Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 13 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
17.9° 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 9AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (13 Apr)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.5
W
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.5
W
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)15151514141467714141616161661314151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)252249222160111154160384240149104147147147102184101149167167123123123121
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
15
W
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
E
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
E
10
E
5
E
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossoffglasscross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
1.83
8:03PM
1.85
7:44AM
1.87
8:23PM
2.00
8:31AM
1.88
8:47PM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
1.05
1:33PM
0.47
1:54AM
0.83
2:01PM
0.50
2:33AM
0.60
2:30PM
0.55
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise--6:26-------6:24-------6:24-----
Sunset-----7:23-------7:24-------7:24--
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131314171718151515141518191815151414151819181616
Feels °C (?)111112131113121314121316161513141313141617161415
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