Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 08 Mar 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
15.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 3AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


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Sun
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
3
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.5
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)12121212121211111251211111122222121212120202019
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)262626262525232324141010222284154233233332320388490373480
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NNE
20
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:54AM
1.85
4:09PM
1.20
1:37AM
1.78
2:56AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:00PM
1.09
8:49AM
0.78
5:10PM
1.19
10:39AM
0.77
12:09PM
0.68
Sun
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise----7:13-------7:11-------7:09---
Sunset-------6:57-------6:58-------6:59
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242216151517181715151514141718161414141414192223
Feels °C (?)191813131415161513131414141617151414141414182020
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