Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Malibu today (20 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Malibu at 6AM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 15s |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Malibu. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Wed afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
Mon 19 | Tuesday 20 | Wednesday 21 | ||||||||||||||||
8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 671 | 534 | 527 | 507 | 474 | 462 | 485 | 376 | 376 | 449 | 443 | 443 | 425 | 206 | 265 | 351 | 366 | 371 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross |
High Tide | 7:16AM1.64m | 5:53PM1.70m | 7:27AM1.74m | 6:45PM1.74m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:13AM0.57m | 12:30PM1.19m | 00:44AM0.56m | 1:07PM1.01m | ||||||||||||||
 | | | |  | | | | | | | |  |  | |  |  |  | |
 | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Temp °C | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
Feels °C | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 671 | 534 | 527 | 507 | 474 | 462 | 485 | 376 | 376 | 449 | 443 | 443 | 425 | 189 | 265 | 351 | 366 | 371 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | WSW 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 4 | WSW 4 | W 11 | S 18 | S 18 | SSW 8 | SW 8 | SSW 22 | SSW 22 | SSW 16 | S 16 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 |
| kJ | 10 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 56 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 45 | 206 | 132 | 152 | 216 | 218 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 16 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | S 24 | SW 19 | SSW 9 | SW 19 | S 22 | SW 8 | SW 18 | S 22 | SSW 21 | W 13 | W 11 | W 11 |
| kJ | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | W 6 | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 9 | W 11 | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | — | E 8 | — | — |
| kJ | 127 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 36 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 5 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Los Angeles County | ||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Malibu surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest