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 06:43 AM and sunset is at 04:14 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Fri night. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Fri morning, min 2°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the NW by Sat afternoon). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Tue morning, min 3°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Mon morning, calm by Mon night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Thu afternoon, min -1°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the WNW by Sat morning). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Sun morning, min -2°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sunday 24 | Monday 25 | Tuesday 26 | Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 1 | Monday 2 | Tuesday 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 4:27PM2.75m | 5:17AM2.53m | 5:29PM2.63m | 6:13AM2.54m | 6:29PM2.57m | 7:05AM2.58m | 7:26PM2.54m | 7:53AM2.65m | 8:18PM2.53m | 8:36AM2.73m | 9:05PM2.54m | 9:16AM2.81m | 9:48PM2.55m | 9:53AM2.87m | 10:29PM2.56m | 10:28AM2.92m | 11:07PM2.57m | 11:04AM2.96m | 11:44PM2.56m | 11:40AM2.98m | 00:22AM2.55m | 12:19PM2.99m | 1:02AM2.55m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:23AM0.47m | 11:05PM0.24m | 11:26AM0.51m | 00:02AM0.32m | 12:28PM0.50m | 00:56AM0.37m | 1:26PM0.45m | 1:46AM0.39m | 2:18PM0.37m | 2:31AM0.40m | 3:05PM0.28m | 3:12AM0.40m | 3:48PM0.19m | 3:49AM0.39m | 4:27PM0.12m | 4:26AM0.39m | 5:04PM0.08m | 5:02AM0.38m | 5:40PM0.04m | 5:38AM0.38m | 6:17PM0.02m | 6:16AM0.37m | 6:57PM0.02m | 6:57AM0.37m | ||||||||||||
E 8 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 6 | ENE 8 | NW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | NW 3 | E 13 | SE 3 | SE 5 | W 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | SSE 5 | E 15 | E 14 | E 14 | SE 3 | ESE 5 | ESE 8 | E 9 | E 10 | N 5 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | W 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | NW 4 | NW 3 | NNE 5 | |
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clear | light rain | mod rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | |
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— | 1.0 | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 |
Moonrise | — | — | 11:05 | — | — | — | 12:08 | — | — | 1:10 | — | — | 2:11 | — | — | 3:13 | — | — | 4:16 | — | — | 5:21 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 9:32 | — | — |
Moonset | 12:34 | — | — | 12:55 | — | — | 1:13 | — | — | 1:30 | — | — | 1:47 | — | — | 2:06 | — | — | 2:27 | — | — | 2:52 | — | — | — | 3:24 | — | — | 4:04 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 5:56 | — |
 | 6:43 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — |
 | — | 4:14 | — | — | 4:13 | — | — | 4:13 | — | — | 4:12 | — | — | 4:12 | — | — | 4:10 | — | — | 4:10 | — | — | 4:09 | — | — | 4:09 | — | — | 4:09 | — | — | 4:09 | — | — | 4:08 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Essex is 10.4 °C (Statistics for 22 Nov 1981-2005 – mean: 9.5 max: 10.7 min: 7.8°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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