Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 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
18.6° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Church today?

The current surf forecast for Church at 6AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)20s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

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


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Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)14146788202019191919181818181716161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6665759689727368188183263252315398304298284432526520520507476372
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
N
5
E
5
E
0
NNE
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
5
NW
10
SE
10
SE
10
ENE
5
NNW
5
W
15
WSW
10
W
5
SW
0
SW
0
NW
0
W
0
S
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:55PM
1.62
10:32AM
1.21
10:18PM
1.60
11:11AM
1.08
10:39PM
1.55
11:54AM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:33AM
-0.06
4:06PM
0.29
5:09AM
-0.05
4:25PM
0.42
5:47AM
0.01
4:41PM
0.53
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----6:35-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset-------7:10-------7:12-------7:13
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515151619212122191919202221201919181819202120
Feels °C (?)161515141618181820171716182018181819181718181818
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