Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 27 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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 8AM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 27). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1ft (0.3m)18s
Afternoon (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
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
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)181818181716161616161616151515151515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)556161619613513413413413285124163159159157110109107106146969393
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
N
10
N
5
N
5
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
S
10
WSW
5
WNW
0
NW
5
E
0
NE
0
E
5
SW
15
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassoncrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
2.19
7:51PM
1.63
6:40AM
2.28
8:19PM
1.72
7:28AM
2.32
8:46PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:32PM
1.22
1:11PM
0.14
12:33AM
1.08
1:49PM
0.09
1:22AM
0.93
2:24PM
0.10
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise--6:26-------6:24-------6:22-----
Sunset-----5:49-------5:50-------5:50--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222221273030272523232224252422211818182122221816
Feels °C (?)202019272929262422222123242321211819192120191614
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