Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 15 Oct 2026, 16:23
Snapshot cache 180s
15.2 East Fort wind - kt
SSW East Fort direction
1 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 16:00-18:00 | 10.9-19.1 kt SSW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide slack | wind chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY WIND CHOP
SUNSET 18:01 1h 37m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
16:00
10.9 kt
SSW
G 19.1 kt
3.3 m | SLACK
17:00
8 kt
SW
G 14.2 kt
3.1 m | UNKNOWN
18:00
8.5 kt
SSW
G 15.2 kt
Tide -
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 -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from S 197° → blowing toward N 17°
Running SW to NE along the coast
15.2 kt | gust 17 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 17°
TIDE TO ↑ ENE 60° | 1.6 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 197°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.6 m 15:01
NOW 3.2 m
↓ FALLING
LOW 0.8 m 08:30
LIVE WAVE FIELD
1 m
W1 significant wave height
WIND CHOP
4.5 s period
183° S wave from
0.6 m nearshore
Losing 0.4 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM S 183°
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3-HOUR HISTORY

IS IT BUILDING OR DROPPING?

Observed HHA history + browser memory
WIND - EAST FORT -
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LIVE WIND

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
8 min old
15.2 kt
197° SSW
17 gust kt
196° gust dir
STEADY 1.8 kt / 12%
15 Oct 2026, 16:15
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
12 min old
15.6 kt
208° SSW
17.3 gust kt
207° gust dir
STEADY 1.7 kt / 11%
15 Oct 2026, 16:11
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
11 min old
10.5 kt
197° SSW
11.9 gust kt
197° gust dir
STEADY 1.4 kt / 13%
15 Oct 2026, 16:12
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
11 min old
1 m Hs
183° S
1.5 max m
4.5 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 16:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
10 min old
3.2 m
Observed water level
3.1 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
15 Oct 2026, 16:14
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

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