California, United States

Malibu First Point buoy: live swell

Malibu First Point is a perfect right-hand point break, the birthplace of California surf culture in the 1950s and 1960s. It works mostly in summer, on south swells. The Topanga buoy is 9 km away, the Santa Monica Bay buoy 19 km.

Buoy colour: wave height

Buoys for Malibu First Point

Check this one first9.3 km east

Topanga Nearshore, CA (103)

The buoy that best reflects the swell at the spot. NDBC 46268.

Reading at 05:00 AM

Santa Monica Bay, CA (028)

To cross-check the reading. NDBC 46221.

Reading at 05:26 AM

17 km east

Wind · Santa Monica Pier

4 km/h

gusts 8 km/h

Reading at 04:54 AM

Tides at Santa Monica, Municipal Pier

High tide06:31 AM1.7 m · coef. 68
Low tide12:57 PM0.21 m
High tide06:51 PM1.36 m · coef. 72
Low tideFri 12:37 AM0.29 m

Malibu First Point wave forecast

Wave model GFS Wave 18 km · updated 1 hour ago


0.4-0.5m 69 kJ	0.4m 13s	207°
0.4-0.5m 76 kJ	0.5m 14s	206°
0.4-0.5m 105 kJ	0.4m 17s	201°
0.4-0.4m 86 kJ	0.4m 17s	200°
0.4-0.4m 85 kJ	0.4m 17s	201°
0.3-0.4m 75 kJ	0.4m 16s	201°

Low tide	12:04 AM	0.19m
High tide	06:31 AM	1.7m	68
Low tide	12:57 PM	0.21m
High tide	06:51 PM	1.36m	72


0.3-0.4m 60 kJ	0.4m 15s	203°
0.3-0.4m 60 kJ	0.4m 15s	201°
0.4-0.4m 74 kJ	0.4m 15s	202°
0.3-0.4m 60 kJ	0.4m 15s	210°
0.3-0.4m 53 kJ	0.4m 14s	207°
0.3-0.4m 47 kJ	0.3m 14s	205°

Low tide	12:37 AM	0.29m
High tide	06:59 AM	1.8m	76
Low tide	01:38 PM	0.05m
High tide	07:40 PM	1.32m	79


0.3-0.4m 61 kJ	0.3m 17s	216°
0.3-0.4m 78 kJ	0.4m 18s	215°
0.3-0.4m 78 kJ	0.4m 18s	215°
0.3-0.4m 47 kJ	0.4m 14s	204°
0.3-0.4m 63 kJ	0.3m 17s	217°
0.3-0.4m 55 kJ	0.3m 17s	217°

Low tide	01:06 AM	0.41m
High tide	07:25 AM	1.86m	81
Low tide	02:16 PM	-0.07m
High tide	08:25 PM	1.26m	83


0.3-0.3m 48 kJ	0.3m 17s	215°
0.3-0.3m 48 kJ	0.3m 16s	215°
0.3-0.4m 52 kJ	0.3m 16s	215°
0.3-0.4m 50 kJ	0.3m 16s	218°
0.3-0.4m 56 kJ	0.3m 16s	221°
0.3-0.4m 63 kJ	0.4m 16s	229°

Low tide	01:33 AM	0.52m
High tide	07:51 AM	1.89m	84
Low tide	02:52 PM	-0.13m
High tide	09:07 PM	1.21m	84


0.3-0.4m 66 kJ	0.4m 15s	243°
0.3-0.4m 65 kJ	0.4m 15s	239°
0.3-0.4m 62 kJ	0.4m 15s	243°
0.3-0.4m 60 kJ	0.4m 15s	237°
0.3-0.4m 60 kJ	0.4m 15s	231°
0.3-0.4m 53 kJ	0.4m 15s	227°

Low tide	01:58 AM	0.62m
High tide	08:16 AM	1.88m	84
Low tide	03:28 PM	-0.14m
High tide	09:51 PM	1.14m	83

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