Sebastian Inlet-First Peak Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, let’s be straight with each other. Looking ahead over the next couple weeks, the surf at Sebastian Inlet is in a deep slumber. We are looking at a real dry spell, with hardly any energy on the cards. If you’ve got some time off, you might want to plan something else for the next two weeks.

Starting out Sunday afternoon, July 5th, First Peak is showing a tiny 1ft of east swell, period a short 8 seconds, and combined energy is weak at 16. With an east cross-on breeze at 6 mph and storms around, it’s not surfable. And this is the pattern. The water temp is about 83°, just a touch under normal for this time of year, not a big deal.

We get some pretty mornings in there. Tuesday morning July 7th is glassy, with the wind dead calm out of the southwest, but it’s still just a 1ft wave. The swell direction is east, but there’s just no power. That glassiness though is nice for the tan. There are a few days where the wind is offshore, like July 6th with a 9 mph WSW breeze, and then more consistently from July 14th through 16th where the wind is a moderate 12-15 mph offshore from the SW. Those days have a 1ft to 2ft swell, but again, it’s mostly a windswell with short period, and the combined energy maxes out at 34. That’s a weak signal.

Come July 11th Saturday morning, it’s dead flat calm with a 1ft wave, not much to report. And the back half of the second week, around July 18th and 19th, it actually shrinks to just 0.7ft. That’s a total washout.

No two ways about it, there are no standouts here. If I had to pick the cleanest days, July 14th and 15th have the strongest offshore flow and the most consistent little bumps from the northeast, but that’s for the longboarder who’s happy to take what the ocean gives. For beginners, that tiny stuff is manageable, but for anyone else, it’s a frustrating flat spell. It’s just one of those stretches where the inlet goes quiet. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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