Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 19 Jan 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
16.1° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 11PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)--
Afternoon (19 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Evening (19 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121616121515181818181211111516161616161313141515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)282424111817313131312322213464656565253030548454
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
SSW
5
NW
10
NNE
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
S
5
WSW
5
W
5
ENE
5
NE
0
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
S
5
ESE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glassglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
1.58
9:30AM
2.23
11:10PM
1.63
10:05AM
2.12
11:39PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:12PM
0.15
3:21AM
1.05
4:40PM
0.21
4:03AM
1.04
5:07PM
0.31
4:51AM
1.02
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------6:56-
Sunset-5:12-------5:13-------5:14------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232019191818172123211817171716181917161615151517
Feels °C (?)211918161414131820191615151613161817161515151415
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