Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 26 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 6AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (26 Feb)1ft (0.3m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)19109910109918181818171616161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5937294446474257556161619613513413413413285124163159159157
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
0
NW
5
N
5
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
N
10
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
5
N
10
W
10
W
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glassglassoncrosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
2.09
7:22PM
1.52
5:45AM
2.19
7:51PM
1.63
6:40AM
2.28
8:19PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
0.25
11:32PM
1.22
1:11PM
0.14
12:33AM
1.08
1:49PM
0.09
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise--6:26-------6:26-------6:24-----
Sunset-----5:47-------5:49-------5:50--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181718222527242221212126292926242322222425232120
Feels °C (?)181718222527222119191925282825232221212424222020
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