Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 14 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
17.8° C
(Which is 3.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 12PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.4
W
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)14141416161616613141515151515151414141414141617
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15814910414714714710215610114916716712312312312182118120118116160276151
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
E
10
S
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
5
NW
5
E
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
SE
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
S
10
SSW
5
S
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:44AM
1.87
8:23PM
2.00
8:31AM
1.88
8:47PM
2.15
9:19AM
1.84
9:15PM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54AM
0.83
2:01PM
0.50
2:33AM
0.60
2:30PM
0.55
3:14AM
0.39
3:00PM
0.65
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise--6:24-------6:24-------6:22-----
Sunset-----7:24-------7:24-------7:25--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141415181918151515141619191917161615161919181616
Feels °C (?)131213161715121414131617171715141515151717171615
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