Church surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 05 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 7AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
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
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515151515141414141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)542520520507476372434447441428422343333315302302302302239236232176173173
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
0
ENE
5
N
5
WSW
15
W
15
W
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
15
SW
15
WSW
5
S
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
S
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54AM
0.95
11:01PM
1.49
12:49PM
0.82
11:25PM
1.40
2:25PM
0.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
0.01
4:41PM
0.53
6:32AM
0.09
4:50PM
0.63
7:30AM
0.18
4:36PM
0.71
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise--6:33-------6:31-------6:30-----
Sunset-----7:13-------7:14-------7:14--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202021222221201918181819191817161616161919191818
Feels °C (?)202019201918191917171718171717161515141818181817
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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