Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 15 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
17.5° C
(Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 1PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

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)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515141414141414161717171716161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)167167123123123121821181201181161602761511511479291191253253191121130
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
W
15
NW
10
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31AM
1.88
8:47PM
2.15
9:19AM
1.84
9:15PM
2.29
10:09AM
1.77
9:47PM
2.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.55
3:14AM
0.39
3:00PM
0.65
3:58AM
0.22
3:31PM
0.76
4:45AM
0.12
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise6:24-------6:22-------6:20-------
Sunset---7:24-------7:25-------7:27----
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161919191716151516181918161515151620202018181816
Feels °C (?)161818181615151516171717161514141518181814151514
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