Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 17 Oct 2026, 05:14
Snapshot cache 180s
21.5 East Fort wind - kt
NW East Fort direction
1.2 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 10:00-11:00 | 12-21.4 kt NNW | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | organised bumps
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY ORGANISED BUMPS
SUNSET 17:57 12h 43m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
05:00
10.3 kt
NW
G 17.7 kt
3 m | UNKNOWN
06:00
9 kt
NW
G 15.8 kt
Tide -
07:00
9.3 kt
NNW
G 16.1 kt
Tide -
08:00
9.3 kt
NNW
G 16.1 kt
Tide -
09:00
10.7 kt
NNW
G 18.7 kt
Tide -
10:00
12 kt
NNW
G 21.4 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
OFFSHORE
Wind from NW 321° → blowing toward SE 141°
Land to sea
21.5 kt | gust 23.9 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SE 141°
TIDE TO ↑ ENE 74° | 0.7 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 321°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.4 m 03:51
NOW 3.1 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1.9 m 00:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
1.2 m
W1 significant wave height
ORGANISED BUMPS
5.9 s period
20° NNE wave from
0.9 m nearshore
Losing 0.3 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NNE 20°
LIVE
3-HOUR HISTORY

IS IT BUILDING OR DROPPING?

Observed HHA history + browser memory
WIND - EAST FORT -
Building history...
WAVES - W1 -
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LIVE WIND

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
15 min old
21.5 kt
321° NW
23.9 gust kt
323° gust dir
STEADY 2.4 kt / 11%
17 Oct 2026, 04:59
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
18 min old
13.8 kt
333° NNW
15.5 gust kt
340° gust dir
STEADY 1.7 kt / 12%
17 Oct 2026, 04:56
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
17 min old
11.5 kt
307° NW
13.5 gust kt
307° gust dir
VARIABLE 2 kt / 17%
17 Oct 2026, 04:57
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
18 min old
1.2 m Hs
20° NNE
1.7 max m
5.9 period s
ORGANISED BUMPS wave character
17 Oct 2026, 04:56
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
16 min old
3.1 m
Observed water level
3 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
17 Oct 2026, 04:58
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
16 min old
0.9 m Hs
Wave direction -
1.1 max m
3.1 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
17 Oct 2026, 04:58