Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 5/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 16 Oct 2026, 01:11
Snapshot cache 180s
12.5 East Fort wind - kt
SSW East Fort direction
0.4 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 04:00-06:00 | 8.5-15.2 kt SW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | short / messy chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY SHORT / MESSY CHOP
SUNSET 17:59 16h 47m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
01:00
6.8 kt
SSW
G 11.9 kt
2.6 m | UNKNOWN
02:00
8 kt
SW
G 14 kt
Tide -
03:00
7 kt
SW
G 12.4 kt
Tide -
04:00
8.5 kt
SW
G 15.2 kt
Tide -
05:00
7.8 kt
SW
G 13.6 kt
Tide -
06:00
8 kt
SW
G 13.8 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from SW 207° → blowing toward NE 27°
Running SW to NE along the coast
12.5 kt | gust 13.6 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 27°
TIDE TO ↑ W 270° | 0.7 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
↑
SW 207°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 2.6 m 00:59
NOW 2.8 m
↑ RISING
LOW 2.1 m 00:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.4 m
W1 significant wave height
SHORT / MESSY CHOP
3.8 s period
188° S wave from
0.5 m nearshore
Holding into the coast
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM S 188°
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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
12 min old
12.5 kt
207° SSW
13.6 gust kt
209° gust dir
STEADY 1.1 kt / 9%
16 Oct 2026, 01:00
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
11 min old
7.4 kt
208° SSW
7.9 gust kt
207° gust dir
STEADY 0.5 kt / 7%
16 Oct 2026, 01:01
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Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
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LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
16 min old
0.4 m Hs
188° S
0.8 max m
3.8 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 00:56
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
13 min old
2.8 m
Observed water level
2.6 predicted m
0.2 surge m
0 status
16 Oct 2026, 00:59
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
12 min old
0.5 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.8 max m
3.3 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 01:00