United States / California
Zuma Beach
Zuma Beach is a 2.8 km-long sandy beach facing south-west, 4.7 km west of Malibu (California, United States). The sea averages 20.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.7 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Zuma Beach is a county beach at 30000 Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in Malibu, California. One of the largest and most popular beaches in Los Angeles County, California, it is known for its long, wide sands and excellent surf.
Wikidata item Q8075217.
Month by month
October at Zuma Beach
Beach-day index 8.3/10 · United States median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.9 °C | 14.7 °C | 14.7 °C | 15.0 °C | 16.3 °C | 17.8 °C | 19.4 °C | 20.0 °C | 19.8 °C | 18.9 °C | 17.2 °C | 15.5 °C |
| High °C | 15° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 26° | 32° | 35° | 35° | 32° | 26° | 19° | 14° |
| Low °C | 2° | 3° | 5° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 17° | 15° | 10° | 6° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 75 | 74 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 61 |
| Cloud % | 43 | 43 | 42 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 34 | 43 |
| Wind m/s | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Daylight h | 10.1 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| Record high/low | 27°/-5° | 29°/-4° | 31°/-3° | 34°/-1° | 37°/2° | 43°/5° | 43°/10° | 42°/11° | 45°/6° | 38°/2° | 32°/-3° | 26°/-5° |
| Beach index | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 3.2 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in September–October; September scores 8.4/10 with highs of 32 °C, sea at 19.8 °C and 3 mm of rain.
In September that is 1.0 points above the median of the 2,466 beaches in United States covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.5 °C cooler than the United States median for August (22.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 17.0 °C, cooler than 63% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
January is the wettest month (75 mm) and June the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 340 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.9 hours in December to 14.4 hours in June; in mid-September the sun rises at 06:37 and sets at 19:03 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-west (220°). Open water fills about 47% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 20:07 local time on a bearing of 299°.
Straight out to the south-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 29 m deep and 128 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 34 m above sea level 500 m inland and 103 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 33% built-up land, 31% grassland and 24% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 49% of that circle.
- Built 33%
- Grass 31%
- Tree 24%
- Bare 11%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Average daytime highs reach 35 °C in July.
The beach is tagged as supervised.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 1Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 14Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 4Bus stops (1.5 km)
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 1 restaurant.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles | LAX | 40.0 km | east |
| Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport Hawthorne | HHR | 47.1 km | east |
| Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport Burbank | BUR | 48.0 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 4 bus stops within 1.5 km and 14 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 13K residents); within 30 km there are 18 (about 674.3K).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 14,544 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in August (1,786 views), 2.2× the quietest month.
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 16.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r6170634; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2C_11SLT_20251029_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 74K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.