Church Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – CAL – San Diego County)

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Surf Break: Church

Church Spot ID:

Type: beach and point

Reliability: very consistent

Best: Swell SW | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 19.1 °C

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Saturday, 25 May 2013, 18:33 Local time

m, °C	Saturday 25
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- on	on

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Church in San Diego County is an exposed beach and point break that is usually a safe bet. Summer offers the favoured conditions for surfing. Offshore winds blow from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. Best around low tide. Submerged rocks are a hazard.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For San Clemente, California, 6 miles from Church.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
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Church Tide Times and Tide Chart

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At BUOY-46223, 20 km from Church.

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Buoy Data:

At San Clemente Basin Buoy, 67 miles from Church.

	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Data Age	5 hr	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	16	15	15	15

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Overall Church Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Visitor Reviews of Church

Goose from UNITED STATES writes:

For some unknown reason, still not overblown with the typical OC or SD crowd. All skill levels are in the lineup, mostly longboarders but usually a few shortboarders and SUP. Apart from the rock dance getting in and out - just a fun moderate break. Almost all rights, but an easy wave to go backside on. Have been out in all conditions, and its almost always rideable. Church held the recent Summer '11 double overhead swells just fine - I'm intermediate and rode some macking waves that probably would have crunched me elsewhere.

Ok a good review of my favourite spot is probably not helping my cause - actually Church sucks and you should probably quit surfing!

2011-09-19

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Church: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Trestles (Lowers)	1 mi
Second closest break	Trestles (Uppers)	1 mi
Third closest break	San Onofre	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Trails - San Onofre State Beach	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Cottons Point	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Church:
Closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	67 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	89 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	131 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	144 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	153 mi
Tide stations nearest to Church:
Closest tide station	San Clemente	4 mi
Second closest tide station	Newport Bay Entrance	24 mi
Third closest tide station	Balboa Pier, Newport Beach	24 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Newport Bay Entrance, Corona del Mar (2)	24 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Santa Ana River entrance (inside)	28 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Church:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	57 mi
Second closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	66 mi
Third closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	69 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	70 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	71 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Church:
Closest city location	San Clemente (United States)	4 mi
Second closest city location	Dana Point (United States)	9 mi
Third closest city location	San Juan Capistrano (United States)	10 mi
Fourth closest city location	Laguna Niguel (United States)	12 mi
Fifth closest city location	Aliso Viejo (United States)	16 mi

The closest passenger airport to Church is Tustin Mcaf Airport (NTK) in USA, 43 km (27 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Church is John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA), also in USA, 43 km (27 miles) away.
Third is March Arb (Riverside) Airport (RIV) in USA, 63 km (39 miles) away.
Riverside Muni Airport (RAL) in USA is 65 km (40 miles) away.
Miramar Mcas Airport (NKX), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Church and is 69 km (43 miles) away.

Church break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Church, CAL - San Diego County. Use the tab navigation above to view Church sea temperature, Church photographs, Church detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Church webcams, current wind from CAL - San Diego County live weather stations and Church tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Church.

Church Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – CAL – San Diego County)

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Overall Church Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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