Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 07 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
17.2° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 4PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.9
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
W
1.4
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414141413131313131313137777616161617181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1801781781751271271251231211218390342532342226151130129175302399404399
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SE
10
E
0
NNE
5
WSW
0
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
0
WNW
0
E
5
SE
5
E
5
ESE
10
S
15
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39AM
1.82
1:43AM
1.73
3:28AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:08AM
0.64
9:34AM
0.68
10:58AM
0.65
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise6:33-------6:33-------6:31-------
Sunset---7:19-------7:20-------7:21----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C152021201817171718222322201918171821212018171616
Feels °C (?)152020191817181718212120201918171821191716161516
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