Malibu Lagoon State Beach
Malibu · Los Angeles County · California
Visibility Breakdown
Visibility by position
Solid = diver report · outlined = our reading
Post Break: The range past where any waves are forming, where the water starts to have a significant increase in visibility. There might be some sediment here, but swell energy is diffused and the water is calmer.
Open Water: This zone is far out enough from the shore that the water is at its clearest. It’s deep enough that sediment is not disturbed by the wave energy at the surface. Haze can sit near the surface, so the water is usually clearer the deeper you go.
Through the day
Today's visibility readings at this spot, shown at the hour each one was taken.
Every bar is a reading for the Post Break zone.
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Coastal Bulletin
About Malibu Lagoon State Beach
Why it reads 6–10 ft
Medium confidence
7-Day Forecast
Today is the live headline above. Tomorrow onward is the algorithm's forecast from predicted swell, wind, and rain, updated each morning and at 6 PM Pacific.
Map and parking
Malibu, CA 90265
Paid lot at Malibu Lagoon State Beach off Cross Creek Road, hourly rates during the day. Free shoulder parking on Pacific Coast Highway near the pier, often full by 9am on summer weekends. Pier-side parking is metered.
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About Malibu Lagoon State Beach
Malibu Lagoon State Beach is a California State Park unit on the north shore of Santa Monica Bay, gathered around three connected features: the brackish Malibu Lagoon at the mouth of Malibu Creek, the surf break known as Surfrider Beach immediately east of the lagoon mouth, and Malibu Pier. The pier is a wooden public pier roughly 780 feet long, originally built in 1905 by Frederick Hastings Rindge for the Rindge family ranch and opened to the public in 1934. It is registered as California Historical Landmark No. 1018 at 23000 Pacific Coast Highway. On the bluff just west of the lagoon, the Adamson House, a 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival mansion finished with Malibu Potteries tile, operates as a state historic park alongside the Malibu Lagoon Museum. Surfrider Beach was designated the first World Surfing Reserve by the Save The Waves Coalition in October 2010.
Species found here
Researched habitat and range candidates. A listed species may be seasonal or depth-limited; this is not a confirmed sighting at this location.
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