Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 5/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 16 Oct 2026, 21:22
Snapshot cache 180s
14.2 East Fort wind - kt
NNW East Fort direction
1 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 02:00-03:00 | 9.1-16.1 kt NNW | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | organised bumps
GUSTINESS VARIABLE
WAVE QUALITY ORGANISED BUMPS
SUNSET 17:59 Sunset passed
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
21:00
8.2 kt
NW
G 14.2 kt
1.1 m | SLACK
22:00
8.4 kt
NNW
G 14.8 kt
1.1 m | UNKNOWN
23:00
7.6 kt
NW
G 13.2 kt
Tide -
00:00
7.6 kt
NW
G 13.2 kt
Tide -
01:00
8.4 kt
NW
G 14.6 kt
Tide -
02:00
9.1 kt
NNW
G 16.1 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from NW 329° → blowing toward SE 149°
Angled away from shore
14.2 kt | gust 16.6 kt | VARIABLE | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ SSE 149°
TIDE TO ↑ SE 146° | 0.3 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
↑
NW 329°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.5 m 03:12
NOW 1.2 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 0.9 m 09:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
1 m
W1 significant wave height
ORGANISED BUMPS
5.9 s period
11° N wave from
0.7 m nearshore
Losing 0.2 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM N 11°
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3-HOUR HISTORY

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Observed HHA history + browser memory
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LIVE WIND

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
6 min old
14.2 kt
329° NNW
16.6 gust kt
327° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.4 kt / 17%
16 Oct 2026, 21:16
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
6 min old
14.7 kt
320° NW
15.8 gust kt
316° gust dir
STEADY 1.1 kt / 7%
16 Oct 2026, 21:16
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Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
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LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
8 min old
1 m Hs
11° N
1.6 max m
5.9 period s
ORGANISED BUMPS wave character
16 Oct 2026, 21:14
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
5 min old
1.2 m
Observed water level
1.1 predicted m
0.1 surge m
- status
16 Oct 2026, 21:17
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
6 min old
0.7 m Hs
Wave direction -
1 max m
2.8 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 21:16