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Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 11 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
16.5° C
 (Which is 1.7°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: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
NW
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)131313132020181817171616161615151514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34343444337511310715415720119319118813012312112011811393908989
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
W
5
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
NW
10
N
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
0
ENE
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
0
SSE
0
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:48PM
0.77
4:09AM
1.41
6:34PM
0.82
4:57AM
1.48
7:26PM
0.90
5:40AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
0.37
8:46PM
0.66
12:06PM
0.21
9:56PM
0.74
12:48PM
0.07
11:03PM
0.77
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:54-
Sunset-5:00-------5:01-------5:02------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019181717171920202019181818202121212020191920
Feels °C (?)161716141312121616161615141414171717171617161718
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