Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 08 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 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 10PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)--
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.5
W
1.9
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313771616161616161718181818181815161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8390202366127127129130129175302399404399404283182181339412417417412291
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SW
0
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
SW
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crossglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:43AM
1.73
3:28AM
1.68
7:40PM
1.53
4:59AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:58AM
0.65
11:55AM
0.59
11:41PM
1.39
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise------6:31-------6:30-------6:28-
Sunset-7:20-------7:21-------7:22------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212119181817172121211817161617191919161514141517
Feels °C (?)202020181817172120181616151517171717151413131515
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