Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 21 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 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 1AM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
2.2
WNW
1.8
W
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1219191919181818181817771616161616151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50118184184113155219304304294209461329251251251248172155153150209209153
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
W
15
W
5
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:51PM
1.40
12:52AM
2.14
4:38PM
1.45
2:10AM
1.98
5:48PM
1.57
3:44AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
1.27
8:57AM
0.29
7:45PM
1.37
10:15AM
0.34
10:01PM
1.35
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:15-------6:13-------6:13-
Sunset-7:30-------7:30-------7:31------
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C161815141313141617181515151515192019171715151719
Feels °C (?)161512121112131414141214131413171715151514141617
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