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 — and sunset is at 05:20 PM.

Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Fri night. Icy conditions (max 2°C on Thu afternoon, min -2°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon morning. Icy conditions (max 1°C on Sun afternoon, min -5°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (gales from the NNE on Mon morning, light winds from the WSW by Tue night).

Days 8–10 Weather Summary

A dusting of snow giving way to moderate rain (total 10mm) heaviest on Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Thu morning, min -4°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Sat morning).

Days 11–13 Weather Summary

A dusting of snow turning to light rain (total 3mm) on Sat night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Sun morning, min -8°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sat night, strong winds from the W by Mon night).

Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
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
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
Wave Height Map
High Tide
00:51AM3.01m
1:10PM3.04m
1:32AM3.07m
1:55PM2.95m
2:16AM3.09m
2:45PM2.83m
3:04AM3.07m
3:41PM2.68m
4:00AM3.02m
4:44PM2.54m
5:03AM2.95m
5:56PM2.45m
6:13AM2.92m
7:11PM2.46m
7:26AM2.94m
8:20PM2.55m
8:34AM3.02m
9:20PM2.69m
9:34AM3.11m
10:13PM2.84m
10:27AM3.17m
11:00PM2.95m
11:15AM3.18m
11:42PM3.02m
11:59AM3.13m
00:22AM3.04m
12:42PM3.03m
Low Tide
6:49PM-0.18m
7:08AM-0.13m
7:28PM-0.16m
7:53AM-0.15m
8:11PM-0.09m
8:43AM-0.13m
8:58PM0.01m
9:37AM-0.07m
9:51PM0.13m
10:39AM0.00m
10:51PM0.25m
11:48AM0.06m
00:00AM0.32m
1:01PM0.06m
1:13AM0.32m
2:11PM0.00m
2:23AM0.23m
3:13PM-0.09m
3:25AM0.11m
4:07PM-0.17m
4:20AM-0.02m
4:55PM-0.23m
5:09AM-0.11m
5:39PM-0.23m
5:55AM-0.15m
6:19PM-0.18m
6:38AM-0.14m
6:58PM-0.08m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
0.6
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.4
ESE
3
1.1
ESE
5
1.3
E
6
1.1
E
7
1
E
7
1.2
ENE
6
1.3
ENE
6
2.5
E
8
4
E
10
4
E
11
3
E
12
1.7
E
11
1.1
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.6
S
4
0.8
SSE
4
0.7
SE
6
0.7
WNW
4
0.3
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
ESE
3
0.6
E
4
0.7
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
7
0.7
E
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
SSW
4
0.9
W
4
0.9
W
4
0.9
W
4
0.7
W
4
0.4
NW
2
0.2
NNE
4
0.2
ESE
13
0.3
ESE
13
0.6
ENE
5
0.4
NE
5
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
ENE
5
0.2
ESE
11
0.4
SE
3
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
mod rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
snow showers
clear
part cloud
light snow
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
clear
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
mod rain
rain shwrs
clear
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
clear
some clouds
light snow
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
some clouds
 km/h
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSE
20
ESE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
25
ENE
30
ENE
45
ENE
65
NNE
50
N
30
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
WSW
25
WNW
5
ENE
15
SE
15
NNE
5
WSW
15
S
25
SSE
10
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
30
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
30
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NE
15
SE
15
S
 mm 
7
3
3
max°C
2
1
2
1
0
-2
-1
0
1
1
1
-1
-2
-2
-1
1
-3
0
1
2
4
4
1
0
1
1
2
4
3
8
8
3
0
-1
-4
-2
-1
-4
-2
0
-3
-3
-2
-5
-3
-2
-1
Moonrise
7:50
8:12
8:39
9:12
9:53
10:47
11:52
1:05
2:23
3:39
4:52
6:02
7:10
8:17
9:23
Moonset
8:02
9:15
10:30
11:48
1:06
2:20
3:24
4:16
4:57
5:29
5:55
6:17
6:37
6:56
7:16
Sunrise
6:31
6:31
6:28
6:28
6:26
6:24
6:22
6:20
6:20
6:18
6:16
6:15
6:13
6:11
6:09
Sunset
5:20
5:21
5:22
5:23
5:24
5:25
5:27
5:29
5:30
5:30
5:31
5:34
5:35
5:36
5:37
5:37
Today's sea temperature in Essex is
2.9° C
(Statistics for 19 Feb 1981-2005 – mean: 3.3 max: 4.5 min: 2.0°C)
Issued (local time): 6 pm Thursday 19 Feb 2026
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