Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm 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 9PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)--
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
Thursday
16
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.5
W
2
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.4
W
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)141467141414161616166161415151515151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1111541593601581491041471471471021619914916716712312312312182118120118
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
25
W
10
W
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
E
10
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
ESE
10
E
5
E
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
W
5
SSE
5
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:03PM
1.85
7:44AM
1.87
8:23PM
2.00
8:31AM
1.88
8:47PM
2.15
9:19AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:33PM
0.47
1:54AM
0.83
2:01PM
0.50
2:33AM
0.60
2:30PM
0.55
3:14AM
0.39
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise------6:24-------6:24-------6:22-
Sunset-7:23-------7:24-------7:24------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171715151514151818181515141416191919171716151619
Feels °C (?)121112131312131615151314131315171718151616141517
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