Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 17 Oct 2026, 14:23
Snapshot cache 180s
17.9 East Fort wind - kt
N East Fort direction
1.8 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 17:00-19:00 | 13-23.1 kt NNE | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | wind chop
GUSTINESS VARIABLE
WAVE QUALITY WIND CHOP
SUNSET 17:57 3h 33m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
14:00
13.4 kt
NNE
G 24.3 kt
2.5 m | SLACK
15:00
11.3 kt
N
G 20 kt
2.6 m | UNKNOWN
16:00
10.7 kt
N
G 19.1 kt
Tide -
17:00
13 kt
NNE
G 23.1 kt
Tide -
18:00
9 kt
NNW
G 16.1 kt
Tide -
19:00
11.3 kt
N
G 20.2 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from N 356° → blowing toward S 176°
Angled away from shore
17.9 kt | gust 21.4 kt | VARIABLE | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ S 176°
TIDE TO ↑ WSW 243° | 0.9 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
↑
N 356°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.4 m 03:51
NOW 2.7 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1 m 09:40
LIVE WAVE FIELD
1.8 m
W1 significant wave height
WIND CHOP
4.4 s period
17° NNE wave from
1.2 m nearshore
Losing 0.6 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NNE 17°
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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
7 min old
17.9 kt
356° N
21.4 gust kt
357° gust dir
VARIABLE 3.5 kt / 20%
17 Oct 2026, 14:16
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
12 min old
9 kt
356° N
10.5 gust kt
352° gust dir
VARIABLE 1.5 kt / 17%
17 Oct 2026, 14:11
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
12 min old
10.5 kt
329° NNW
11.9 gust kt
329° gust dir
STEADY 1.4 kt / 13%
17 Oct 2026, 14:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
10 min old
1.8 m Hs
17° NNE
3.1 max m
4.4 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
17 Oct 2026, 14:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

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

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
7 min old
1.2 m Hs
Wave direction -
1.7 max m
3.6 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
17 Oct 2026, 14:16