Playa Malibu Surf Forecast

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Playa Malibu surfForecast / Gulf of Panama / Panama

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 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 28.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Malibu today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Malibu at 3PM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	11s
Afternoon (20 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	11s
Evening (20 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	15s

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

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	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSE	SSW	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	16	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	7	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	14	6	6	6	6	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	33	41	40	49	47	47	33	32	39	40	68	79	83	109	157	102	95	194	97	174	114	107	93	86
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	SSW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	W	SW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			1:23PM 3.90				2:08AM 3.88				2:26PM 4.07				3:03AM 4.12				3:18PM 4.24				3:49AM 4.34
Low Tide / height (m)	7:10AM 1.22				7:50PM 0.83				8:16AM 1.03				8:45PM 0.63				9:09AM 0.81				9:32PM 0.45

	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	1	-	1	-	1	2	2	2	2	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	29	30	30	28	27	27	26	26	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	26	28	28	28	27	26	25	25	26
Feels °C (?)	31	33	32	31	30	30	29	29	32	33	33	33	32	29	30	30	32	31	31	31	30	28	28	31

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gulf of Panama

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Playa Malibu (calm at Sora 18 km from Playa Malibu). 0.4m 11s groundswell from the SSE with a 0.3m 15s groundswell, also from the SSE and a 0.3m 7s swell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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28.7

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