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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides today may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible between 1.30pm and 3.30pm today, Saturday 15th August.
Clacton Promenade, Lee-over-Sands and Brightlingsea sea front may see some wave overtopping and spray. The Strood at Mersea Island, Coast Road and car parks on the front at West Mersea, and the Hythe and Promenade at Maldon may be flooded. The detailed forecast is for a peak level at Clacton of 2.76mAODN at 2.30pm, on Saturday 15th August, which is 0.23m above tide tables, Wind Force 5 , North Easterly. Tides are expected to be higher than usual, due to the forecast weather conditions during spring tides.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded .
This message will be updated by 5:00PM on 15 August 2026 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 9:01am, Saturday 15th August.
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The Essex coast from Clacton to St Peters Flat, including Jaywick, Brightlingsea, Mersea Island, Heybridge, Maldon and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries
Region: East Anglia
Country: England
Counties covered: Essex
Watercourses covered: North Sea
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries.
Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
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