Malibu Surf & Beaches
Malibu · near Malibu · Los Angeles / SoCal
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Perch year-round · corbina/halibut summer
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) required. Malibu's beaches (Zuma, Point Dume, Surfrider) offer classic SoCal surf fishing. Sand crabs and Gulp baits for perch; live bait for halibut. Public beach access via posted paths.
What is here
- Features
- Classic Malibu surf casting · Surfperch, corbina & halibut · Point Dume & Zuma beaches · Movie-star coastline
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
Fishing detail
- Water type
- surf
- Water
- salt
- Methods
- Surf casting · Bait
- Boat
- shore
- Target species
- Barred surfperch · California corbina · Halibut · Croaker & leopard shark
- Intl tip
- License required. Zuma, Point Dume, and Surfrider are the go-to beaches. Sand crabs and Gulp for perch; live bait near creek mouths for halibut. Fish dawn/dusk. Public access via posted coastal paths (respect private frontage). Combine with the Malibu scene. Rewards reading the sand.
The guide
Malibu's famous beaches — Zuma, Point Dume, Surfrider — offer classic Southern California surf fishing beneath the celebrity co…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Malibu Surf & Beaches — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.035, -118.689