Malibu Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.03° N 118.68° W

Malibu 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Malibu sea temperature is
23.3°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 (11 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 18s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 12AM is: 1.0m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)--
Afternoon (11 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (11 Oct)3ft (0.9m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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)
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
0.9
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
326
356
356
589
681
422
412
412
407
487
487
481
481
475
445
417
387
363
459
454
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
Wind State
cross
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
10:09PM1.79m
9:52AM2.19m
10:53PM1.67m
10:18AM2.17m
Low Tide
4:00PM0.35m
3:41AM0.76m
4:39PM0.32m
4:05AM0.90m
5:19PM0.34m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
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6:23
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Temp °C
26
27
24
24
25
22
19
20
20
19
17
17
17
16
17
18
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
25
27
24
22
22
20
19
19
17
16
15
16
16
15
16
16
15
15
15
16
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