Tide Schedule: Sebastian Inlet, Wednesday, May 13

TODAY: Wednesday brings a four-tide cycle at Sebastian Inlet with a notable negative low afternoon tide — the kind of hard ebb that concentrates baitfish and draws predators into the current seams. Expect a high of around 87 degrees with a 40% chance of afternoon thunderstorms typical of early rainy season.

TONIGHT: Skies should gradually clear after any evening storms, with overnight lows near 74 degrees.

THIS WEEK: The late-May pattern on the Treasure Coast typically holds afternoon storm chances of 30–50% through the week before drier mornings reassert themselves. No active tropical systems are present in the Atlantic basin.

ON THE WATER: Wednesday's tide cycle at Sebastian Inlet runs as follows: - Low: 12:15 a.m. — 0.3 ft - High: 6:12 a.m. — 2.5 ft - Low: 12:33 p.m. — -0.1 ft - High: 6:55 p.m. — 2.9 ft

That afternoon low of -0.1 feet — a negative tide — is the day's most productive fishing window. When the water drops below zero at the inlet, snook and redfish stack up on the south jetty rocks waiting for anything the current flushes out, according to Capt. Rick Alonzo, who runs charters out of Captain Hiram's Marina in Sebastian. He recommends working live pilchards or white DOA shrimp along the north jetty face during the 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. drop for the best action before afternoon storms roll in from the west.

The 2.9-foot evening high at 6:55 p.m. is the largest tide of the cycle — roughly 0.2 feet higher than the same mid-May week in 2025, according to NOAA tidal records, suggesting slightly elevated water pushing baitfish over the grass flats inside the lagoon at dusk.

ALERTS: No active National Weather Service watches, warnings, or advisories are in effect for Indian River County at time of publication.

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