Live watersports station · Frinton-on-Sea
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Updated 14 Oct 2026, 17:36
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16.7 East Fort wind · kt STEADY · +1.9 kt / +11%
SSW East Fort direction
0.6 W1 significant wave · m
SESSION INTELLIGENCE
Best of next 6h: 18:00-20:00 · 10.3-10.9 kt SSW · tide slack · short / messy chop
SUNSET
18:03
27m daylight left
FRINTON COAST RELATION
CROSS-SHORE / ALONG COAST
Wind from SW 204° → blowing toward NE 24°
Running SW -> NE along the coast
16.7 kt · gust 18.6 kt · source: East Fort Massac
WIND vs TIDAL STREAM
WIND TO ↑ NNE 24°
TIDE TO ↑ ENE 73° · 1.6 kt
WIND WITH TIDE
Wind and tidal stream are broadly aligned
MODELLED CURRENT · Open-Meteo / MeteoFrance SMOC · ~8 km grid
Geometry only — not a go/no-go rating. Frinton shoreline is approximated as SW ↔ NE.
LAND
SEA
N ↑
FRINTON
↑
SW 204°
LIVE TIDE
HIGH 3.8 m 14:29
NOW 1.8 m
↔ SLACK
LOW 0.8 m 07:59
NEXT 6 HOURS

Wind + tide outlook

MODEL · Open-Meteo Best Match
18:00
10.9 kt
SSW
gust 19.4 kt
tide 1.9 m
19:00
10.3 kt
SW
gust 18.1 kt
tide —
20:00
11.9 kt
SSW
gust 20.8 kt
tide —
21:00
10.7 kt
SW
gust 18.8 kt
tide —
22:00
9.3 kt
SW
gust 16.1 kt
tide —
23:00
8.5 kt
SW
gust 15.2 kt
tide —
LIVE WAVE FIELD
0.6 m
W1 significant wave height
SHORT / MESSY CHOP
2.6 s peak period
169° SSE wave from
0.4 m nearshore
Losing 0.2 m nearshore
Blue = W1 offshore. Pink = East Fort nearshore. Animation speed follows measured period.
W1 OFFSHORE
FRINTON
FROM SSE 169°
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LIVE WIND

East Fort Massac

Approach wind
6 min old
16.7 kt
204° SSW
18.6 gust kt
204° gust direction
14 Oct 2026, 17:31
LIVE WIND

Landguard Gill

Supporting wind
11 min old
13 kt
200° SSW
14.2 gust kt
201° gust direction
14 Oct 2026, 17:26
LIVE WIND

Erwarton Beacon

Supporting wind
10 min old
9.3 kt
181° S
10.6 gust kt
181° gust direction
14 Oct 2026, 17:27
LIVE WAVES

W1 Waverider

Offshore waves
10 min old
0.6 m Hs
169° SSE
0.9 max m
2.6 peak s
2.8 mean s
14 Oct 2026, 17:27
LIVE TIDE

East Fort Massac

Live tide / surge
7 min old
1.8 m
Observed water level
1.9 predicted m
-0.1 surge m
0 status
14 Oct 2026, 17:30
LIVE WAVES

East Fort Massac

Nearshore waves
6 min old
0.4 m Hs
Wave direction —
0.6 max m
— peak s
2 mean s
14 Oct 2026, 17:31