Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 14 Oct 2026, 21:29
Snapshot cache 180s
20.3 East Fort wind - kt
SW East Fort direction
0.9 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 21:00-23:00 | 11.1-19.7 kt SSW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide slack | 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
21:00
11.1 kt
SSW
G 19.7 kt
0.9 m | SLACK
22:00
9.5 kt
SW
G 16.9 kt
1 m | UNKNOWN
23:00
7.8 kt
SW
G 13.6 kt
Tide -
00:00
8 kt
SSW
G 14 kt
Tide -
01:00
8.5 kt
SSW
G 15.2 kt
Tide -
02:00
8.7 kt
SSW
G 15.8 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from SW 217° → blowing toward NE 37°
Running SW to NE along the coast
20.3 kt | gust 22.4 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NE 37°
TIDE TO ↑ W 259° | 0.5 kt
WIND AGAINST TIDE
Opposed flow - steeper, shorter water more likely
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
↑
SW 217°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.8 m 14:29
NOW 0.6 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 0.8 m 08:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.9 m
W1 significant wave height
WIND CHOP
3.8 s period
191° S wave from
0.7 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 191°
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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
13 min old
20.3 kt
217° SW
22.4 gust kt
215° gust dir
STEADY 2.1 kt / 10%
14 Oct 2026, 21:16
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
13 min old
16.3 kt
213° SSW
18 gust kt
212° gust dir
STEADY 1.7 kt / 10%
14 Oct 2026, 21:16
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
19 min old
11.4 kt
194° SSW
14.8 gust kt
194° gust dir
VARIABLE 3.4 kt / 30%
14 Oct 2026, 21:10
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
16 min old
0.9 m Hs
191° S
1.9 max m
3.8 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
14 Oct 2026, 21:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
15 min old
0.6 m
Observed water level
1 predicted m
-0.4 surge m
0 status
14 Oct 2026, 21:14
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
13 min old
0.7 m Hs
Wave direction -
1 max m
2.6 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
14 Oct 2026, 21:16