Sebastian Inlet
Sebastian / Melbourne Beach · Atlantic coast
Check Sebastian Inlet nowNWS advisories, tides and ebb, sun and moon. Free, no sign-up.Current in the inlet
No NOAA current station here. The app assumes the ebb is possible from 30 minutes before high water until 3 hours after low water, at about 3 kn, setting toward 75° (east) along the inlet axis. It says so on screen: the window is deliberately wide.
Ebb against swell on the bar
Swell and wind from the east meet the ebb head on: waves get shorter and steeper and can break on the bar. The same swell on the flood is usually far easier. The app compares the hour-by-hour current with the forecast waves and wind to rate each hour.
Bar depth used to estimate wave steepening: about 2.5 m (8 ft). Sandbars move: this is not a chart and never says where to cross.
Local notes
- Rated by boating guides among the commonly used but dangerous inlets of the east coast.
Hour by hour, 48 hours ahead
The app rates every hour of the next 48 for Sebastian Inlet: Lower risk, Caution, Hazardous or Extreme, with waves on the bar, wind, current and the inlet map. Free trial of Pro for 7 days.
Data for this inlet
- NWS marine forecast, zone AMZ552
- NWS marine forecast, zone AMZ555
- NOAA tide predictions: Sebastian Inlet
- NDBC buoy 41114 (waves, 40 km away)
- Wind observations: station SIPF1
- Airport weather: KVRB, KMLB