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Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Church today?

The current surf forecast for Church at 3PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
Period(s) (?)121212121213131818161616151514131313131313121216
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)113108757271686767679189129112155150921281261258785774677
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
N
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
0
NNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
NW
5
N
0
SE
0
SW
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
SSW
0
S
5
SSE
5
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassoffoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		onglassglassglasscross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
1.74
9:11PM
1.08
8:04AM
1.77
9:38PM
1.12
8:36AM
1.77
10:06PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:52PM
-0.25
1:54AM
0.60
3:21PM
-0.27
2:30AM
0.55
3:50PM
-0.27
3:07AM
0.53
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---5:07-------5:07-------5:08----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212224242323222121222322212020191920201919191919
Feels °C (?)171920201920181717191918171717171617181818171717
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