Waves in Lafitte

Hourly wave forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 7:50 pm (CDT)

Now · significant height 0.3 ft

Sea state: Calm (rippled) · Douglas 1
Period: 3.4 s · SE
Swell: 0.1 ft · 4 s
Highest expected: 0.7 ft

Today the sea at Lafitte is calm (rippled): 0.3 ft waves with a period of 3.4 s from the southeast. The swell, 0.1 ft at 4 s, comes from the southeast. Biggest waves: Tuesday 3, with waves up to 1.0 ft (smooth).

Wave height, next 7 days

1.02.03.0 ft 1.0 ft Now

Significant height: the average of the highest third of the waves, what an observer would estimate by eye. Swell: waves arriving from far away, longer.

The waves you may find today

Most common0.2 ft
Significant0.3 ft
Highest expected0.7 ft

One wave in seven is higher than the significant height, and about 3 times a day one reaches 0.7 ft. Before heading out, expect waves of up to 0.7 ft.

The Douglas sea state scale

Degree	Name	Wave height
0	Calm (glassy)	0
1	Calm (rippled) · today	0.0 ft–0.3 ft
2	Smooth · week peak	0.3 ft–1.6 ft
3	Slight	1.6 ft–4.1 ft
4	Moderate	4.1 ft–8.2 ft
5	Rough	8.2 ft–13.1 ft
6	Very rough	13.1 ft–19.7 ft

Waves day by day

Day	Max wave	Sea state	Direction	Max period	Swell	Max wind
Today	0.3 ft	Calm (rippled)	SE	4 s	0.3 ft SE	8 mph ENE
Thu 29	0.4 ft	Smooth	SE	4 s	0.3 ft SE	10 mph ENE
Fri 30	0.9 ft	Smooth	ESE	4 s	0.4 ft SE	15 mph ENE
Sat 31	0.7 ft	Smooth	SE	3 s	0.4 ft SE	13 mph E
Sun 1	0.7 ft	Smooth	ESE	3 s	0.5 ft SE	9 mph ENE
Mon 2	0.9 ft	Smooth	ESE	3 s	0.4 ft SE	13 mph E
Tue 3	1.0 ft	Smooth	SE	3 s	0.5 ft SSE	18 mph SE

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Waves	0.3 ft	0.3 ft	0.3 ft	0.3 ft	0.3 ft	0.3 ft	0.3 ft	0.3 ft
Period	4.3 s	4.2 s	4.1 s	4.0 s	4.0 s	4.0 s	3.6 s	3.4 s
Direction	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Swell	0.3 ft · 3 s	0.3 ft · 3 s	0.3 ft · 4 s	0.2 ft · 3 s	0.1 ft · 4 s	0.1 ft · 5 s	0.1 ft · 5 s	0.2 ft · 4 s
Wind (mph)	3 ENE	4 NE	5 NE	6 NE	6 ENE	6 NE	6 ENE	5 E

Previous days

The waves over the last 14 days. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Max wave	Period	Swell
Tue 27	0.3 ft SE	4 s	0.3 ft SE
Mon 26	0.7 ft E	4 s	0.3 ft ESE
Sun 25	1.0 ft E	4 s	0.3 ft ESE
Sat 24	0.7 ft ESE	4 s	0.3 ft SE
Fri 23	0.0 ft SE	5 s	0.0 ft SE
Thu 22	0.3 ft SSE	6 s	0.3 ft SE
Wed 21	0.3 ft SSE	6 s	0.3 ft SE

Show all 14 days

Day	Max wave	Period	Swell
Tue 20	0.7 ft E	6 s	0.3 ft ESE
Mon 19	1.0 ft E	4 s	0.3 ft SE
Sun 18	1.0 ft NE	4 s	0.3 ft ESE
Sat 17	1.6 ft NNE	3 s	0.3 ft SSE
Fri 16	1.3 ft S	5 s	0.3 ft SSE
Thu 15	0.3 ft SSE	4 s	0.3 ft SSE
Wed 14	0.3 ft SSE	4 s	0.3 ft SSE

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the waves in LafitteQuestions

How are the waves today in Lafitte?

Calm (rippled) (0.3 ft with a period of 3.4 s from the southeast). The highest wave to expect is around 0.7 ft.

Which day will have the biggest waves this week?

Tuesday 3, with waves up to 1.0 ft (smooth).

What is the wave period?

The time, in seconds, between two crests. With long periods (over 10 s) waves come from far away, are cleaner and break harder; with short periods they are wind waves, choppier.

What is significant wave height?

The average of the highest third of the waves. One in seven is higher and, a few times a day, one comes in at almost double: today, about 0.7 ft.

More about Lafitte today

Waves near Lafitte

Only places with a different forecast: spots a few miles apart share the same model cell and wouldn't add anything.

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Waves: Open-Meteo with Météo-France (MFWAM, up to 10 days) and ECMWF WAM, CC BY 4.0; wave grid point 4.9 mi away. Near the shore, the seabed and the shape of the coast change the waves.

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 7:50 pm (local time).

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