Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 11 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
19.0° C
(Which is 3.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Church today?

The current surf forecast for Church at 12PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161616151515151515151515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)545545539402397392475469463434344339334334309314314309301229226226229229
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
W
10
W
5
WSW
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
15
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:57AM
1.19
7:09PM
1.09
5:57AM
1.27
7:21PM
1.20
6:45AM
1.35
7:40PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:18PM
0.84
12:24PM
0.08
12:17AM
0.68
12:56PM
0.02
1:00AM
0.49
1:25PM
-0.01
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise--6:24-------6:24-------6:22-----
Sunset-----7:16-------7:17-------7:19--
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------11221---111----
Temp. °C161617181817161616161617171616151514151616161515
Feels °C (?)171617161514141515141313141313121312141211111112
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