Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 06 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
17.5° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 12PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
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
1.5
W
1.6
W
2.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)151515151414141414141414141413131313131313777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34834733933926426024623623223618017817817512712712512312112183212232724
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
SE
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
E
10
ESE
5
E
0
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
ESE
5
E
0
WNW
5
WNW
0
SE
10
S
15
SW
10
SW
0
W
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29PM
2.00
1:49PM
1.31
12:00AM
1.91
12:39AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:04AM
0.56
5:08PM
1.21
8:08AM
0.64
9:34AM
0.68
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise--6:35-------6:33-------6:33-----
Sunset-----7:19-------7:19-------7:20--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191718212223181817151720212118181717182122221919
Feels °C (?)181718202020161716151719202018181716181920201919
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