Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 16 Oct 2026, 09:21
Snapshot cache 180s
14.1 East Fort wind - kt
WNW East Fort direction
0.4 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 11:00-13:00 | 12.4-22 kt NNW | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | short / messy chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY SHORT / MESSY CHOP
SUNSET 17:59 8h 38m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
09:00
6.4 kt
W
G 10.9 kt
0.9 m | SLACK
10:00
11.7 kt
NW
G 20.4 kt
0.9 m | UNKNOWN
11:00
12.4 kt
NNW
G 22 kt
Tide -
12:00
12 kt
NNW
G 21.6 kt
Tide -
13:00
11.9 kt
N
G 21 kt
Tide -
14:00
11.1 kt
NNW
G 19.7 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
OFFSHORE
Wind from NW 303° → blowing toward SE 123°
Land to sea
14.1 kt | gust 15.2 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ ESE 123°
TIDE TO ↑ S 180° | 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 303°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.5 m 03:12
NOW 1.1 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 0.9 m 09:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.4 m
W1 significant wave height
SHORT / MESSY CHOP
2.9 s period
208° SSW wave from
0.3 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 208°
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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
5 min old
14.1 kt
303° WNW
15.2 gust kt
304° gust dir
STEADY 1.1 kt / 8%
16 Oct 2026, 09:16
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
10 min old
19 kt
310° NW
21.1 gust kt
310° gust dir
STEADY 2.1 kt / 11%
16 Oct 2026, 09:11
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
10 min old
12.1 kt
313° NW
16.2 gust kt
313° gust dir
GUSTY 4.1 kt / 34%
16 Oct 2026, 09:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
8 min old
0.4 m Hs
208° SSW
0.6 max m
2.9 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 09:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
7 min old
1.1 m
Observed water level
0.9 predicted m
0.2 surge m
0 status
16 Oct 2026, 09:14
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
5 min old
0.3 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.5 max m
1.8 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
16 Oct 2026, 09:16