Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 6/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 17 Oct 2026, 13:17
Snapshot cache 180s
21.6 East Fort wind - kt
N East Fort direction
2 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 17:00-19:00 | 12.9-22.9 kt NNE | CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST | tide unknown | organised bumps
GUSTINESS STEADY
WAVE QUALITY ORGANISED BUMPS
SUNSET 17:57 4h 39m daylight left
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
13:00
10.1 kt
N
G 18.1 kt
2 m | UNKNOWN
14:00
12.3 kt
NNE
G 21.8 kt
2 m | UNKNOWN
15:00
11.3 kt
N
G 20.2 kt
Tide -
16:00
10.5 kt
N
G 18.7 kt
Tide -
17:00
12.9 kt
NNE
G 22.9 kt
Tide -
18:00
12.4 kt
N
G 22.4 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from N 359° → blowing toward S 179°
Angled away from shore
21.6 kt | gust 24 kt | STEADY | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ S 179°
TIDE TO ↑ WSW 245° | 1.4 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 359°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.4 m 03:51
NOW 2.1 m
↑ RISING
LOW 1 m 09:40
LIVE WAVE FIELD
2 m
W1 significant wave height
ORGANISED BUMPS
6.3 s period
27° NNE wave from
1.1 m nearshore
Losing 0.9 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NNE 27°
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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
16 min old
21.6 kt
359° N
24 gust kt
0° gust dir
STEADY 2.4 kt / 11%
17 Oct 2026, 13:01
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
21 min old
11.8 kt
339° NNW
16 gust kt
352° gust dir
GUSTY 4.2 kt / 36%
17 Oct 2026, 12:56
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
21 min old
7.5 kt
324° NW
10.2 gust kt
324° gust dir
GUSTY 2.7 kt / 36%
17 Oct 2026, 12:56
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
21 min old
2 m Hs
27° NNE
3.2 max m
6.3 period s
ORGANISED BUMPS wave character
17 Oct 2026, 12:56
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
17 min old
2.1 m
Observed water level
2 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
17 Oct 2026, 13:00
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
18 min old
1.1 m Hs
Wave direction -
1.5 max m
3.3 period s
SHORT / MESSY CHOP wave character
17 Oct 2026, 12:59