Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 5/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 16 Oct 2026, 07:26
Snapshot cache 180s
8.8 East Fort wind - kt
W East Fort direction
0.5 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 11:00-13:00 | 11.4-22 kt NNW | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | short / messy chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY SHORT / MESSY CHOP
SUNSET 17:59 10h 32m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
07:00
7.8 kt
W
G 12.9 kt
1.5 m | SLACK
08:00
7.6 kt
WSW
G 10.9 kt
1.4 m | UNKNOWN
09:00
8 kt
W
G 10.9 kt
Tide -
10:00
10.5 kt
NW
G 20.4 kt
Tide -
11:00
11.4 kt
NNW
G 22 kt
Tide -
12:00
11.4 kt
NNW
G 21.6 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from W 266° → blowing toward E 86°
Angled away from shore
8.8 kt | gust 9.5 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ E 86°
TIDE TO ↑ E 84° | 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
↑
W 266°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.5 m 03:12
NOW 1.6 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1.4 m 07:14
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.5 m
W1 significant wave height
SHORT / MESSY CHOP
2.9 s period
239° WSW wave from
0.3 m nearshore
Losing 0.2 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM WSW 239°
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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
12 min old
8.8 kt
266° W
9.5 gust kt
268° gust dir
STEADY 0.7 kt / 8%
16 Oct 2026, 07:15
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
11 min old
8.6 kt
264° W
9.5 gust kt
265° gust dir
STEADY 0.9 kt / 10%
16 Oct 2026, 07:16
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Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
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LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
14 min old
0.5 m Hs
239° WSW
0.8 max m
2.9 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 07:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
13 min old
1.6 m
Observed water level
1.4 predicted m
0.2 surge m
0 status
16 Oct 2026, 07:14
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
11 min old
0.3 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.5 max m
1.8 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 07:16