Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 06 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
18.4° C
(Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Church today?

The current surf forecast for Church at 9PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414131313131313131313161688816
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)333315302302302302239236232176173173171171168125123119163208208219211127
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
W
5
W
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
S
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononglasscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
0.82
11:25PM
1.40
2:25PM
0.73
11:56PM
1.30
12:54AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
0.63
7:30AM
0.18
4:36PM
0.71
8:55AM
0.24
10:34AM
0.23
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:30-------6:28-------6:28-
Sunset-7:14-------7:14-------7:15------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201917161616161819191818181718202020191817171820
Feels °C (?)191918171516151718191818181618191919191816161719
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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