Titanzinho Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this outlook for our little slice of coastline is a tough one. We’re looking at a 16-day stretch where the ocean just isn’t cooperating. The good news is there’s consistent swell, but the wind is blowing from the wrong direction for most of it, messing up the surface.

The water temperature is sitting at 82°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so you won’t need a thick suit, but you’ll need a whole lot of patience.

The main issue is that the wind is almost always coming from the east or east-southeast, which is a cross or cross-onshore breeze for Titanzinho. For the first few days, starting Saturday the 5th through to Monday the 7th, we’ve got small, weak swell around 4 ft to 4 ft from the east, with a short period of only 6 seconds. The combined energy is weak (89 to 146), and the cross-shore wind is making it a lumpy, choppy mess. It’s barely worth paddling out for.

We get a bit more push from Tuesday the 8th onwards, with the swell building to 5 ft to 6 ft and the energy jumping into the moderate zone (200 to 300). But the wind is still a problem. We get a few windows of “clean” conditions on the mornings of the 9th, 10th, 12th, and the 20th when the wind switches to a cross-offshore from the southeast. On those days, the wave quality will be a bit better, but the period is still short (6-7 seconds), so the waves will be a bit fat and weak for a reef break. The swell is coming from the east, but the optimum direction for Titanzinho is north, so it’s not wrapping in perfectly.

There isn’t a single standout session in this whole 16-day window. The best you can hope for is a morning like Wednesday the 9th or Thursday the 10th, where the early session might be cleaner before the wind swings around. If you’re desperate for a paddle, aim for those southeast wind mornings. Otherwise, save your energy.

Rusty.

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