Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 18 Oct 2026, 08:22
Snapshot cache 180s
18.8 East Fort wind - kt
N East Fort direction
1.8 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 12:00-14:00 | 13.8-24.3 kt NNE | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | organised bumps
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY ORGANISED BUMPS
SUNSET 17:54 9h 31m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
08:00
7.8 kt
N
G 14 kt
1.7 m | SLACK
09:00
3.5 kt
NNW
G 6 kt
1.6 m | UNKNOWN
10:00
2.7 kt
NW
G 6.6 kt
Tide -
11:00
13.6 kt
NNE
G 24.3 kt
Tide -
12:00
13.8 kt
NNE
G 24.3 kt
Tide -
13:00
12.4 kt
ENE
G 21.6 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from N 358° → blowing toward S 178°
Angled away from shore
18.8 kt | gust 21.1 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ S 178°
TIDE TO ↑ E 97° | 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 358°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.2 m 04:21
NOW 1.5 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1.6 m 08:14
LIVE WAVE FIELD
1.8 m
W1 significant wave height
ORGANISED BUMPS
5.4 s period
17° NNE wave from
1.4 m nearshore
Losing 0.4 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NNE 17°
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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
8 min old
18.8 kt
358° N
21.1 gust kt
359° gust dir
STEADY 2.3 kt / 12%
18 Oct 2026, 08:15
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
12 min old
9.5 kt
352° N
11.3 gust kt
336° gust dir
VARIABLE 1.8 kt / 19%
18 Oct 2026, 08:11
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
11 min old
9.5 kt
339° NNW
11.4 gust kt
339° gust dir
VARIABLE 1.9 kt / 20%
18 Oct 2026, 08:12
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
10 min old
1.8 m Hs
17° NNE
2.8 max m
5.4 period s
ORGANISED BUMPS wave character
18 Oct 2026, 08:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
9 min old
1.5 m
Observed water level
1.6 predicted m
-0.2 surge m
0 status
18 Oct 2026, 08:14
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
17 min old
1.4 m Hs
Wave direction -
2.2 max m
4.2 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
18 Oct 2026, 08:06