Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Church today (18 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Church at 10PM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 16s |
| Evening (18 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Church. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 19°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 18 | Monday 19 | Tuesday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 17 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 733 | 724 | 838 | 924 | 653 | 544 | 522 | 715 | 763 | 773 | 817 | 817 | 763 | 621 | 588 | 580 | 573 | 485 | 565 | 565 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | on | on | glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | glassy |
High Tide | 3:15PM1.23m | 6:39AM1.17m | 4:47PM1.27m | 6:47AM1.26m | 5:45PM1.34m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:19PM0.28m | 11:24AM0.94m | 00:01AM0.23m | 12:13PM0.78m | ||||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:10 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
Feels °C | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 17 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 733 | 724 | 838 | 924 | 653 | 544 | 522 | 715 | 763 | 773 | 817 | 817 | 763 | 621 | 588 | 580 | 573 | 485 | 565 | 565 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 18 | S 18 | S 17 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | W 6 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 |
| kJ | 57 | 72 | 57 | 58 | 227 | 227 | 215 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 46 | 44 | 43 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 19 | SSW 19 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | W 8 | W 18 | WNW 12 | WNW 7 | W 16 | W 16 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 19 |
| kJ | 192 | 123 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 109 | 64 | 15 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 85 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 134 | 85 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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