Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 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
17.4° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 1PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.6
W
2.2
W
1.8
W
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.5
W
0.6
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)1212719191919181818181877716161616161571515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)505050118184184113155219304304294220522320251251251248172155202150209
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
10
S
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
5
N
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SW
15
SW
20
W
10
W
5
E
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:51PM
1.40
12:52AM
2.14
4:38PM
1.45
2:10AM
1.98
5:48PM
1.57
3:44AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:41AM
0.21
6:12PM
1.27
8:57AM
0.29
7:45PM
1.37
10:15AM
0.34
10:01PM
1.35
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise6:16-------6:15-------6:13-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:30-------7:31----
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C151616181514131314171718151515151519201818171515
Feels °C (?)131415151312111213151414121413131317171416151314
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