Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 15 Oct 2026, 07:20
Snapshot cache 180s
20 East Fort wind - kt
SSW East Fort direction
0.7 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 11:00-13:00 | 12.9-21.4 kt SSW | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | short / messy chop
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY SHORT / MESSY CHOP
SUNSET 18:01 10h 40m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
07:00
10.7 kt
SW
G 18.7 kt
1.2 m | SLACK
08:00
10.7 kt
SSW
G 18.3 kt
1.1 m | UNKNOWN
09:00
11.9 kt
SSW
G 21 kt
Tide -
10:00
11.9 kt
SSW
G 22.1 kt
Tide -
11:00
12.9 kt
SSW
G 21.4 kt
Tide -
12:00
12.3 kt
SSW
G 20.8 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from S 201° → blowing toward N 21°
Running SW to NE along the coast
20 kt | gust 22.1 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 21°
TIDE TO ↑ ENE 74° | 0.7 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 201°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.6 m 02:45
NOW 0.9 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1.1 m 07:15
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.7 m
W1 significant wave height
SHORT / MESSY CHOP
3 s period
182° S wave from
0.5 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 182°
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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
6 min old
20 kt
201° SSW
22.1 gust kt
206° gust dir
STEADY 2.1 kt / 11%
15 Oct 2026, 07:15
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
5 min old
15.2 kt
218° SW
16.3 gust kt
217° gust dir
STEADY 1.1 kt / 7%
15 Oct 2026, 07:16
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
10 min old
13.1 kt
194° SSW
15.2 gust kt
194° gust dir
VARIABLE 2.1 kt / 16%
15 Oct 2026, 07:11
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
8 min old
0.7 m Hs
182° S
1 max m
3 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 07:13
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
6 min old
0.9 m
Observed water level
1.1 predicted m
-0.2 surge m
0 status
15 Oct 2026, 07:15
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
5 min old
0.5 m Hs
Wave direction -
0.7 max m
2 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
15 Oct 2026, 07:16