Titanzinho Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee and settle in, because the outlook for Titanzinho over the next 16 days is a bit of a tough one. It’s a classic case of a spot that’s almost always got something, but the conditions are fighting us every step of the way.

We’re starting off flat and nothing’s really clicking. For the first few days, from the 13th right through, we’ve got small, short-period windswell in the 3 ft to 4 ft range, but it’s coming from the east and northeast with a cross or cross-onshore wind. The water is sitting at a warm 82°, which is just about average for this time of year, but the waves are just a messy, choppy affair. The combined energy is weak to moderate (128 or less), and honestly, there’s nothing to get excited about.

We finally get a bit of a pulse on the 16th. Thursday morning sees the swell jump up to 6 ft from the east, with a period of 7 seconds and a moderate combined energy of 283. The wind swings to a cross-offshore from the southeast, which will clean it up. That’s the closest we get to a standout, but it’s still a short-period wind swell, and the wind is a fresh 19 mph, which might make it a bit of a handful. For an intermediate at Titanzinho, it’s the best bet in the whole window, but don’t expect perfection.

After that, the pattern stays the same. We get a constant stream of 4 ft to 5 ft east swell, but the wind is almost always a cross or a moderate cross-shore, making it choppy. The combined energy fluctuates between 150 and 252, which is moderate. There’s a couple of mornings, like the 18th and 22nd, where the wind goes cross-offshore and the surf report says “clean,” but the quality is still rated as poor. The swell period is stuck at 6-7 seconds, so it’s just a bit of a bumpy, weak ride.

We have a couple of tiny days (17th and 19th) where the swell drops to 0.7 ft from the north with a longer period of 10 seconds, but that’s not enough to surf. The only time we get a “marginal” rating is on the 24th and 27th of July, but it’s still overshadowed by poor conditions later in the day.

Honestly, for the next two weeks, Titanzinho is a spot that’s either too small, too choppy, or just not quite right. The best window is Thursday the 16th morning, but even then, it’s a short-period swell with a stiff breeze. There’s a lot of days where it’s just a grumpy, bumpy mess. For a spot that’s usually very consistent, this is a real flat spell for quality.

Rusty.

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