Big open beach on the north side of the Thames Estuary with a very broad wind range (NE through SW). Best at low-to-mid water — avoid high tide when the beach shrinks and the walk out becomes impractical. Good for freeride, freestyle, and learning when the tide is right. The broad wind arc makes it a reliable fallback when other Thames-side spots don’t line up. School on site: Essex Kitesurf School.
No measured beach/groyne height for this spot yet — log a beach report to add one.
🧭 Wind directions
Shoeburyness East Beach, faces ~S into the Thames estuary. Broad E-through-SW working range; NE is side-off (cross-offshore); N–NW is offshore over the land. Opposite side of the headland to Uncle Tom's, so a genuinely different working set.
green = works (brightest = side-on) · blue = cross-shore · orange = side-off / unproven (care) · red = offshore, never · grey = excluded locally
Next 7 days at East BeachLighter option: Thu 10 Sep ~15 kt — an OK session on a 12 m — powered-down at the bottom end. AROME and UKV 2km agree (within ~3 kt) over the next 60 h — confidence good (lead model here: UKV 2km).
Windguru forecast
7-day forecast
Wind scale:<1010–1112–1314–1516–1920–2930+ kt ⚠
Multi-model composite: the first 60 hours come from AROME-FR 1.3km and UKV 2km (AROME first, UKV filling its gaps); beyond 60 h the best available of HARM-DK 2km → ICON 2.2km → Zephr-HD 2.6km → IFS-HRES 9km → GFS 13km extends the table to the end of day 7. Temperature blended from GFS. Tides from UKHO Admiralty (BST, 7-day window). Always verify on Windguru.
Not kiteable today — wind from W. Peak 20 kt from W is not a working direction at East Beach. Working directions here: NE / ENE / E / ESE / SE / SSE ….
Time
Wind
Gust
Dir
Cloud
Temp
14:00
17 kt
24 kt
→ W
100%
22°C
15:00
20 kt
27 kt
→ W
100%
22°C
16:00
17 kt
26 kt
→ W
100%
22°C
17:00
18 kt
25 kt
→ WNW
100%
21°C
18:00
16 kt
23 kt
→ WNW
100%
20°C
19:00
14 kt
21 kt
→ WNW
100%
20°C
20:00
12 kt
18 kt
→ WNW
100%
19°C
21:00
10 kt
16 kt
→ WNW
—
18°C
Sat 5 Sep
HW 06:30 4.8mLW 12:50 1.5mHW 19:05 5.0m
Not kiteable today — wind from WNW. Peak 10 kt from WNW is cross-offshore (side-off) at East Beach. Working directions here: NE / ENE / E / ESE / SE / SSE …. WNW grades cross-offshore (side-off) here but is 5° off cross-shore — effectively the better of the two.
Marginal — ~11 kt, big kites only. Peak ~11 kt S in the tide window. marginal — big kites (15 m+)/foils — most riders won't get planing; 15 m+/foil specialists only. ★ Gets dark at 19:28 — almost none of this window is in daylight.
Best window detail — 11:11–17:41 BST (UKV 2km hourly)
Hourly UKV 2km wind for the 2-hour tide window (★) plus an hour either side, averaging ~9 kt in the low-tide window.
Marginal — ~14 kt, big kites only. Peak ~14 kt WSW in the tide window. marginal — larger kites (14 m+) — most riders won't get planing; 15 m+/foil specialists only.
Best window detail — 12:48–19:18 BST (UKV 2km hourly)
Hourly UKV 2km wind for the 2-hour tide window (★) plus an hour either side, averaging ~13 kt in the low-tide window. Late-evening session — fine in summer, but a late drive home from London.
Marginal — ~11 kt, big kites only. Peak ~11 kt WSW in the tide window. marginal — big kites (15 m+)/foils — most riders won't get planing; 15 m+/foil specialists only. ★ Gets dark at 19:24 — almost none of this window is in daylight.
Best window detail — 14:15–19:31 BST (UKV 2km hourly)
Hourly UKV 2km wind for the 2-hour tide window (★) plus an hour either side, averaging ~12 kt in the low-tide window. Late-evening session — fine in summer, but a late drive home from London.
TimeWindGustDir
16:00 ★9 ktg13W
19:00 ★14 ktg20NW
Time
Wind
Gust
Dir
Cloud
Temp
06:00
11 kt
24 kt
↗ SW
95%
15°C
09:00
11 kt
20 kt
↗ SSW
66%
16°C
12:00
13 kt
19 kt
→ WSW
20%
19°C
15:00
13 kt
18 kt
→ W
28%
20°C
18:00
12 kt
16 kt
→ WSW
77%
19°C
Wed 9 Sep
LW 05:50 1.2mHW 12:05 5.3mLW 18:35 0.5m
Marginal — ~11 kt, big kites only. Peak ~11 kt WSW in the tide window. marginal — big kites (15 m+)/foils — most riders won't get planing; 15 m+/foil specialists only. ★ Gets dark at 19:22 — almost none of this window is in daylight.
Runs out of daylight — ~15 kt SW. Working direction (SW) with ~15 kt for 3 h inside the tide window (07:00–10:00 BST around the low tide). an OK session on a 12 m — powered-down at the bottom end. Early-bird window (low water before 08:30) — fine if you can get there, but on the early side for most. ★ Gets dark at 19:20 — almost none of this window is in daylight.
Pick a past day to compare three things: the forecast we published (frozen before each hour, never revised afterwards), the wind that actually happened (Open-Meteo reanalysis, hours 05:00–21:00 UK), and what the live weather stations near the spot actually recorded (amber, from 2 Aug 2026). You can go right up to today — today shows the forecast and the live stations; the reanalysis for today lands tomorrow morning.
Important: Forecasts are model-derived and may change. Always verify on Windguru and check local tide tables before you go. LKSA accepts no liability for decisions made based on this forecast.
