Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 5/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 18 Oct 2026, 02:27
Snapshot cache 180s
- East Fort wind - kt
- East Fort direction
2.2 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 03:00-05:00 | 12.9-23.1 kt NNW | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | cleaner wind swell
GUSTINESS UNKNOWN
WAVE QUALITY CLEANER WIND SWELL
SUNSET 17:54 15h 27m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
02:00
12.3 kt
NNW
G 21.8 kt
2.5 m | SLACK
03:00
12.9 kt
NNW
G 23.1 kt
2.6 m | UNKNOWN
04:00
7.2 kt
NNE
G 13 kt
Tide -
05:00
7.2 kt
NNW
G 12.6 kt
Tide -
06:00
9 kt
NNW
G 15.9 kt
Tide -
07:00
4.1 kt
E
G 6.6 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from N 340° → blowing toward S 160°
Angled away from shore
13.8 kt | gust 15.2 kt | STEADY | source: Landguard Gill
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SSE 160°
TIDE TO ↑ WSW 240° | 0.8 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 340°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 2.6 m 02:15
NOW 2.6 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1.7 m 00:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
2.2 m
W1 significant wave height
CLEANER WIND SWELL
8.3 s period
34° NE wave from
1.6 m nearshore
Losing 0.6 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
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East Fort Massac

Approach wind
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LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
12 min old
13.8 kt
340° NNW
15.2 gust kt
345° gust dir
STEADY 1.4 kt / 10%
18 Oct 2026, 02:16
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
16 min old
8.1 kt
306° NW
13 gust kt
306° gust dir
VERY GUSTY 4.9 kt / 60%
18 Oct 2026, 02:12
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
15 min old
2.2 m Hs
34° NE
3.5 max m
8.3 period s
CLEANER WIND SWELL wave character
18 Oct 2026, 02:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
13 min old
2.6 m
Observed water level
2.6 predicted m
0 surge m
0 status
18 Oct 2026, 02:15
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
12 min old
1.6 m Hs
Wave direction -
2.4 max m
4 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
18 Oct 2026, 02:16