Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 15 Oct 2026, 19:19
Snapshot cache 180s
17 East Fort wind - kt
SSW East Fort direction
0.7 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 20:00-22:00 | 9.7-17.3 kt SSW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | wind chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY WIND CHOP
SUNSET 18:01 Sunset passed
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
19:00
7.8 kt
SSW
G 13.8 kt
1.4 m | SLACK
20:00
9.7 kt
SSW
G 17.3 kt
1.3 m | UNKNOWN
21:00
8.4 kt
SSW
G 14.6 kt
Tide -
22:00
8.5 kt
SW
G 15.3 kt
Tide -
23:00
9 kt
SW
G 15.6 kt
Tide -
00:00
7.4 kt
SW
G 12.9 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from S 200° → blowing toward N 20°
Running SW to NE along the coast
17 kt | gust 18.4 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 20°
TIDE TO ↑ ENE 75° | 1.1 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
↑
S 200°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.6 m 15:01
NOW 1.4 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 0.8 m 08:30
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.7 m
W1 significant wave height
WIND CHOP
4 s period
166° SSE wave from
0.4 m nearshore
Losing 0.3 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM SSE 166°
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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
3 min old
17 kt
200° SSW
18.4 gust kt
201° gust dir
STEADY 1.4 kt / 8%
15 Oct 2026, 19:16
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
8 min old
11.9 kt
211° SSW
13.4 gust kt
209° gust dir
STEADY 1.5 kt / 13%
15 Oct 2026, 19:11
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
8 min old
9.2 kt
192° SSW
10.7 gust kt
192° gust dir
VARIABLE 1.5 kt / 16%
15 Oct 2026, 19:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
6 min old
0.7 m Hs
166° SSE
1 max m
4 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 19:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
5 min old
1.4 m
Observed water level
1.3 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
15 Oct 2026, 19:14
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, 19:16