Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 18 Oct 2026, 16:23
Snapshot cache 180s
24.8 East Fort wind - kt
NE East Fort direction
2.3 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 16:00-18:00 | 15.8-27.8 kt NNE | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide slack | cleaner wind swell
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY CLEANER WIND SWELL
SUNSET 17:54 1h 31m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
16:00
15.8 kt
NNE
G 27.8 kt
2.9 m | SLACK
17:00
13.8 kt
NNE
G 24.5 kt
3 m | UNKNOWN
18:00
13.4 kt
N
G 24.1 kt
Tide -
19:00
11.9 kt
NNW
G 21.4 kt
Tide -
20:00
10.9 kt
N
G 19.4 kt
Tide -
21:00
9.5 kt
NNE
G 17.1 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from NE 37° → blowing toward SW 217°
Running NE to SW along the coast
24.8 kt | gust 27.3 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SW 217°
TIDE TO ↑ SW 236° | 0.7 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 37°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.2 m 04:21
NOW 2.9 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1.1 m 10:30
LIVE WAVE FIELD
2.3 m
W1 significant wave height
CLEANER WIND SWELL
7.1 s period
36° NE wave from
1.7 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 36°
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3-HOUR HISTORY

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Observed HHA history + browser memory
WIND - EAST FORT -
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LIVE WIND

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
7 min old
24.8 kt
37° NE
27.3 gust kt
40° gust dir
STEADY 2.5 kt / 10%
18 Oct 2026, 16:16
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
7 min old
9.8 kt
14° NNE
12 gust kt
9° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.2 kt / 22%
18 Oct 2026, 16:16
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
12 min old
12.3 kt
349° N
14.6 gust kt
349° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.3 kt / 19%
18 Oct 2026, 16:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
10 min old
2.3 m Hs
36° NE
3.5 max m
7.1 period s
CLEANER WIND SWELL wave character
18 Oct 2026, 16:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
9 min old
2.9 m
Observed water level
3 predicted m
0 surge m
0 status
18 Oct 2026, 16:14
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
7 min old
1.7 m Hs
Wave direction -
2.3 max m
4.2 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
18 Oct 2026, 16:16