Malibu surf break

Malibu surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 10 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
18.0° C
(Which is 3.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Malibu at 3PM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Afternoon (10 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818151616161616161616161616151515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)404283182181339412417417412291291288284284280270252246242242246249252249
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:40PM
1.53
4:59AM
1.71
7:40PM
1.61
6:03AM
1.77
7:49PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:55AM
0.59
11:41PM
1.39
12:34PM
0.53
12:34AM
1.24
1:05PM
0.48
1:15AM
1.05
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise6:30-------6:28-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:22----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1121------
Temp. °C171919191615151415171817151515151516171715131312
Feels °C (?)171817171514141315151514141414131313121312101110
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