Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides overnight may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible from 11:45pm on Saturday 10th October to 1:45am on Sunday 11th October.
Clacton Promenade, Lee-over-Sands, and the front at Brightlingsea may experience 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 2.87 mAODN at 12:45am on Sunday 11th October, which is 0.35m 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 Sunday 11 October or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
Message issued at 4:16pm, Saturday 10th October 2026.
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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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