Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 19 Feb 2026 PST
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Church surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Church sea temperature is
16.6° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Church today?

The current surf forecast for Church at 10PM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)--
Afternoon (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (19 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

Table - waves today at Church. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1.6
WSW
2.2
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)86788888877714131313131313131312612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1201544966888248467363632221557959464645454444444342401530
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
35
W
40
W
45
W
40
W
30
WNW
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SW
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
N
10
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18PM
1.46
10:16AM
1.36
10:49PM
1.51
11:04AM
1.14
11:25PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07PM
-0.08
4:26AM
0.19
4:31PM
0.07
5:18AM
0.19
4:56PM
0.25
6:23AM
0.20
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------6:28-------6:28-------6:26-
Sunset-5:37-------5:38-------5:39------
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
141---------------------
Temp. °C121413121212111212121212111111131615151515151517
Feels °C (?)67523568991010889111311121313121214
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