Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 15 Oct 2026, 17:22
Snapshot cache 180s
14.5 East Fort wind - kt
SSW East Fort direction
0.9 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 20:00-22:00 | 9.9-17.3 kt SW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | wind chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY WIND CHOP
SUNSET 18:01 0h 38m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
17:00
8 kt
SW
G 14.2 kt
2.6 m | SLACK
18:00
8.5 kt
SSW
G 15.2 kt
2.4 m | UNKNOWN
19:00
9 kt
SSW
G 15.8 kt
Tide -
20:00
9.9 kt
SW
G 17.3 kt
Tide -
21:00
8.7 kt
SSW
G 15.6 kt
Tide -
22:00
8.2 kt
SSW
G 14.4 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from SW 209° → blowing toward NE 29°
Running SW to NE along the coast
14.5 kt | gust 16 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 29°
TIDE TO ↑ ENE 65° | 1.8 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 209°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.6 m 15:01
NOW 2.6 m
↓ FALLING
LOW 0.8 m 08:30
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.9 m
W1 significant wave height
WIND CHOP
4 s period
176° S wave from
0.5 m nearshore
Losing 0.3 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM S 176°
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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
8 min old
14.5 kt
209° SSW
16 gust kt
210° gust dir
STEADY 1.5 kt / 10%
15 Oct 2026, 17:15
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
12 min old
12.3 kt
210° SSW
13.3 gust kt
211° gust dir
STEADY 1 kt / 8%
15 Oct 2026, 17:11
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
12 min old
8.9 kt
198° SSW
11.7 gust kt
198° gust dir
GUSTY 2.8 kt / 31%
15 Oct 2026, 17:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
10 min old
0.9 m Hs
176° S
1.2 max m
4 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 17:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
9 min old
2.6 m
Observed water level
2.4 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
15 Oct 2026, 17:14
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
7 min old
0.5 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.7 max m
2.3 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 17:16