Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 12 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
17.9° C
(Which is 3.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 3AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (13 Apr)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


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Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.5
W
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.6
W
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)15151515151414146771414161616167131415151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)246249252249222160111154158384268149104147147147102226101149167167123123
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
10
E
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
SE
10
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffglassglasscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
1.72
6:56AM
1.83
8:03PM
1.85
7:44AM
1.87
8:23PM
2.00
8:31AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
1.05
1:33PM
0.47
1:54AM
0.83
2:01PM
0.50
2:33AM
0.60
2:30PM
0.55
Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise----6:26-------6:24-------6:24---
Sunset-------7:23-------7:24-------7:24
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151413131417171815151514151818181515141415181818
Feels °C (?)131211111213111312141413131615151214131214161616
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