Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 18 Oct 2026, 06:14
Snapshot cache 180s
23.1 East Fort wind - kt
NNE East Fort direction
2.1 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 11:00-12:00 | 15.2-27 kt N | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | cleaner wind swell
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY CLEANER WIND SWELL
SUNSET 17:54 11h 40m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
06:00
6.4 kt
NNE
G 11.9 kt
2.8 m | UNKNOWN
07:00
6.2 kt
NNE
G 10.9 kt
2.8 m | UNKNOWN
08:00
7.2 kt
NNW
G 12.9 kt
Tide -
09:00
5.6 kt
N
G 10.1 kt
Tide -
10:00
13.6 kt
N
G 24.5 kt
Tide -
11:00
15.2 kt
N
G 27 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from N 18° → blowing toward S 198°
Running NE to SW along the coast
23.1 kt | gust 26.3 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SSW 198°
TIDE TO ↑ E 83° | 0.8 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 18°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.2 m 04:21
NOW 2.6 m
↓ FALLING
LOW 1.7 m 00:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
2.1 m
W1 significant wave height
CLEANER WIND SWELL
7.7 s period
36° NE wave from
1.7 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 36°
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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
15 min old
23.1 kt
18° NNE
26.3 gust kt
20° gust dir
STEADY 3.2 kt / 14%
18 Oct 2026, 06:00
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
19 min old
13.1 kt
351° N
15.7 gust kt
350° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.6 kt / 20%
18 Oct 2026, 05:56
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
19 min old
9.9 kt
331° NNW
12 gust kt
331° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.1 kt / 21%
18 Oct 2026, 05:56
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
19 min old
2.1 m Hs
36° NE
3.2 max m
7.7 period s
CLEANER WIND SWELL wave character
18 Oct 2026, 05:56
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
15 min old
2.6 m
Observed water level
2.8 predicted m
-0.1 surge m
0 status
18 Oct 2026, 06:00
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
17 min old
1.7 m Hs
Wave direction -
2.3 max m
4.7 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
18 Oct 2026, 05:58