Sebastian Inlet

Type
Surf and shore, Florida (South)
Designation
Agency-named saltwater fishing water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
3 nearby
Shops
5 nearby

Today on Sebastian Inlet

Tides: see the readings below
Why there is no reading

Tidal water has no streamflow gauge. Tide predictions, water level and water temperature from the nearest NOAA stations are in the readings below.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Sebastian Inlet is a surf and shore in Florida, listed as Agency-named saltwater fishing water by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

More about Sebastian Inlet

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lists 4 species, including black drum, red drum and snook. 3 guides and 5 shops nearby are listed here.

Updated · Sources: Where to Saltwater Fish (FWC popular saltwater fishing locations by county), Where to Saltwater Fish (FWC popular saltwater fishing locations by county)

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Sebastian Inlet is a surf and shore in Florida.

Tides, level and temperature
Reading NOAA tide stations…

Sources Tides & Currents

About these readings

Tidal and coastal waters have no USGS streamflow gauge. Tide predictions and observed water level and temperature come from the nearest NOAA stations, named with their distance; we do not estimate them.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Sebastian Inlet on the map

About this

Shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Sebastian Inlet: gauges, shops and guides

Map of Sebastian Inlet, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.

Restrooms near Sebastian Inlet

Restrooms near Sebastian Inlet

Restrooms within 2 miles of Sebastian Inlet in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

Map of 4 restrooms near Sebastian Inlet

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 4 restrooms near Sebastian Inlet, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

  1. Restroom

    0.1 mi away in a straight line
    • Customers only (mapped)

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  2. Restroom

    0.1 mi away in a straight line
    • Customers only (mapped)

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  3. Restroom

    0.2 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  4. Restroom

    0.5 mi away in a straight line
    • Customers only (mapped)
    • Wheelchair accessible (mapped)

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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    Photo credit

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    Photo credit

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    Photo credit

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    Photo credit

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    Photo credit

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Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Official designation: Agency-named saltwater fishing water

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout, saltwater.

Guides and shops near Sebastian Inlet

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

5 shops nearby

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the state agency

  • Black Drum

Plan a trip here

About this

None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.

No hub within 40 miles

Gear checklist

About this

A saltwater flats fly-fishing checklist: a 9 ft 8 weight rod, sealed-drag reel, tropical line, fluorocarbon leaders and shrimp/crab flies, plus sun protection and flats booties, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Hands hold a bonefish just above the shallow water of a sand flat before releasing it

Saltwater flats

9′ rod, 8 weight, sealed-drag reel, tropical floating line · Bonefish, redfish, permit and other flats species

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (2)

Watch: flats fishing basics

About this

Sight casting, the strip set and sun on the water.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • FLY FISHING FOR REDFISH BASICS 101 INTRODUCTION FOR BEGINNERSEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Set Up For A Bonefish TripEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on saltwater flats

Fish Tales

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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Sebastian Inlet.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 7 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown; tides from NOAA CO-OPS. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Sebastian Inlet” (channel) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.