Hey guys! So I have a question about Sebastian Inlet. One day last week, before I went, it was a wednesday, I checked the swell info about sebastian (wave size, etc) and it said "2ft+ in the morning and afternoon. I go and the waves are pretty huge and breaking on the shore (which is perfect I skimboard)! So today (wednesday) before I went again, I checked the swell info about sebastian inlet and it said the same thing (2ft in the am and pm) But when I went, the waves were kind of small and it looked completely different. So I'm asking why was it small and different today when it said the same information for last wednesday?
never because why would you drive all the way down to the inlet when you could just skim at boardwalk?
Metard is kinda right, but also the fact that there was Tropical Storm / Hurricane out there around that time helped, 2ft. with that storm out there was an under-forecast, today's 2ft. is way different with no storm out there. Gotta pay attention to the swell period too, shorter period generally means it's smaller than longer period swells. 2ft @ 8 seconds will almost always be smaller than 2ft @ 10 seconds. Small difference, but it matters.
Sebastian is my favorite spot in Florida. Too bad it's like 2.5 hours away from me. But yeah the inlet sucks at high tide. Love Spanish house too. Damn now I really wanna surf down there haha.
around here high tide is no good, the waves look like they're gonna break, then they hit the trough before the shore break and just die. i usually go north to cocoa beach area where the beach is much shallower. haven't really checked out south from vero to ft.pierce at higher tide..........
I haven't caught it good there in almost 2 years. I just pick sucky times to go. I did catch a 5 foot at 14 second swell there two springs ago. Here's a picture from when I arrived at the beach. Me and my boys got some good ones that day.
It's only a hour away. I don't really mind the drive. And because I think Sebastian is really good for skimboarding (based on my experience) Isn't it good to have high tide when you're skimboarding?
No. Please excuse the crude drawing: From http://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/11141/forecasting-tutorial-wave-period-explained The basic definition is as follows: Swell period is a measure of the time, in seconds, between successive wave crests (or troughs) passing through a stationary point.
