Surfrider Beach (Second/Third Point)
Malibu · near Malibu · Los Angeles / SoCal
Surfing
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Best season
- Summer south swells — Malibu's point comes alive
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Surfing detail
- Break types
- point
- Swell
- S and SW · 2–8ft · Three points break for different levels
- Tide
- Mid to high tide best
- Wind
- Morning offshore best · Gets crowded fast
- Crowd
- One of the most crowded and localized waves on earth when it's good. Third Point is the more beginner-friendly section; First and Second for advanced longboarders.
- Board
- Longboard — this is a classic point-break log wave
- Wetsuit
- 3/2mm most of the year · 4/3mm mid-winter · Water 60–68°F
- Intl tip
- The historic Malibu Pier sits right at Surfrider — worth a stop for the view and the photo. The Adamson House (a 1929 Spanish Colonial tile masterpiece) is on the beach and open for tours. Malibu's scene is as much the attraction as the wave.
The guide
Surfrider Beach at Malibu is one of the most iconic breaks on the planet — the filming location for the surf flicks of the 1950…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Surfrider Beach (Second/Third Point) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.033, -118.679