Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 18 Oct 2026, 00:14
Snapshot cache 180s
15.6 East Fort wind - kt
NNW East Fort direction
2.3 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 04:00-06:00 | 12.3-22 kt N | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | cleaner wind swell
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY CLEANER WIND SWELL
SUNSET 17:54 17h 40m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
00:00
9.9 kt
NNW
G 17.7 kt
1.7 m | UNKNOWN
01:00
10.9 kt
NNW
G 19.2 kt
1.7 m | UNKNOWN
02:00
11.7 kt
NNW
G 20.6 kt
Tide -
03:00
12 kt
NNW
G 21.4 kt
Tide -
04:00
12.3 kt
N
G 22 kt
Tide -
05:00
9.9 kt
NNW
G 17.3 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from N 346° → blowing toward S 166°
Angled away from shore
15.6 kt | gust 17.1 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SSE 166°
TIDE TO ↑ WSW 239° | 1.1 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
↑
N 346°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 1.7 m 00:00
NOW 1.9 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1.7 m 00:00
LIVE WAVE FIELD
2.3 m
W1 significant wave height
CLEANER WIND SWELL
7.7 s period
25° NNE wave from
1.4 m nearshore
Losing 0.9 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NNE 25°
LIVE
3-HOUR HISTORY

IS IT BUILDING OR DROPPING?

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

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
15 min old
15.6 kt
346° NNW
17.1 gust kt
345° gust dir
STEADY 1.5 kt / 10%
18 Oct 2026, 00:00
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
14 min old
13.6 kt
337° NNW
15.4 gust kt
341° gust dir
STEADY 1.8 kt / 13%
18 Oct 2026, 00:01
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
19 min old
8.9 kt
305° NW
12.4 gust kt
305° gust dir
GUSTY 3.5 kt / 39%
17 Oct 2026, 23:56
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
19 min old
2.3 m Hs
25° NNE
3.3 max m
7.7 period s
CLEANER WIND SWELL wave character
17 Oct 2026, 23:56
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

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

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
17 min old
1.4 m Hs
Wave direction -
1.8 max m
3.7 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
17 Oct 2026, 23:58