Essex Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Essex Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.

High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 05:43 AM and sunset is at 07:47 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 6°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Mon afternoon, min 6°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 5°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, strong winds from the WSW by Sun morning).

Thursday
2
Friday
3
Saturday
4
Sunday
5
Monday
6
Tuesday
7
Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
Wave Height Map
High Tide
6:24AM1.00m
7:05PM0.91m
7:27AM1.00m
8:00PM1.02m
8:23AM1.01m
8:50PM1.13m
9:15AM1.00m
9:38PM1.23m
10:04AM1.00m
10:25PM1.29m
10:53AM0.98m
11:13PM1.31m
11:43AM0.96m
00:02AM1.30m
12:33PM0.94m
00:52AM1.26m
1:25PM0.92m
1:45AM1.19m
2:17PM0.89m
2:38AM1.11m
3:11PM0.87m
3:34AM1.03m
4:08PM0.86m
4:33AM0.95m
Low Tide
1:04PM0.06m
1:29AM0.12m
1:56PM0.03m
2:30AM0.05m
2:47PM0.01m
3:28AM-0.03m
3:36PM-0.02m
4:23AM-0.09m
4:25PM-0.02m
5:16AM-0.13m
5:13PM-0.02m
6:06AM-0.15m
6:01PM0.01m
6:55AM-0.13m
6:51PM0.05m
7:45AM-0.08m
7:42PM0.11m
8:37AM-0.02m
8:37PM0.17m
9:30AM0.05m
9:36PM0.22m
10:25AM0.11m
10:39PM0.26m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
0.2
S
2
0.3
SSE
2
0.3
NNE
2
0.3
E
5
0.3
ESE
3
0.2
E
5
0.1
E
5
0.4
SE
3
0.6
E
4
0.4
ESE
3
0.4
ESE
3
0.3
ESE
3
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
11
0.2
E
11
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
SSW
2
0.1
E
10
0.4
WSW
3
0.2
WNW
2
0.2
W
2
0.2
SSW
2
0.2
S
3
0.1
SE
2
0.6
SSE
3
1.3
W
4
1.4
WSW
5
1.2
W
4
1
W
4
0.9
W
4
0.1
E
8
0.4
NW
3
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
rain shwrs
light rain
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
mod rain
rain shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
 km/h
15
SW
5
WSW
20
NNE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
E
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
WSW
0
NW
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
15
SW
20
WSW
20
W
10
WNW
15
WSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SE
20
S
35
W
40
WSW
30
W
30
W
25
W
15
NW
15
WNW
 mm 
1.0
9
7
4
1.0
9
5
max°C
12
19
18
13
13
10
13
13
8
6
8
10
17
21
18
17
18
14
14
20
18
20
23
21
19
21
15
17
15
14
12
11
12
12
14
10
Moonrise
3:00
3:27
3:51
4:15
4:39
5:06
5:37
6:16
7:03
7:59
9:02
10:09
Moonset
1:18
2:34
3:51
5:07
6:25
7:44
9:03
10:18
11:25
12:20
1:04
Sunrise
5:43
5:43
5:41
5:41
5:39
5:37
5:37
5:35
5:35
5:33
5:33
5:31
Sunset
7:47
7:49
7:50
7:51
7:52
7:52
7:53
7:55
7:57
7:58
7:59
8:00
Today's sea temperature in Essex is 8.0 °C (Statistics for 02 May 1981-2005 – mean: 8.8 max: 10.5 min: 6.6°C)
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