Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 17 Oct 2026, 07:17
Snapshot cache 180s
17.9 East Fort wind - kt
NNW East Fort direction
1.3 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 10:00-12:00 | 12.3-21.6 kt NNW | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | cleaner wind swell
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY CLEANER WIND SWELL
SUNSET 17:57 10h 39m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
07:00
9.1 kt
NW
G 15.9 kt
1.8 m | SLACK
08:00
10.1 kt
NNW
G 17.9 kt
1.8 m | UNKNOWN
09:00
10.1 kt
NNW
G 17.3 kt
Tide -
10:00
12.3 kt
NNW
G 21.6 kt
Tide -
11:00
11.3 kt
NNW
G 19.8 kt
Tide -
12:00
12.3 kt
N
G 22.6 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from NW 328° → blowing toward SE 148°
Angled away from shore
17.9 kt | gust 20.6 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SSE 148°
TIDE TO ↑ E 90° | 1 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
↑
NW 328°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.4 m 03:51
NOW 1.9 m
↓ FALLING
LOW 1.8 m 07:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
1.3 m
W1 significant wave height
CLEANER WIND SWELL
6.7 s period
16° NNE wave from
0.9 m nearshore
Losing 0.4 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NNE 16°
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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
2 min old
17.9 kt
328° NNW
20.6 gust kt
326° gust dir
STEADY 2.7 kt / 15%
17 Oct 2026, 07:16
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
2 min old
15.1 kt
338° NNW
16.7 gust kt
335° gust dir
STEADY 1.6 kt / 11%
17 Oct 2026, 07:16
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
7 min old
9.6 kt
309° NW
12 gust kt
309° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.4 kt / 25%
17 Oct 2026, 07:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
4 min old
1.3 m Hs
16° NNE
2.2 max m
6.7 period s
CLEANER WIND SWELL wave character
17 Oct 2026, 07:14
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
17 min old
1.9 m
Observed water level
1.8 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
17 Oct 2026, 07:01
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
2 min old
0.9 m Hs
Wave direction -
1.2 max m
3.5 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
17 Oct 2026, 07:16