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 07:00 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Icy conditions (max 8°C on Tue afternoon, min 0°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue night, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu morning). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryA light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Sat afternoon will be washed away by heavy rain (total 20mm) on Sun afternoon. Icy conditions (max 13°C on Sun night, min 0°C on Sat afternoon). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryDrizzle on Mon afternoon followed by colder weather and a moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Mon afternoon, min -3°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Tue morning, light winds from the SSW by Wed night). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 36mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 12°C on Fri afternoon, min -2°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSE on Fri morning, light winds from the NW by Sun afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | Sun 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 9:12PM2.54m | 9:25AM2.92m | 10:02PM2.76m | 10:18AM3.08m | 10:49PM3.00m | 11:09AM3.22m | 11:35PM3.22m | 11:59AM3.29m | 00:20AM3.39m | 12:48PM3.30m | 1:06AM3.48m | 1:39PM3.23m | 1:54AM3.49m | 2:31PM3.11m | 2:44AM3.41m | 3:27PM2.94m | 3:39AM3.26m | 4:27PM2.76m | 4:39AM3.09m | 5:33PM2.61m | 5:46AM2.92m | 6:44PM2.53m | 6:58AM2.80m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:05PM0.18m | 3:18AM0.30m | 3:57PM0.02m | 4:13AM0.09m | 4:45PM-0.13m | 5:04AM-0.13m | 5:31PM-0.26m | 5:54AM-0.32m | 6:16PM-0.32m | 6:43AM-0.45m | 7:02PM-0.33m | 7:34AM-0.51m | 7:49PM-0.26m | 8:25AM-0.48m | 8:39PM-0.13m | 9:20AM-0.37m | 9:32PM0.03m | 10:18AM-0.21m | 10:31PM0.20m | 11:22AM-0.04m | 11:36PM0.35m | 12:31PM0.09m | 00:48AM0.44m | |||||||||||||
SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 5 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NNE 4 | ESE 8 | E 8 | E 3 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | E 4 | E 5 | E 5 | ESE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | ESE 5 | ESE 7 | SE 8 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | |
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some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | clear | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | cloudy | mod rain | light rain | light snow | light snow | light rain | mod rain | light rain | some clouds | light rain | mod snow | light snow | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | 6 | 2.0 | — | — | 3 | 6 | 3 | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 18 | 14 | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | |
max°C | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Moonrise | 4:50 | — | 5:19 | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | 6:53 | — | — | 7:21 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 9:30 | — | — | 10:33 | — | — | 11:42 | — | — | 12:53 |
Moonset | 2:27 | — | — | 3:44 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 7:42 | — | — | — | 9:05 | — | — | 10:28 | — | — | 11:50 | — | — | — | 1:06 | — | — | 2:10 | — | — | 3:00 | — | — | 3:39 |
 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:16 |
 | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:06 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:08 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:10 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Essex is 4.3 °C (Statistics for 25 Mar 1981-2005 – mean: 3.7 max: 5.1 min: 2.5°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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