Church Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.38° N 117.58° W)

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Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 PDT

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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 18.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Church today?

The current surf forecast for Church at 12AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	17s
Evening (17 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	18s

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

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	Thu 16		Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	48	47	47	88	90	129	137	145	204	207	207	267	278	261	223	223	255	255	251	204	193	188	142	140
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	W	W	WNW	NW	NNW	WNW	NW	ESE	WSW	W	W	W	ENE	NNW	NW	WNW	W	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:36PM 1.53				7:34AM 1.53				7:22PM 1.53				7:58AM 1.62					8:01PM 1.49				8:20AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			1:17AM 0.06				1:37PM 0.39				1:46AM 0.12					2:13PM 0.26				2:10AM 0.20				2:46PM 0.16

	Thu 16		Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	19	20	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	21	23	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	22
Feels °C (?)	18	19	19	18	20	21	19	19	20	21	19	19	21	22	21	20	21	22	21	20	20	21	21	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Church (light winds from the NNE at Camp Pendleton Airport 25 km from Church). 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the W and a 0.1m 20s long period groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 13 minutes ago Church

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25 km away, 2 h 13 min ago

6 km/h

NNE

0.0

18.1

Air / Water (°C)

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