Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 14 Oct 2026, 19:33
Snapshot cache 180s
22.4 East Fort wind - kt
SSW East Fort direction
0.9 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 20:00-22:00 | 11.3-20 kt SSW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | wind chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY WIND CHOP
SUNSET 18:03 Sunset passed
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
20:00
11.3 kt
SSW
G 20 kt
0.9 m | UNKNOWN
21:00
10.3 kt
SSW
G 18.3 kt
Tide -
22:00
9.3 kt
SW
G 16.1 kt
Tide -
23:00
7.8 kt
SW
G 13.8 kt
Tide -
00:00
8.5 kt
SSW
G 15.2 kt
Tide -
01:00
9.3 kt
SSW
G 16.7 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from S 201° → blowing toward N 21°
Running SW to NE along the coast
22.4 kt | gust 24.7 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 21°
TIDE TO ↑ ENE 77° | 0.9 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 201°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.8 m 14:29
NOW 0.7 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 0.8 m 08:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.9 m
W1 significant wave height
WIND CHOP
3.7 s period
174° S 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 S 174°
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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
2 min old
22.4 kt
201° SSW
24.7 gust kt
206° gust dir
STEADY 2.3 kt / 10%
14 Oct 2026, 19:31
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
7 min old
16.7 kt
207° SSW
21.6 gust kt
209° gust dir
VARIABLE 4.9 kt / 29%
14 Oct 2026, 19:26
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
7 min old
9.6 kt
194° SSW
10.8 gust kt
194° gust dir
STEADY 1.2 kt / 13%
14 Oct 2026, 19:26
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
5 min old
0.9 m Hs
174° S
1.3 max m
3.7 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
14 Oct 2026, 19:28
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
4 min old
0.7 m
Observed water level
0.9 predicted m
-0.2 surge m
0 status
14 Oct 2026, 19:29
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
2 min old
0.5 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.8 max m
2.2 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
14 Oct 2026, 19:31