Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 23 Feb 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
15.7° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 10PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)--
Afternoon (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.7
W
0.3
W
0.6
W
1
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
1.5
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.6
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.3
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)9991010510565566651515106619101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2727283533221819612534167523920213373533759373067
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
W
5
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
0
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
offglasscross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:41PM
1.22
1:44AM
2.00
5:54PM
1.27
3:10AM
2.01
6:51PM
1.40
4:36AM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:14PM
1.11
10:04AM
0.56
7:22PM
1.26
11:27AM
0.40
9:59PM
1.31
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise------6:28-------6:28-------6:26-
Sunset-5:45-------5:45-------5:46------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242321201919172122211918171717212121212019191822
Feels °C (?)222019181716151920191818171616202020212019191823
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