Malibu Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.03° N 118.68° W

Malibu 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Malibu sea temperature is
23.4°C
5.4° 

Malibu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Malibu today (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 20s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 7PM is: 0.6m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (09 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)20s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
20
0.7
SSW
20
0.6
SSW
19
0.6
SSW
19
0.7
SW
14
0.6
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
1
SSW
18
1.1
SSW
17
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
287
283
395
395
295
292
214
249
326
356
356
589
689
422
412
412
493
487
487
481
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
WNW
5
NW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
NNW
5
WNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:26PM1.89m
9:26AM2.18m
10:09PM1.79m
9:52AM2.19m
10:53PM1.67m
Low Tide
3:21PM0.43m
3:14AM0.62m
4:00PM0.35m
3:41AM0.76m
4:39PM0.32m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
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6:56
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6:27
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Temp °C
26
26
24
24
24
23
23
25
24
25
25
25
24
23
20
19
21
19
18
17
Feels °C
26
25
23
23
24
23
23
25
23
24
24
24
22
19
17
17
18
17
17
16
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