Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
17.5° C
(Which is 3.3°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 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131312121212121212121212121212151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)717010110110168686661595858585757563627272727353434
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
E
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:38AM
2.02
8:16PM
1.78
7:33AM
2.05
8:41PM
1.89
8:20AM
2.04
9:05PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
0.27
1:39AM
0.95
2:16PM
0.30
2:23AM
0.77
2:47PM
0.36
3:03AM
0.63
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise6:48-------6:46-------6:45-------
Sunset---7:12-------7:12-------7:13----
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C162224232121212121242523222118161720212016161616
Feels °C (?)162122211920211920232320202018161719211916161516
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