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Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 19 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Church today?

The current surf forecast for Church at 3AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)131313131313131213121212121519191919181818181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1581561541541519811310314085838511286125192192188159227516395395297
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
NNE
5
ESE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
SE
10
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
1.84
12:33PM
0.97
11:31PM
1.75
1:58PM
0.89
12:29AM
1.60
3:47PM
0.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
-0.29
5:03PM
0.59
7:16AM
-0.20
5:50PM
0.71
8:32AM
-0.11
Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise----6:13-------6:13-------6:11---
Sunset-------7:23-------7:24-------7:25
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C171616151618181817161616161818171716161515161616
Feels °C (?)171717151617161516151516151615151513141213121213
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