Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 17 Oct 2026, 03:16
Snapshot cache 180s
11.3 East Fort wind - kt
NNW East Fort direction
1.1 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 08:00-09:00 | 9-15.8 kt NNW | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | organised bumps
GUSTINESS VARIABLE
WAVE QUALITY ORGANISED BUMPS
SUNSET 17:57 14h 40m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
03:00
9.3 kt
NW
G 16.1 kt
3.2 m | UNKNOWN
04:00
9.3 kt
NW
G 16.1 kt
Tide -
05:00
9.3 kt
NW
G 16.1 kt
Tide -
06:00
9.7 kt
NW
G 16.9 kt
Tide -
07:00
9.1 kt
NW
G 15.8 kt
Tide -
08:00
9 kt
NNW
G 15.8 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from N 345° → blowing toward S 165°
Angled away from shore
11.3 kt | gust 13.8 kt | VARIABLE | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SSE 165°
TIDE TO ↑ WSW 243° | 0.4 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 345°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.2 m 02:59
NOW 3.2 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1.9 m 00:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
1.1 m
W1 significant wave height
ORGANISED BUMPS
5.3 s period
7° N wave from
0.9 m nearshore
Losing 0.3 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM N 7°
LIVE
3-HOUR HISTORY

IS IT BUILDING OR DROPPING?

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

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
16 min old
11.3 kt
345° NNW
13.8 gust kt
349° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.5 kt / 22%
17 Oct 2026, 03:00
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
15 min old
14.8 kt
327° NNW
17.3 gust kt
322° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.5 kt / 17%
17 Oct 2026, 03:01
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
20 min old
8 kt
299° WNW
10 gust kt
299° gust dir
VARIABLE 2 kt / 25%
17 Oct 2026, 02:56
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
19 min old
1.1 m Hs
7° N
1.8 max m
5.3 period s
ORGANISED BUMPS wave character
17 Oct 2026, 02:57
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
17 min old
3.2 m
Observed water level
3.2 predicted m
0 surge m
0 status
17 Oct 2026, 02:59
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
18 min old
0.9 m Hs
Wave direction -
1.1 max m
2.8 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
17 Oct 2026, 02:58