Live watersports station · Frinton-on-Sea
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Updated 14 Oct 2026, 16:32
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15.3 East Fort wind · kt STEADY · +0.7 kt / +5%
SSW East Fort direction
0.6 W1 significant wave · m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 17:00-19:00 · 9.9-10.9 kt SSW · tide falling · short / messy chop
SUNSET
18:03
1h 31m daylight left
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from S 194° → blowing toward N 14°
Running SW -> NE along the coast
15.3 kt · gust 16 kt · source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 14°
TIDE TO ↑ ENE 69° · 1.9 kt
WIND WITH TIDE
Wind and tidal stream are broadly aligned
MODELLED CURRENT · Open-Meteo / MeteoFrance SMOC · ~8 km grid
Geometry only — not a go/no-go rating. Frinton shoreline is approximated as SW ↔ NE.
LAND
SEA
N ↑
FRINTON
↑
S 194°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.8 m 14:29
NOW 2.4 m
↓ FALLING
LOW 0.8 m 07:59
NEXT 6 HOURS

Wind + tide outlook

MODEL · Open-Meteo Best Match
17:00
9.9 kt
SSW
gust 17.7 kt
tide 2.6 m
18:00
10.9 kt
SSW
gust 19.4 kt
tide —
19:00
10.3 kt
SW
gust 18.1 kt
tide —
20:00
11.9 kt
SSW
gust 20.8 kt
tide —
21:00
10.7 kt
SSW
gust 18.8 kt
tide —
22:00
9.3 kt
SW
gust 16.1 kt
tide —
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.6 m
W1 significant wave height
SHORT / MESSY CHOP
3 s peak period
197° SSW wave from
0.5 m nearshore
Losing 0.1 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM SSW 197°
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LIVE WIND

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
2 min old
15.3 kt
194° SSW
16 gust kt
195° gust direction
14 Oct 2026, 16:31
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
7 min old
12.8 kt
192° SSW
13.8 gust kt
188° gust direction
14 Oct 2026, 16:26
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
7 min old
12.2 kt
184° S
14.7 gust kt
184° gust direction
14 Oct 2026, 16:26
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
5 min old
0.6 m Hs
197° SSW
1 max m
3 peak s
2.9 mean s
14 Oct 2026, 16:28
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
3 min old
2.4 m
Observed water level
2.6 predicted m
-0.1 surge m
0 status
14 Oct 2026, 16:30
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
3 min old
0.5 m Hs
Wave direction —
0.7 max m
— peak s
3.4 mean s
14 Oct 2026, 16:30