Southend - Chalkwell Beach (Beach) (Southend-on-Sea) weather

Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.



Forecast days

Sunny intervals changing to overcast in the afternoon.
Beach safety today
Caution: strong winds may affect your paddling
  • • paddleboarding not recommended for beginners/intermediate
  • • experienced paddlers should use caution

Tide: Next low tide (1.5m) at

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    7 day forecast for Southend - Chalkwell Beach (Beach)

    Today (12 May 2026)
    Time
    09:00
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    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    20%
    40%
    50%
    20%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    Temperature
    11°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed
    WSW
    8
    W
    10
    W
    11
    W
    11
    W
    11
    W
    11
    W
    11
    WNW
    12
    WNW
    12
    WNW
    12
    WNW
    12
    WNW
    11
    NW
    10
    WNW
    9
    WNW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    20
    22
    23
    23
    23
    23
    23
    25
    26
    25
    24
    21
    20
    21
    17
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    65%
    56%
    44%
    40%
    41%
    41%
    40%
    43%
    52%
    57%
    56%
    55%
    54%
    56%
    58%
    UV 3 4 5 6 6 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wind direction and speed
    8
    10
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    12
    12
    12
    12
    11
    10
    9
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.1
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (13 May 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Heavy shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    50%
    60%
    80%
    80%
    60%
    80%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    90%
    80%
    80%
    70%
    70%
    60%
    50%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WNW
    7
    WSW
    7
    WSW
    8
    WSW
    9
    WSW
    10
    WSW
    10
    W
    11
    WSW
    13
    W
    14
    W
    15
    W
    15
    W
    14
    W
    14
    W
    14
    WNW
    15
    WNW
    15
    WNW
    14
    WNW
    14
    WNW
    13
    NW
    12
    NW
    10
    NW
    8
    WNW
    8
    WNW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    14
    15
    18
    19
    22
    22
    23
    27
    29
    30
    32
    33
    33
    37
    40
    38
    37
    33
    31
    26
    22
    19
    20
    20
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    63%
    65%
    66%
    64%
    66%
    72%
    76%
    73%
    66%
    64%
    58%
    57%
    53%
    45%
    55%
    59%
    65%
    65%
    67%
    71%
    75%
    80%
    84%
    84%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    7
    8
    9
    10
    10
    11
    13
    14
    15
    15
    14
    14
    14
    15
    15
    14
    13
    12
    11
    10
    8
    8
    9
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.1
    0.0
    0.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    9
    9
    4
    4
    4
    9
    9
    9
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (14 May 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Light shower night Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    70%
    70%
    60%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WNW
    8
    WNW
    9
    WNW
    9
    WNW
    9
    NW
    9
    NW
    8
    NW
    8
    NW
    8
    NW
    9
    NW
    9
    NW
    9
    NW
    9
    NNW
    9
    NNW
    9
    NNW
    8
    NNE
    8
    NE
    8
    ENE
    9
    ENE
    8
    E
    7
    E
    5
    NNW
    5
    NNW
    5
    NW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    20
    19
    19
    19
    18
    19
    19
    20
    21
    22
    22
    23
    22
    21
    20
    20
    21
    17
    14
    11
    10
    12
    13
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    84%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    86%
    87%
    86%
    85%
    80%
    71%
    62%
    55%
    52%
    50%
    47%
    53%
    52%
    62%
    66%
    71%
    73%
    81%
    84%
    84%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    8
    8
    8
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    8
    8
    8
    9
    9
    8
    6
    6
    5
    5
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.1
    0.1
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    8
    8
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    4
    8
    8
    5
    5
    5
    2
    2
    2
    2
    4
    5
    5
    4
    4
    4
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (15 May 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    40%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNW
    6
    NNW
    7
    NNW
    7
    NNW
    7
    NW
    8
    NW
    8
    NNW
    9
    NNW
    9
    NNW
    10
    NNW
    10
    NNW
    10
    NNW
    10
    NNW
    9
    NNW
    9
    NW
    9
    NNW
    9
    NW
    8
    NNW
    8
    NNW
    8
    NNW
    8
    NNW
    7
    N
    6
    NNW
    6
    NNW
    5
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    15
    16
    16
    18
    19
    19
    20
    21
    22
    22
    23
    24
    23
    23
    22
    22
    21
    20
    18
    13
    13
    13
    12
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    84%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    85%
    82%
    74%
    67%
    57%
    53%
    48%
    50%
    45%
    47%
    45%
    47%
    50%
    54%
    65%
    73%
    76%
    78%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    9
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    8
    8
    8
    7
    6
    6
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    3
    3
    3
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    3
    3
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (16 May 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    5
    WNW
    5
    WNW
    6
    WNW
    6
    WNW
    6
    WNW
    7
    WNW
    7
    WNW
    7
    WNW
    7
    WNW
    8
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    9
    W
    9
    W
    8
    WSW
    8
    WSW
    8
    WSW
    8
    SW
    7
    SW
    7
    SW
    7
    SW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    12
    13
    13
    13
    13
    13
    15
    16
    17
    18
    18
    18
    19
    19
    19
    19
    17
    19
    19
    18
    17
    16
    16
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    81%
    83%
    82%
    81%
    81%
    80%
    78%
    74%
    69%
    61%
    52%
    43%
    42%
    41%
    40%
    40%
    41%
    42%
    44%
    47%
    56%
    64%
    69%
    73%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    7
    8
    8
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    6
    6
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (17 May 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    13°
    15°
    16°
    15°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    6
    SW
    6
    SW
    5
    SW
    5
    SW
    7
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    8
    SSW
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    16
    10
    10
    16
    19
    19
    19
    16
    14
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    M
    M
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    76%
    78%
    83%
    80%
    66%
    56%
    56%
    61%
    73%
    UV - - - 1 4 2 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    6
    5
    5
    7
    8
    8
    8
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    2
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (18 May 2026)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    13°
    15°
    17°
    15°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    7
    WSW
    7
    WSW
    7
    WSW
    8
    WSW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    SSW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    13
    17
    20
    20
    20
    18
    16
    Visibility (description)
    G
    M
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    83%
    87%
    84%
    68%
    59%
    49%
    53%
    68%
    UV - - 1 4 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    2
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Tuesday 12 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 12 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 12 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 12 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 13 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 13 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 13 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 13 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 14 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 14 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 14 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 14 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 15 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 15 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 15 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 15 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 16 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 16 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 16 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 16 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 17 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 17 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 17 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 17 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Southend-On-Sea tidal station which is 2.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    Headline:

    Sunshine first thing, then cloudier with some rain.

    Today:

    A bright but cold start to the day. Cloud slowly increasing ahead of a band of patchy light rain moving south during the afternoon, then clearing into the evening. Temperatures a little below average, and with brisk northwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

    Tonight:

    Any showers mostly clearing to leave clear skies for a while overnight. Cloud building later with blustery showers arriving by dawn. Less cold than in recent nights, with brisk winds. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

    Wednesday:

    A day of sunshine and scattered blustery showers. The showers turning heavy at times with the odd rumble of thunder and hail. Feeling cool, especially in the wind. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

    Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

    Staying on the cool side with a continuation of sunny spells and scattered showers through Thursday and Friday. Drier with lighter winds on Saturday. Overnight frosts possible.

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