Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 18 Oct 2026, 14:14
Snapshot cache 180s
26.2 East Fort wind - kt
NE East Fort direction
2.4 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 16:00-18:00 | 16.1-28.8 kt NNE | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | cleaner wind swell
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY CLEANER WIND SWELL
SUNSET 17:54 3h 40m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
14:00
15.3 kt
NNE
G 27 kt
2 m | UNKNOWN
15:00
14.4 kt
NNE
G 25.9 kt
2 m | UNKNOWN
16:00
16.1 kt
NNE
G 28.8 kt
Tide -
17:00
12.6 kt
N
G 22.6 kt
Tide -
18:00
13.2 kt
N
G 23.5 kt
Tide -
19:00
10.5 kt
N
G 19.1 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from NE 36° → blowing toward SW 216°
Running NE to SW along the coast
26.2 kt | gust 29.5 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SW 216°
TIDE TO ↑ WSW 243° | 1.3 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
↑
NE 36°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.2 m 04:21
NOW 2 m
↑ RISING
LOW 1.1 m 10:30
LIVE WAVE FIELD
2.4 m
W1 significant wave height
CLEANER WIND SWELL
7.1 s period
34° NE wave from
1.9 m nearshore
Losing 0.5 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NE 34°
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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
14 min old
26.2 kt
36° NE
29.5 gust kt
40° gust dir
STEADY 3.3 kt / 13%
18 Oct 2026, 14:01
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
19 min old
17.3 kt
39° NE
20.3 gust kt
34° gust dir
VARIABLE 3 kt / 17%
18 Oct 2026, 13:56
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
19 min old
17.2 kt
57° ENE
20.8 gust kt
57° gust dir
VARIABLE 3.6 kt / 21%
18 Oct 2026, 13:56
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
20 min old
2.4 m Hs
34° NE
3.6 max m
7.1 period s
CLEANER WIND SWELL wave character
18 Oct 2026, 13:55
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
15 min old
2 m
Observed water level
2 predicted m
0 surge m
0 status
18 Oct 2026, 14:00
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
17 min old
1.9 m Hs
Wave direction -
2.6 max m
4.2 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
18 Oct 2026, 13:58