Sebastian Inlet Dips to -0.4 Ft Low Tide Friday Afternoon

The water at Sebastian Inlet will drop to its lowest point of the day — a notable minus 0.4 feet — at 3:31 p.m. Friday, creating fast-moving tidal flow through the cut that experienced inlet anglers know as one of the most productive windows of any given day, NOAA tidal data shows.

TODAY'S TIDES — SEBASTIAN INLET, APRIL 17

LOW: 3:22 a.m. — minus 0.1 ft HIGH: 9:14 a.m. — 2.7 ft LOW: 3:31 p.m. — minus 0.4 ft HIGH: 9:52 p.m. — 3.3 ft

ON THE WATER: The morning high at 9:14 a.m. offers calmer passage through the inlet for boaters heading offshore. The afternoon drop to minus 0.4 feet — the day's most extreme swing — accelerates current through the rocks, flushing baitfish and drawing snook and jack crevalle into the jetty zone. Anglers who position themselves by early afternoon, ahead of the 3:31 p.m. low, stand to hit the tide change at its most productive. The evening high at 9:52 p.m. closes the tidal cycle near 3.3 feet, the strongest reading of the day.

FOR BOATERS: Mind the outgoing afternoon tide if transiting the inlet between 2 and 4 p.m. — the ebb against any easterly wind chop can build short, steep swells at the mouth. Plan your return passage around the building flood ahead of the 9:52 p.m. high.

NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services issues tidal predictions, which are subject to variation based on wind, atmospheric pressure and offshore wave energy.

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