Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 01 Mar 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
16.0° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 6PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)--
Afternoon (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
2
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.1
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.6
W
1.9
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1414141413667667766121616168718181515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146969393929225528092148226366764950656565766961555555
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NE
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
SSW
10
SW
15
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
1.81
8:12AM
2.29
9:13PM
1.89
8:52AM
2.20
9:39PM
1.95
9:32AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
0.10
2:07AM
0.80
2:55PM
0.17
2:49AM
0.70
3:24PM
0.29
3:30AM
0.63
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise------6:22-------6:20-------6:20-
Sunset-5:50-------5:51-------5:52------
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242421201816151919191717161414182121181918171720
Feels °C (?)222119181614141917161516151314181919161817151618
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