Titanzinho Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright crew, Rusty here. Let’s have a proper look at what’s coming down the line for Titanzinho. Gotta be straight with you—this run looks tough. The swell is hanging around, but the wind and the direction just aren’t lining up for any kind of classic session.

We kick off on the morning of Saturday, 22 August. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing wild. Swell is around 5ft coming from the east with a short period of 7 seconds, energy at 202 (moderate). It’s a cross-off wind from the SE at 15 mph, so the face is clean, but the wave quality is flagged as marginal at best. The swell direction from the east is not ideal for this spot—it really wants that north in the swell to make it fire. The afternoon gets cross and choppy, and honestly, it’s a write-off.

Sunday 23rd through to Thursday 28th just keeps knocking out poor surf. The swell stays between 4ft and 6ft, all short period (6–8 seconds), mostly from the east or east-northeast. The wind stays moderate to fresh, either SE or E, and we get a mix of cross, cross-off, and some cross-on conditions. The energy ticks up into the 200s and 300s (moderate), but it doesn’t matter—the combo is wrong. A couple of mornings, like Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th, have clean faces with the cross-off, but the score zeroes out because the wave shape just isn’t there. The risk of thunderstorms on the 27th and 28th mornings adds some spice, but not the good kind.

We roll into the weekend of 29–30 August and nothing changes: 4ft to 5ft, east-northeast, period around 6 seconds, moderate cross-shore wind, poor conditions. The same story holds right through the last days of August into the start of September.

From the morning of 31 August, the swell picks up a touch, hitting 6ft, still east, period 8 seconds, and the energy jumps to 378 (moderate–strong). But the wind is cross-shore and lumpy, so it’s messy. That’s the story for most of the first week of September—clean cross-off mornings on the 4th and 5th (5ft–6ft, 7–8 seconds, energy into the 400s), but again, the swell direction is all wrong for Titanzinho to really work.

The standout period—and I’m using that word loosely—would be the mornings of Saturday 5 September and Sunday 6 September. On the 5th, we’ve got 6ft from the east, period 8 seconds, cross-off SE wind at 18 mph, and combined energy of 403 (moderate–strong). The 6th is similar: 5ft, east, 8 seconds, cross-off. The waves will be clean and there’s some push, but the direction is still off for that real Titanzinho juice. It’s more of a longboard or fish kind of day if you’re keen, but don’t expect any barrels.

We then hit a gap: there’s no surf worth paddling for from the 6th through to the end of the window. The last recorded recommendation is on the morning of Sunday 6 September and it’s still just a “marginal” call.

Honestly, this is a stretch where the forecast is more interesting for a kite than a paddle, especially with that consistent side-shore wind. The surf is there, but the quality is just not. We’ll have to wait for the next system to bring some north in the swell to wake this place up. Keep an eye on the charts.

Rusty.

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