Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 5/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 15 Oct 2026, 05:32
Snapshot cache 180s
19.4 East Fort wind - kt
SSW East Fort direction
0.8 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 11:00-12:00 | 14-24.9 kt SSW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | wind chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY WIND CHOP
SUNSET 18:01 12h 28m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
06:00
9.7 kt
SW
G 17.3 kt
2.1 m | UNKNOWN
07:00
9.9 kt
SSW
G 17.5 kt
Tide -
08:00
10.5 kt
SSW
G 18.7 kt
Tide -
09:00
11.9 kt
SSW
G 21 kt
Tide -
10:00
12.9 kt
SSW
G 22.7 kt
Tide -
11:00
14 kt
SSW
G 24.9 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from S 202° → blowing toward N 22°
Running SW to NE along the coast
19.4 kt | gust 21.6 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 22°
TIDE TO ↑ ENE 67° | 1.5 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
↑
S 202°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.6 m 02:45
NOW 1.8 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 2.1 m 05:15
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.8 m
W1 significant wave height
WIND CHOP
4 s period
188° S wave from
0.6 m nearshore
Losing 0.2 m nearshore
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
WIND - EAST FORT -
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LIVE WIND

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
17 min old
19.4 kt
202° SSW
21.6 gust kt
201° gust dir
STEADY 2.2 kt / 11%
15 Oct 2026, 05:15
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
1 min old
15.7 kt
210° SSW
17.6 gust kt
208° gust dir
STEADY 1.9 kt / 12%
15 Oct 2026, 05:31
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Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
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LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
4 min old
0.8 m Hs
188° S
1.3 max m
4 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 05:28
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
17 min old
1.8 m
Observed water level
2.1 predicted m
-0.3 surge m
0 status
15 Oct 2026, 05:15
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
16 min old
0.6 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.9 max m
2.3 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 05:16