Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 5/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 16 Oct 2026, 03:29
Snapshot cache 180s
15.9 East Fort wind - kt
SW East Fort direction
0.7 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 05:00-07:00 | 7.8-13.4 kt SW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | wind chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY WIND CHOP
SUNSET 17:59 14h 29m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
03:00
7 kt
SW
G 12.3 kt
3.5 m | SLACK
04:00
7.6 kt
SW
G 13.6 kt
3.5 m | UNKNOWN
05:00
7.8 kt
SW
G 13.4 kt
Tide -
06:00
7.4 kt
SW
G 12.9 kt
Tide -
07:00
7.6 kt
SW
G 13 kt
Tide -
08:00
7.4 kt
WSW
G 12.9 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from SW 214° → blowing toward NE 34°
Running SW to NE along the coast
15.9 kt | gust 17.8 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NE 34°
TIDE TO ↑ NNE 14° | 0.4 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
↑
SW 214°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.5 m 03:12
NOW 3.7 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 2.1 m 00:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.7 m
W1 significant wave height
WIND CHOP
3.7 s period
193° SSW wave from
0.6 m nearshore
Losing 0.1 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM SSW 193°
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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
12 min old
15.9 kt
214° SW
17.8 gust kt
214° gust dir
STEADY 1.9 kt / 12%
16 Oct 2026, 03:17
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
18 min old
12.6 kt
213° SSW
13.5 gust kt
210° gust dir
STEADY 0.9 kt / 7%
16 Oct 2026, 03:11
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Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
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LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
16 min old
0.7 m Hs
193° SSW
1.2 max m
3.7 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 03:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
14 min old
3.7 m
Observed water level
3.5 predicted m
0.2 surge m
- status
16 Oct 2026, 03:15
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
13 min old
0.6 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.9 max m
2.5 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 03:16