Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 5/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 18 Oct 2026, 04:17
Snapshot cache 180s
- East Fort wind - kt
- East Fort direction
2.3 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 05:00-07:00 | 11.4-20.6 kt NNW | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | cleaner wind swell
GUSTINESS UNKNOWN
WAVE QUALITY CLEANER WIND SWELL
SUNSET 17:54 13h 37m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
04:00
10.5 kt
N
G 19.1 kt
3.2 m | UNKNOWN
05:00
11.4 kt
NNW
G 20.6 kt
Tide -
06:00
7.4 kt
NE
G 12.9 kt
Tide -
07:00
9.5 kt
N
G 17.1 kt
Tide -
08:00
6 kt
NE
G 10.5 kt
Tide -
09:00
7.6 kt
NNW
G 13.4 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
OFFSHORE
Wind from NW 309° → blowing toward SE 129°
Land to sea
6.9 kt | gust 10.4 kt | VERY GUSTY | source: Erwarton Beacon
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SE 129°
TIDE TO ↑ SSW 207° | 0.2 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
↑
NW 309°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.2 m 03:59
NOW 3.1 m
↑ RISING
LOW 1.7 m 00:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
2.3 m
W1 significant wave height
CLEANER WIND SWELL
7.1 s period
35° NE wave from
1.8 m nearshore
Losing 0.6 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NE 35°
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3-HOUR HISTORY

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Observed HHA history + browser memory
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East Fort Massac

Approach wind
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LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
21 min old
10 kt
352° N
14 gust kt
349° gust dir
GUSTY 4 kt / 40%
18 Oct 2026, 03:56
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
20 min old
6.9 kt
309° NW
10.4 gust kt
309° gust dir
VERY GUSTY 3.5 kt / 51%
18 Oct 2026, 03:57
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
21 min old
2.3 m Hs
35° NE
3.4 max m
7.1 period s
CLEANER WIND SWELL wave character
18 Oct 2026, 03:56
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
18 min old
3.1 m
Observed water level
3.2 predicted m
-0.1 surge m
0 status
18 Oct 2026, 03:59
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
19 min old
1.8 m Hs
Wave direction -
2.6 max m
4.3 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
18 Oct 2026, 03:58