Live watersports station - Frinton-on-Sea
LIVE 5/6 HHA FEEDS
Updated 17 Oct 2026, 18:33
Snapshot cache 180s
21.8 East Fort wind - kt
N East Fort direction
2.1 W1 significant wave - m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 00:00-01:00 | 10.7-19.1 kt NNW | CROSS-OFFSHORE | tide unknown | cleaner wind swell
GUSTINESS VARIABLE
WAVE QUALITY CLEANER WIND SWELL
SUNSET 17:57 Sunset passed
NEXT 6 HOURS

GO NOW OR WAIT?

Forecast wind + HHA tide curve
19:00
9.9 kt
N
G 17.7 kt
2.4 m | UNKNOWN
20:00
8.7 kt
N
G 15.6 kt
Tide -
21:00
9.9 kt
NNW
G 17.7 kt
Tide -
22:00
10.3 kt
NNW
G 18.1 kt
Tide -
23:00
10.1 kt
NNW
G 18.1 kt
Tide -
00:00
10.7 kt
NNW
G 19.1 kt
Tide -
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-OFFSHORE
Wind from N 355° → blowing toward S 175°
Angled away from shore
21.8 kt | gust 25.4 kt | VARIABLE | source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ S 175°
TIDE TO ↑ E 84° | 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
↑
N 355°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.4 m 03:51
NOW 2.5 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 1 m 09:40
LIVE WAVE FIELD
2.1 m
W1 significant wave height
CLEANER WIND SWELL
7.7 s period
29° NNE wave from
- m nearshore
Nearshore comparison unavailable
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows the measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM NNE 29°
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3-HOUR HISTORY

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Observed HHA history + browser memory
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LIVE WIND

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
2 min old
21.8 kt
355° N
25.4 gust kt
359° gust dir
VARIABLE 3.6 kt / 17%
17 Oct 2026, 18:31
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
7 min old
7.3 kt
352° N
9 gust kt
350° gust dir
VARIABLE 1.7 kt / 23%
17 Oct 2026, 18:26
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
8 min old
1.4 kt
275° W
3.3 gust kt
275° gust dir
VERY GUSTY 1.9 kt / 136%
17 Oct 2026, 18:25
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
5 min old
2.1 m Hs
29° NNE
3.2 max m
7.7 period s
CLEANER WIND SWELL wave character
17 Oct 2026, 18:28
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
4 min old
2.5 m
Observed water level
2.4 predicted m
0.1 surge m
0 status
17 Oct 2026, 18:29
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East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
Unavailable
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