Surf Forecast  Church

Church surfspot characteristics

More about Church surfspot

Further south of Trestles is another sand/cobblestone point set-up. Mostly all rights (there’s an occasional left off the north end of the trestle), very reliable, consistent, and semi-hollow during low tides.

General: Church is the farthest spot south in the Trestles arena. Also a rivermouth, Church is pretty much good year-round but prefers a W swell with medium-high tides to produce long, down-the-line rights with some hollow sections. S swells have multiple takeoff zones but a big SW can get all-time. Tides: medium-high Size: shoulder high to double overhead Wind: E, NE Swell: S, SW, W, WNW Bottom: Sand, rivermouth rock Paddling: Pretty mellow but the paddle back up the point gets long on a solid W swell. Spot Rating: Reeling, lined-up righthand pointbreak under the proper conditions.

Beginner to advanced

Accessed by parking and walking north from San Onofre or slogging south from Trestles.

San Onofre State Park; or walk, run, crawl, roll, bike, e-bike, skate, back flip down the trail after parking off the Cristianitos exit. Or via Camp Pendleton.

Best November-February, but it works year-round.

Crowd Factor: Can get packed but not compared to Lowers. Local Vibe: Cordial.

Typically pretty clean, although the San Onofre Creek can unload after a rain.

Car rip-offs, beach backpack rip-offs, getting caught by a speeding train on the trestle, rattlesnakes in the lineup after a rain.