Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 15 Oct 2026, 21:18
Snapshot cache 180s
14.6 East Fort wind - kt
SSW East Fort direction
0.6 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 22:00-00:00 | 8.5-15.2 kt SSW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | short / messy chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY SHORT / MESSY CHOP
SUNSET 18:01 Sunset passed
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
21:00
8.4 kt
SSW
G 14.8 kt
0.9 m | SLACK
22:00
8.5 kt
SSW
G 15.2 kt
1 m | UNKNOWN
23:00
8.2 kt
SW
G 14.4 kt
Tide -
00:00
7.2 kt
SW
G 12.4 kt
Tide -
01:00
7.8 kt
SW
G 13.6 kt
Tide -
02:00
8 kt
SW
G 14.2 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from SW 207° → blowing toward NE 27°
Running SW to NE along the coast
14.6 kt | gust 16.3 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 27°
TIDE TO ↑ S 180° | 0.1 kt
SLACK / WEAK STREAM
Current is too weak for much wind-against-tide effect
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 207°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.6 m 15:01
NOW 1.1 m
↑ RISING
LOW 0.8 m 08:30
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.6 m
W1 significant wave height
SHORT / MESSY CHOP
2.9 s period
171° S wave from
0.4 m nearshore
Losing 0.2 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM S 171°
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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
4 min old
14.6 kt
207° SSW
16.3 gust kt
208° gust dir
STEADY 1.7 kt / 12%
15 Oct 2026, 21:15
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
3 min old
11.3 kt
225° SW
12 gust kt
225° gust dir
STEADY 0.7 kt / 6%
15 Oct 2026, 21:16
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
8 min old
8.2 kt
198° SSW
9.6 gust kt
198° gust dir
VARIABLE 1.4 kt / 17%
15 Oct 2026, 21:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
6 min old
0.6 m Hs
171° S
1 max m
2.9 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 21:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
5 min old
1.1 m
Observed water level
1 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
15 Oct 2026, 21:14
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
3 min old
0.4 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.6 max m
2 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 21:16