Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 16 Oct 2026, 17:21
Snapshot cache 180s
10.6 East Fort wind - kt
NNW East Fort direction
0.8 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 19:00-21:00 | 8.4-14.2 kt WNW | OFFSHORE | tide unknown | organised bumps
GUSTINESS GUSTY
WAVE QUALITY ORGANISED BUMPS
SUNSET 17:59 0h 37m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
17:00
7.8 kt
NW
G 13.8 kt
2.9 m | SLACK
18:00
6.6 kt
NW
G 11.7 kt
2.7 m | UNKNOWN
19:00
8.4 kt
WNW
G 14.2 kt
Tide -
20:00
8.4 kt
NW
G 14.6 kt
Tide -
21:00
5.6 kt
NW
G 9.7 kt
Tide -
22:00
8.4 kt
NW
G 14.4 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from NW 334° → blowing toward SE 154°
Angled away from shore
10.6 kt | gust 14.9 kt | GUSTY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SSE 154°
TIDE TO ↑ ENE 77° | 1.3 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 334°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.5 m 03:12
NOW 2.9 m
↓ FALLING
LOW 0.9 m 09:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.8 m
W1 significant wave height
ORGANISED BUMPS
5.3 s period
14° NNE wave from
0.7 m nearshore
Losing 0.1 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NNE 14°
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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
6 min old
10.6 kt
334° NNW
14.9 gust kt
323° gust dir
GUSTY 4.3 kt / 41%
16 Oct 2026, 17:16
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
11 min old
13.3 kt
321° NW
14.7 gust kt
321° gust dir
STEADY 1.4 kt / 11%
16 Oct 2026, 17:11
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
11 min old
4.4 kt
295° WNW
7.3 gust kt
295° gust dir
VERY GUSTY 2.9 kt / 66%
16 Oct 2026, 17:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
26 min old
0.8 m Hs
14° NNE
1.2 max m
5.3 period s
ORGANISED BUMPS wave character
16 Oct 2026, 16:56
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
6 min old
2.9 m
Observed water level
2.7 predicted m
0.2 surge m
0 status
16 Oct 2026, 17:16
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
23 min old
0.7 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.9 max m
2.8 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 16:58