Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 24 Mar 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 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Church today?

The current surf forecast for Church at 8AM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (24 Mar)2ft (0.6m)18s
Evening (24 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818181818181817161616161616161616151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)166155154252252252316312241219211208208206261258255198191181146142142140
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
5
NW
0
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
0
ESE
0
WNW
5
NW
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
5
NW
0
SSE
5
WNW
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
0
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassoncross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39AM
1.56
3:50PM
0.76
1:56AM
1.45
6:27PM
0.88
3:42AM
1.40
6:56PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
0.02
6:16PM
0.73
10:29AM
0.01
8:58PM
0.85
11:51AM
-0.08
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--6:48-------6:47-------6:46-----
Sunset-----7:04-------7:05-------7:06--
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C161717202120191819191922222119191919202222222120
Feels °C (?)171818212120201920201921201919191918192120212120
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