Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 2026 PST
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Malibu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Malibu sea temperature is
16.2° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 10PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)--
Afternoon (04 Mar)1ft (0.3m)17s
Evening (04 Mar)1ft (0.3m)16s

Table - waves today at Malibu. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1.1
WNW
0.3
S
1.1
W
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.5
W
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
W
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)15171616161616161116615151510151414141114131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5653474681468181292449872383852383737364132353534
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSW
0
SW
0
S
5
N
10
N
20
N
30
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
SSE
5
S
10
NW
10
N
10
NNE
15
N
25
NNE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
ononcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05PM
1.98
10:12AM
1.87
10:30PM
1.99
10:53AM
1.68
10:56PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:50PM
0.44
4:11AM
0.61
4:14PM
0.61
4:53AM
0.62
4:35PM
0.79
5:39AM
0.66
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise------6:18-------6:16-------6:16-
Sunset-5:52-------5:53-------5:54------
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181615151513131822211715141414202120171716161721
Feels °C (?)17151616149811151411109910171617141412111012
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