Sebastian Inlet Diving?

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• Dec 13, 2013

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Hello: My two sons and I will be down near the Sebastian inslet on Sunday, Dec 22, and hoping to do a shore dive. I really could use some more information, or ideally for someone from the area to join us on a dive. Is it important to go at slack tide, like it is for the Blue Heron Bridge? Where does one park there? A picture is worth a thousand words, so if you could provide a Google Map or something, that would be a great help! Where does one actually dive? Is there a good local dive shop to get some tanks?

 

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• Dec 13, 2013

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See this subform:
Florida Diving
There are a multitude of posts on BHB.

 

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I have never heard of diving sebastin inlet. Farthest north i have heard is pepper park which is pretty close or bhb pepper park can be iffy for viz. bhb is usually safe if hit correct for tides. Bhb has lots of shops near it.

 

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• Dec 13, 2013

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You have to catch Sebastian Inlet midway between high and low tide. You have a very narrow window of slack water and there is tons of fishing line on the bottom...be careful! The beaches below Sebastian to Ft Pierce make excellent dives when conditions are right. When I dive the beaches I watch the buoy at Ft Pierce...If the seas are more than 1.6 ft, it's a no go.

However, I would plan Blue Heron over all the above since the seas have been up and the water is very dirty

 

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• Dec 13, 2013

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a few minutes wrong and you will DIE trying to dive there. the currents are brutal! Made the dive to the BHB.

 

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• Dec 13, 2013

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I have fished the inlet several times. The thought of diving it NEVER crossed my mind. You have to be careful with a boat.

 

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Thanks for all the comments everyone. I probably won't bother with this dive, and instead will go where I have dove many times before (BHB), since it is a great site.

 

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• Dec 13, 2013

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BigDaddy....I'm a founder of the local dive club (Vero Beach Scuba Club). Look for us on Facebook. There are a number of nice and easy dive sites south of the inlet. We dive the area all the time...the shore dives are rather weather dependent. Viz can be less than zero....10 feet is good viz...30 feet is spectacular and rare. But the dives are really nice. On the 22nd, we're actually diving BHB.
I will be around all that week and if the weather is good will likely do one of our local shore dives. I'd be happy to give you the tour.