Malibu Surf Forecast

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USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.03° N 118.68° W)

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Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 28 Aug 2025 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 22.0° C
(Which is 3.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 4AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s
Afternoon (29 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s
Evening (29 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	16s

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

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	Thu 28		Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	17	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	202	205	217	176	189	167	184	162	223	247	229	232	191	351	420	564	425	452	562	537	520	467	500	467
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	NNW	ESE	E	SSW	SW	WSW	W	SSE	ESE	ENE	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	W	SE	ESE	E	SE	S	SW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			1:48AM 1.27				1:24PM 1.80									2:15PM 1.76								3:37PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	7:59PM 0.83				6:16AM 1.07					9:29PM 0.84									11:19PM 0.77

	Thu 28		Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	24	22	24	27	28	27	25	24	22	23	25	28	28	28	26	25	23	23	25	29	29	29
Feels °C (?)	23	23	24	22	24	26	26	25	24	25	23	24	26	28	27	27	25	26	24	24	26	29	28	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Malibu (light winds from the NW at Malibu 7 km from Malibu). 0.4m 10s swell from the S with a 0.3m 14s groundswell, also from the S and a 0.3m 2s local chop, also from the WNW as well as a 0.1m 18s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 21 minutes ago Malibu

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1 h 21 min ago

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