Well, this mornings high tide (~6am) at Well-next-the-sea has passed without much drama. The sea just came over the top of the harbour wall but not much more than a Spring tide does. In fact it is well on its way out now, suggesting the surge has passed us. No reports of flood damage in this area either, but the worst of it was forecast to be further east and south anyway.
As for the wind, I measured a max gust of 26mph overnight (although we are a little sheltered here) and its only averaging about 7mph now.
Hopefully its underperformed the forecast for other parts of the south east coasts too.