Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 14 Oct 2026, 23:31
Snapshot cache 180s
16.2 East Fort wind - kt
SSW East Fort direction
0.9 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 02:00-04:00 | 9.1-16.1 kt SSW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | wind chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY WIND CHOP
SUNSET 18:03 Sunset passed
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
00:00
8.7 kt
SSW
G 15.6 kt
1.9 m | UNKNOWN
01:00
8.4 kt
SSW
G 14.4 kt
Tide -
02:00
9.1 kt
SSW
G 16.1 kt
Tide -
03:00
8.5 kt
SSW
G 15.2 kt
Tide -
04:00
8.2 kt
SW
G 14.2 kt
Tide -
05:00
8.5 kt
SSW
G 15 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from S 199° → blowing toward N 19°
Running SW to NE along the coast
16.2 kt | gust 18.2 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 19°
TIDE TO ↑ W 265° | 1.1 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
↑
S 199°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.8 m 14:29
NOW 1.5 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 0.8 m 08:01
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.9 m
W1 significant wave height
WIND CHOP
4.8 s period
192° SSW wave from
0.8 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 192°
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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
14 min old
16.2 kt
199° SSW
18.2 gust kt
206° gust dir
STEADY 2 kt / 12%
14 Oct 2026, 23:17
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
20 min old
14.8 kt
209° SSW
16.3 gust kt
207° gust dir
STEADY 1.5 kt / 10%
14 Oct 2026, 23:11
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
19 min old
8.1 kt
198° SSW
10.4 gust kt
198° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.3 kt / 28%
14 Oct 2026, 23:12
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
19 min old
0.9 m Hs
192° SSW
1.4 max m
4.8 period s
WIND CHOP wave character
14 Oct 2026, 23:12
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
16 min old
1.5 m
Observed water level
1.9 predicted m
-0.5 surge m
0 status
14 Oct 2026, 23:15
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
15 min old
0.8 m Hs
Wave direction -
1 max m
3 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
14 Oct 2026, 23:16