Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 06 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
17.2° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 3AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
4
3
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.4
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414141414141414131313131313131377776161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2462362322361801781781751271271251231211218390503657385261156130129175
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SSE
10
E
0
WNW
5
WNW
0
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
0
NNW
0
NE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
S
15
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrossglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
1.91
12:39AM
1.82
1:43AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:08PM
1.21
8:08AM
0.64
9:34AM
0.68
10:58AM
0.65
Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise----6:33-------6:33-------6:31---
Sunset-------7:19-------7:20-------7:21
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181716151720212118181818182223232119181718212121
Feels °C (?)161616151719202018181917182021212119181718212018
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