Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 20 Feb 2026 PST
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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
16.2° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 2AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (21 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (21 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
Period(s) (?)1414141313131313131313121212121212121212101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)383736351717171717171615151515151515141417292727
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
0
ESE
5
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
glassoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15PM
1.99
11:32AM
1.60
11:52PM
2.02
12:41PM
1.38
12:39AM
2.02
2:41PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:49PM
0.59
5:41AM
0.68
5:15PM
0.77
6:49AM
0.68
5:43PM
0.95
8:19AM
0.66
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----6:33-------6:31-------6:30---
Sunset-------5:43-------5:44-------5:45
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C10111010914171714151413131821211917171616202322
Feels °C (?)68765101414111210991518171513131212172018
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