Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 07 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
17.2° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 10PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.7
W
2
W
1.9
WNW
1.6
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141313131313131313777616161616171818181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1781751271271251231211218390262423342220130130129175302399404399404283
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SE
5
E
0
N
5
W
0
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
0
NW
0
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
S
15
WSW
20
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39AM
1.82
1:43AM
1.73
3:28AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
0.68
10:58AM
0.65
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise------6:33-------6:31-------6:30-
Sunset-7:19-------7:20-------7:21------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202017171717182222222019181718212121181716161719
Feels °C (?)191917171717182120202019181718211918161615161718
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