Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 18 Oct 2026, 10:23
Snapshot cache 180s
16 East Fort wind - kt
N East Fort direction
1.7 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 13:00-15:00 | 16.5-29.2 kt NE | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | cleaner wind swell
GUSTINESS GUSTY
WAVE QUALITY CLEANER WIND SWELL
SUNSET 17:54 7h 31m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
10:00
3.7 kt
NNW
G 6.4 kt
1.1 m | SLACK
11:00
8.4 kt
N
G 14.8 kt
1.1 m | UNKNOWN
12:00
13.8 kt
ENE
G 24.1 kt
Tide -
13:00
16.5 kt
NE
G 29.2 kt
Tide -
14:00
13.4 kt
NNE
G 23.9 kt
Tide -
15:00
14.2 kt
N
G 25.3 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from N 353° → blowing toward S 173°
Angled away from shore
16 kt | gust 21.6 kt | GUSTY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ S 173°
TIDE TO ↑ SE 146° | 0.3 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
↑
N 353°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.2 m 04:21
NOW 1.1 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1.1 m 10:15
LIVE WAVE FIELD
1.7 m
W1 significant wave height
CLEANER WIND SWELL
7.7 s period
41° NE wave from
1.2 m nearshore
Losing 0.5 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NE 41°
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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
7 min old
16 kt
353° N
21.6 gust kt
0° gust dir
GUSTY 5.6 kt / 35%
18 Oct 2026, 10:16
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
7 min old
15.1 kt
336° NNW
18.9 gust kt
334° gust dir
VARIABLE 3.8 kt / 25%
18 Oct 2026, 10:16
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
12 min old
9.1 kt
331° NNW
10.4 gust kt
331° gust dir
STEADY 1.3 kt / 14%
18 Oct 2026, 10:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
10 min old
1.7 m Hs
41° NE
3 max m
7.7 period s
CLEANER WIND SWELL wave character
18 Oct 2026, 10:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
8 min old
1.1 m
Observed water level
1.1 predicted m
0 surge m
0 status
18 Oct 2026, 10:15
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
8 min old
1.2 m Hs
Wave direction -
1.6 max m
3.8 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
18 Oct 2026, 10:15