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Malibu (First Point)

Break: Point
Skill level: Intermediate
Best season: Summer
Crowds: Very high
Swell: SW, S, W
Wind: N, NE
Tide: All tides
Location: 34.0344, -118.6775

Hazards

Very crowded
Rocks

The most famous right-hand point in the world. A long, peeling cobblestone wave wrapping into the Malibu pier — birthplace of modern California surf culture and an iconic summer SW-swell wave.

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