Playa Malibu surf break

Playa Malibu surfForecast / Gulf of Panama / Panama

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 EST
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Playa Malibu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Malibu sea temperature is
28.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Playa Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Malibu at 12PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (15 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (15 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)20s

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

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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)131313131320202019191918181817171717161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141413131387303029356764611011541009790129127129131134
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
S
5
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
10
SE
5
ESE
0
NNE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
3.60
11:25PM
3.65
11:54AM
3.57
12:36AM
3.76
1:03PM
3.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
1.36
4:55PM
1.18
5:41AM
1.38
6:12PM
1.18
6:54AM
1.23
7:15PM
1.08
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:07------
Sunset----6:02-------6:01-------6:01---
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
4121322--1121--21-1111--
Temp. °C262627272726262525252627272626252525262726252525
Feels °C (?)293031313030302929293030302930292828293029283029
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gulf of Panama

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Playa Malibu (calm at Sora 18 km from Playa Malibu). 0.2m 13s groundswell from the S with a 0.1m 5s windswell from the SSE and a 0.1m 8s swell from the S as well as a 0.1m 8s swell from the SSE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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0.0
28.8
Air / Water (°C)
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