Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 27 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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 2PM is: 0.4m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1ft (0.3m)18s
Afternoon (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.1
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)1818171616161616161615151515151514141414141466
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6161961351341341341328512416315915915711010910710614696939392239
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
N
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
E
0
NNE
0
ESE
5
SSW
15
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
2.19
7:51PM
1.63
6:40AM
2.28
8:19PM
1.72
7:28AM
2.32
8:46PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
0.14
12:33AM
1.08
1:49PM
0.09
1:22AM
0.93
2:24PM
0.10
2:07AM
0.80
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise6:26-------6:24-------6:22-------
Sunset---5:49-------5:50-------5:50----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212730302825242323252624222219191821222218161515
Feels °C (?)192629282624232122242522212219191821201916141315
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