Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 14 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
17.8° C
(Which is 3.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 1AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.5
W
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)16161661314151515151515141414141414161717171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147147102182101149167167121123123121821181201181161602761511511479291
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
E
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
W
5
E
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
15
S
10
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:23PM
2.00
8:31AM
1.88
8:47PM
2.15
9:19AM
1.84
9:15PM
2.29
10:09AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
0.50
2:33AM
0.60
2:30PM
0.55
3:14AM
0.39
3:00PM
0.65
3:58AM
0.22
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise------6:24-------6:22-------6:20-
Sunset-7:24-------7:24-------7:25------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181815151414161919191717161516191918161515141620
Feels °C (?)161512141413151817181616151415181717161514121217
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