Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 05 Mar 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 1.9°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: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)--
Afternoon (05 Mar)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (05 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.3
S
1.2
W
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.5
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
WNW
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)16167151515101514141411141313131313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8044134723838524237373643323531313131313030282626
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
25
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NE
10
N
10
NNE
15
N
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
15
N
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:12AM
1.87
10:30PM
1.99
10:53AM
1.68
10:56PM
1.97
11:38AM
1.48
11:23PM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:14PM
0.61
4:53AM
0.62
4:35PM
0.79
5:39AM
0.66
4:52PM
0.95
6:33AM
0.72
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise------6:16-------6:16-------6:13-
Sunset-5:53-------5:54-------5:54------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212118151414142022201717171616222424222019191823
Feels °C (?)1314131099101618161313131110131517161414131318
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