt
N
G 16.9 kt
Tide -
21:00
10.5 kt
NNW
G 18.7 kt
Tide -
22:00
9.3 kt
NNW
G 16.3 kt
Tide -
23:00
9.9 kt
NNW
G 17.7 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from N 360° → blowing toward S 180°
Angled away from shore
20.8 kt | gust 26.3 kt | VARIABLE | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ S 180°
TIDE TO ↑ E 84° | 0.9 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
↑
N 360°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.4 m 03:51
NOW 2.8 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1 m 09:40
LIVE WAVE FIELD
2.1 m
W1 significant wave height
ORGANISED BUMPS
5.6 s period
30° NNE wave from
1.4 m nearshore
Losing 0.7 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NNE 30°
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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
5 min old
20.8 kt
360° N
26.3 gust kt
2° gust dir
VARIABLE 5.5 kt / 26%
17 Oct 2026, 18:00
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
4 min old
11.1 kt
355° N
16.1 gust kt
344° gust dir
GUSTY 5 kt / 45%
17 Oct 2026, 18:01
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
9 min old
3.8 kt
323° NW
9.9 gust kt
323° gust dir
VERY GUSTY 6.1 kt / 161%
17 Oct 2026, 17:56
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
9 min old
2.1 m Hs
30° NNE
3.5 max m
5.6 period s
ORGANISED BUMPS wave character
17 Oct 2026, 17:56
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
6 min old
2.8 m
Observed water level
2.7 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
17 Oct 2026, 17:59
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
7 min old
1.4 m Hs
Wave direction -
2.1 max m
4.1 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
17 Oct 2026, 17:58