Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 15 Oct 2026, 09:33
Snapshot cache 180s
19.2 East Fort wind - kt
SSW East Fort direction
0.7 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 14:00-16:00 | 13.4-23.9 kt SSW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | wind chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY WIND CHOP
SUNSET 18:01 8h 27m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
10:00
12.9 kt
SSW
G 22.9 kt
1 m | UNKNOWN
11:00
12.3 kt
SSW
G 21.6 kt
Tide -
12:00
12 kt
SSW
G 21 kt
Tide -
13:00
13.2 kt
SSW
G 23.1 kt
Tide -
14:00
13.4 kt
SSW
G 23.9 kt
Tide -
15:00
12.6 kt
SSW
G 22.4 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from S 194° → blowing toward N 14°
Running SW to NE along the coast
19.2 kt | gust 21.3 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 14°
TIDE TO ↑ WSW 257° | 0.9 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
↑
S 194°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.6 m 02:45
NOW 1.1 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 0.8 m 08:30
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.7 m
W1 significant wave height
WIND CHOP
3.7 s period
187° S 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 S 187°
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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
2 min old
19.2 kt
194° SSW
21.3 gust kt
193° gust dir
STEADY 2.1 kt / 11%
15 Oct 2026, 09:31
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
7 min old
14.7 kt
213° SSW
17.7 gust kt
215° gust dir
VARIABLE 3 kt / 20%
15 Oct 2026, 09:26
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
8 min old
10.1 kt
182° S
11.2 gust kt
182° gust dir
STEADY 1.1 kt / 11%
15 Oct 2026, 09:25
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
5 min old
0.7 m Hs
187° S
1.2 max m
3.7 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 09:28
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
3 min old
1.1 m
Observed water level
1 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
15 Oct 2026, 09:30
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
2 min old
0.6 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.9 max m
2.5 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 09:31