Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 22 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
18.0° C
(Which is 3.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 2PM is: 0.3m 21s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (22 Mar)1ft (0.3m)21s
Evening (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)21s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)131321212121132020201919191918181818181818181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)707070115115696761609796184184181118112154154154152207204145133
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
SW
0
W
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
5
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SE
5
E
5
NE
0
S
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crossglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:50PM
1.48
12:13AM
2.18
2:19PM
1.33
1:06AM
2.10
4:51PM
1.30
2:20AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
0.37
5:39PM
0.98
7:44AM
0.42
6:10PM
1.14
9:11AM
0.45
6:53PM
1.28
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise6:56-------6:54-------6:52-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:07-------7:08----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172123212018181819232423201919192023252321191919
Feels °C (?)172122212118181819232322211919192022242221191919
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