Titanzinho Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s switch to feet and miles. Rusty’s back with the same story, just different numbers.

Okay, it’s a tough run. The forecast is pretty much a long, frustrating stretch of nothing special. The first decent chance doesn’t even pop up until the morning of Wednesday, 26 August, and even then it’s only just barely worth paddling out. We’re looking at Titanzinho, a reef break. The water temp is sitting at 27°, which is about average for this time of year.

That Wednesday morning, the swell is 5 ft from the east, with a short period of 8 seconds. The energy is weak (304). The wind is a cross-offshore from the southeast at 12 mph, which will keep things clean. Still, the overall quality is marginal, and the waves are likely to be messy. Crowds are often a problem here, so don’t expect it to be empty.

From Wednesday afternoon all the way through to Thursday, 10 September, it’s a grim outlook. The swell sticks around 4 ft to 6 ft, mostly from the east, but the period is short—6 to 7 seconds—so there’s no real punch. Winds are cross or cross-off, and the wave energy stays moderate (between 177 and 404). But the real issue is the poor surf conditions. The wave comment is consistently “poor surf conditions” or “marginal,” and the scores are all zero or one. There’s a few mornings where the wind is cross-off and the waves look clean, like Saturday morning, 29 August, with 5 ft from the east and 7 seconds, but the energy is still only moderate (280), and the quality just isn’t there.

The standout, if you can call it that, is probably the morning of Sunday, 30 August. The swell bumps up to 6 ft from the east, with a 7-second period, and energy hits 404. The wind is cross-off from the southeast at 19 mph, so it’ll be clean. But it’s still only a 6 ft, short-period east swell, and the forecast calls it poor. For a reef break like Titanzinho, that’s not going to be a classic day.

Honestly, with the wind being cross or cross-off most of the time, and the swell lacking any real period or direction magic, it’s looking more like a setup for kite surfing than proper paddle surfing. The waves will be lumpy and choppy, and the short period means they won’t hold shape well.

To sum it up: there’s no real gold in this 16-day window. The only halfway decent window is a handful of clean mornings with marginal waves, and even then, it’s not worth getting excited about. Hang tight, wait for a better forecast.

Rusty.

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