Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 25 Feb 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
15.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 12PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (25 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


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Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
W
0.4
WSW
0.9
W
0.3
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.3
S
0.7
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)515151010619109910109189181818171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25213332345059372963464760567661616196135134134134132
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
SE
5
SSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
0
NNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crossglassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crossglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
1.40
4:36AM
2.09
7:22PM
1.52
5:45AM
2.19
7:51PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:27AM
0.40
9:59PM
1.31
12:25PM
0.25
11:32PM
1.22
1:11PM
0.14
12:33AM
1.08
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise6:28-------6:26-------6:26-------
Sunset---5:46-------5:47-------5:49----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161922202019191819222526242221212026272624222120
Feels °C (?)161922192019191819222425242120201926262524222120
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