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Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 PST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
16.2° 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 5AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (14 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)19s
Evening (14 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)18s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
SSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131319181817161615141414141212161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)353434171329252422508277414067402727244138363737
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
W
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
W
10
W
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
W
10
W
5
NNW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
2.04
8:26PM
1.43
6:36AM
2.12
8:54PM
1.47
7:13AM
2.20
9:21PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:23PM
1.24
1:36PM
0.38
12:13AM
1.23
2:09PM
0.28
12:55AM
1.20
2:41PM
0.20
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---7:00-------7:00------6:58-----
Sunset-----5:07-------5:07-------5:08--
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. °C191818222525212020191922242321201918182224232120
Feels °C (?)151414192222171615151519212018171614141921201816
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