Sebastian Inlet Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Live NOAA data · Updated 2026-08-05
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-05 09:26 UTC), Sebastian Inlet is fair: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the E matches its ideal E direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is light from the SW. Sebastian Inlet is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the E, with strong wind from the N, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

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Best conditions for Sebastian Inlet

Sebastian Inlet is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the E, with strong wind from the N, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

Ideal wave height2–4 ft
Ideal periodshort-period (under 8s)
Best swell directionE
Best windstrong wind from the N
Best tidehigh & outgoing

These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (moderate-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →

Current conditions

Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-08-05 09:26 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.

Wave height1.3 ft
Dominant period8s
Swell directionESE (107°)
Wave buoyNDBC station 41113 (37 mi away)
Wind4 kt from the SSW — NDBC 41068 (24 mi away)

Sebastian Inlet 7-day surf forecast

Model wave & wind outlook for Sebastian Inlet from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).

DaySwell heightPeriod & directionWind
Wed Aug 51–2 ft7s E7 kt ESE
Thu Aug 62–3 ft5s E11 kt E
Fri Aug 73–4 ft7s E12 kt ESE
Sat Aug 83–4 ft8s E11 kt ESE
Sun Aug 93 ft8s E10 kt ESE
Mon Aug 102–3 ft7s E9 kt ESE
Tue Aug 112 ft6s E10 kt SE

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8721604 (Port Canaveral (Trident Pier)), the nearest tide station (39 mi away). Times local.

Sebastian Inlet tide chart for 2026-08-05 Predicted tide height in feet over two days, with high and low markers. 12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p 3.4ft12:17a0.3ft6:46a2.6ft12:43p0.4ft6:39p3.2ft1:01a0.2ft7:26a2.7ft1:33p0.4ft7:33pNow0.23.3

Frequently asked

Is Sebastian Inlet good for surfing right now?

As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-05 09:26 UTC), Sebastian Inlet is fair: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the E matches its ideal E direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is light from the SW.

Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Sebastian Inlet come from?

LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 41113) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Port Canaveral (Trident Pier)). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

What are the best surf conditions for Sebastian Inlet?

Sebastian Inlet is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the E, with strong wind from the N, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

Does LazySurfer predict whether Sebastian Inlet is good for me?

Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.

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