Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 16 Oct 2026, 05:27
Snapshot cache 180s
19.1 East Fort wind - kt
SW East Fort direction
0.7 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 10:00-11:00 | 10.7-18.7 kt NW | OFFSHORE | tide unknown | short / messy chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY SHORT / MESSY CHOP
SUNSET 17:59 12h 31m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
05:00
8 kt
SW
G 13.8 kt
2.7 m | SLACK
06:00
7.4 kt
SW
G 12.4 kt
2.5 m | UNKNOWN
07:00
7.6 kt
WSW
G 12.9 kt
Tide -
08:00
6.4 kt
W
G 10.9 kt
Tide -
09:00
7.4 kt
W
G 12.4 kt
Tide -
10:00
10.7 kt
NW
G 18.7 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from SW 234° → blowing toward NE 54°
Running SW to NE along the coast
19.1 kt | gust 21.1 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NE 54°
TIDE TO ↑ ENE 68° | 1.6 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
↑
SW 234°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.5 m 03:12
NOW 2.7 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 2.1 m 00:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.7 m
W1 significant wave height
SHORT / MESSY CHOP
2.9 s period
18° NNE wave from
0.5 m nearshore
Losing 0.3 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NNE 18°
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3-HOUR HISTORY

IS IT BUILDING OR DROPPING?

Observed HHA history + browser memory
WIND - EAST FORT -
Building history...
WAVES - W1 -
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LIVE WIND

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
10 min old
19.1 kt
234° SW
21.1 gust kt
234° gust dir
STEADY 2 kt / 10%
16 Oct 2026, 05:17
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
16 min old
8.2 kt
250° WSW
9 gust kt
249° gust dir
STEADY 0.8 kt / 10%
16 Oct 2026, 05:11
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
16 min old
8 kt
233° SW
10.7 gust kt
233° gust dir
GUSTY 2.7 kt / 34%
16 Oct 2026, 05:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
26 min old
0.7 m Hs
18° NNE
1.1 max m
2.9 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 05:01
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
12 min old
2.7 m
Observed water level
2.5 predicted m
0.2 surge m
0 status
16 Oct 2026, 05:15
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
11 min old
0.5 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.7 max m
2 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 05:16