Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 31 Mar 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 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 3AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1
W
0.9
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)141414141414131313131313131366677788820
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73686464646463626161626161447164141127116130122997868
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
E
5
WSW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
SW
10
S
10
SW
15
W
10
W
5
SW
5
SE
10
ESE
5
E
0
SW
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06PM
1.56
9:17AM
1.43
9:31PM
1.61
9:55AM
1.33
9:55PM
1.62
10:32AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:23AM
0.01
3:23PM
0.05
3:58AM
-0.05
3:45PM
0.17
4:33AM
-0.06
4:06PM
0.29
Tue
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise----6:37-------6:37-------6:35---
Sunset-------7:09-------7:10-------7:10
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--11--------------------
Temp. °C181918171718181716161616151617171615151516192020
Feels °C (?)191919161616141415151515141415151514151415191717
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Church surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest