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Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 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
16.7° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Church today?

The current surf forecast for Church at 11PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)--
Afternoon (06 Jan)--
Evening (06 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.8
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
2.2
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121211111111101011567899999988131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1451391271188481754757347314716449843980040831322010859595958
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
SE
15
SSW
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
0
SW
5
SE
0
SE
15
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
10
NW
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncross-
off		offoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		crossoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
1.27
11:08AM
1.50
12:42AM
1.29
11:58AM
1.25
1:31AM
1.31
1:03PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
-0.21
5:19AM
0.56
6:04PM
-0.03
6:23AM
0.59
6:40PM
0.16
7:45AM
0.59
Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------4:58-------4:59-------5:00
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1311------------------
Temp. °C171716141415161615151515151517161614141312151717
Feels °C (?)16161312121314131315151513121111139986101313
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