Sebastian Inlet Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Live NOAA data · Updated 2026-07-30
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-30 11:20 UTC), Sebastian Inlet is fair: the live 2–4 ft short-period swell from the S is off its ideal E direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is strong 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 2026-07-30 11:20 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.

Wave height2.3 ft
Dominant period4s
Swell directionS (169°)
Wave buoyNDBC station 41009 (47 mi away)
Wind12 kt from the SW — 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
Thu Jul 301–2 ft6s SSE10 kt WSW
Fri Jul 311–2 ft9s E8 kt WSW
Sat Aug 11–2 ft9s E5 kt SW
Sun Aug 22–3 ft8s E15 kt SSW
Mon Aug 32 ft7s E15 kt S
Tue Aug 42 ft7s E8 kt S
Wed Aug 52 ft7s E8 kt ESE

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 2026-07-30 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 (2026-07-30 11:20 UTC), Sebastian Inlet is fair: the live 2–4 ft short-period swell from the S is off its ideal E direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is strong 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 41009) 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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