Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 09 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
17.5° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 2PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161718181818181815161616161616161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)129130129175302399404399404283182181339412417417412291291288284284280270
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
SW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
SW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:28AM
1.68
7:40PM
1.53
4:59AM
1.71
7:40PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:58AM
0.65
11:55AM
0.59
11:41PM
1.39
12:34PM
0.53
12:34AM
1.24
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise6:31-------6:30-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:21-------7:22-------7:22----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------112
Temp. °C162021211817161617191919161515141517171715161614
Feels °C (?)172020191616151617171717151414131515141514141312
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