Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 18 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
18.3° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Church today?

The current surf forecast for Church at 8PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
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
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)141514141414141414131313131313131312131212121215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30130523923623317016320720720415815615415415198113103140858310111286
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
0
SSE
0
NNW
5
NW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
ENE
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
0
NNW
5
WNW
0
ESE
5
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onglassglassglasscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
1.87
11:29AM
1.09
10:44PM
1.84
12:33PM
0.97
11:31PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:52PM
0.34
5:16AM
-0.34
4:26PM
0.46
6:11AM
-0.29
5:03PM
0.59
7:16AM
-0.20
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------6:15-------6:13-------6:13-
Sunset-7:22-------7:22-------7:23------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918171818181920191717161616181918171616161618
Feels °C (?)181718171817181718171617161616161615151615151515
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  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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