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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides overnight may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible on consecutive tides from 11pm on Friday 9th October through to 1am on Saturday 10th October.
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 2.90 mAODN at 12am, on Saturday 10th October, which is 0.48m above tide tables, Wind Force 6, Westerly. Tides will remain high over the next couple of days.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded.
This message will be updated by 9:00AM on Saturday 10 October or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
Message issued at 2:25pm, Friday 9th October 2026.
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Flood alert
Fri 9 Oct 2026, 2:25pm
Warning no longer in force
Tue 29 Sep 2026, 5:21pm
Flood alert
Tue 29 Sep 2026, 8:49am
Flood alert
Mon 28 Sep 2026, 5:53pm
Flood alert
Mon 28 Sep 2026, 8:40am
Warning no longer in force
Sun 27 Sep 2026, 5:38pm
Flood alert
Sun 27 Sep 2026, 10:06am
Flood alert
Sat 26 Sep 2026, 2:43pm
Warning no longer in force
Sun 13 Sep 2026, 4:13pm
Flood alert
Sun 13 Sep 2026, 9:09am
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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