Sebastian Fishing Piers and Inlet Jetties

Sebastian's public fishing piers are the twin piers at Riverview Park and the piers at the Main Street and Yacht Club boat ramps on Indian River Drive, all on the Indian River Lagoon (City of Sebastian).

For Atlantic fishing, the north and south jetties at Sebastian Inlet State Park work as the area's ocean piers. Indian River County adds two lagoon piers south of town, and the table lists them all with what the official pages say about hours.

Three city sites on the Sebastian riverfront have fishing piers: Riverview Park's twin piers at 600 U.S. Highway 1, the Main Street pier at 1300 Indian River Drive and the Yacht Club pier at 820 Indian River Drive.

Riverview Park sits on the corner of U.S. Highway 1 and C.R. 512, Sebastian Boulevard, along the shore of the Indian River. The city lists the twin piers for observation of the river or fishing among the park's amenities, next to the Splash Pad, the Veteran's War Memorial, sand volleyball courts and picnic pavilions. The city calls Riverview Park its primary event and gathering point, and it takes park rental questions at (772) 228-7054 (Riverview Park).

The two ramp piers work for anglers who never launch a boat. The city says that, for those not venturing out on the water, the Main Street docks and boat ramp also have a fishing pier at the center of the Sebastian Waterfront District, where the area also holds the small Heritage Circle park. Just north of Riverview Park, the Yacht Club ramp on Indian River Drive has a fishing pier, boat dock areas and a restroom. Both piers sit beside working ramps, so anglers there share the space with boaters launching and retrieving trailers.

The Sebastian Inlet north jetty is 1,000 feet long and the south jetty 575 feet (Sebastian Inlet District), and anyone who pays state park entry can fish from both, which Florida State Parks lists as ADA accessible.

The Sebastian Inlet District says the north jetty reached 1,000 feet with an elevated concrete cap, handrails and a grate system after construction completed in 2003. The District maintains the jetties as inlet infrastructure, but park access, fishing piers and catwalks follow rules set by the Florida Park Service.

Florida State Parks says impressive catches are often made from the two jetties extending into the Atlantic, lists fishing piers and a fish cleaning station among the park's accessible amenities, and bans spearfishing in the park (Florida State Parks). Salt Water Cowboys, the bait and tackle shop inside the park, opens 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and closes on Wednesdays. The park charges $8 per vehicle and stays open 24 hours a day through the North Ranger Station (Sebastian Inlet State Park), but its north side may reach capacity and close temporarily on weekends and peak days, and beach access from the south side is unavailable during the bridge construction.

The jetties have been rebuilt many times. The District's inlet history records small jetties of coquina rock carried on barges when the inlet opened at its current location in June 1923, and a complete overhaul with a 500-foot north jetty extension by Cleary Brothers Construction Co. in 1968 and 1969.

More north jetty work is coming: the Sebastian Inlet District expected to award Phases 2 and 3 of its North Jetty Improvement Project on October 14, 2026, with construction to start in late 2026 or early 2027 (Sebastian Inlet District).

The Sebastian Inlet north jetty Phases 2 and 3 call for 48 pre-stressed concrete piles, concrete beams, new jetty decking and supplemental four-foot granite armor stone and three-foot crib stone. Bids were advertised on July 31 and August 4, 2026 and opened on September 4, 2026. The District says its most recent jetty inspection, in April 2026, recommended major structural repairs, and the project page posts no closure dates yet. The District posts project updates and takes calls at (321) 724-5175.

This follows Phase 1. The District's history page says the North Jetty Revetment Improvements Project rehabilitated about 210 linear feet of revetment with four-foot granite and a steel sheet pile seawall with a concrete sidewalk deck, and that the $2.5 million project reopened on June 30, 2025, ahead of schedule. Earlier, a $1.1 million shoreline project repaired the catwalk under the State Road A1A bridge west to the T-Dock and was completed on October 21, 2022.

Most adults fishing from Sebastian piers or the inlet jetties need a Florida saltwater license, though Florida residents can get a no-cost shoreline license that covers structures attached to shore (FWC).

The FWC says the resident saltwater shoreline license is valid for fishing from the shoreline or a structure affixed to shore, which covers the Riverview Park piers and the Sebastian Inlet jetties, but not fishing from a boat. A full resident annual saltwater license costs $17.00 and a non-resident annual license $47.00. Taking or attempting to take snook from a Sebastian pier or jetty also requires a $10 annual snook permit on top of the license, including for shoreline fishing.

Some anglers are exempt. The FWC lists youth under 16, resident seniors 65 or older with proof of age or residency, and individuals saltwater fishing from a pier with a valid saltwater pier license among those who need no license (FWC). Shark fishing is different: since July 1, 2019, anglers 16 and older taking sharks from shore, including jetties, bridges and piers, need a no-cost shore-based shark fishing permit, with no exemptions. Sebastian Inlet State Park adds that saltwater licenses are sold at county tax collector offices, online or at 888-FISH-FLORIDA.

The nearest Indian River County fishing piers are at Round Island Riverside Park, 2200 South Highway A1A, and Gifford Dock Park, the 45th Street Dock, both open 24 hours on the lagoon south of Sebastian (Indian River County).

At Round Island, a footbridge leads to a small island with trails, an observation tower and the fishing pier, and the park also has two boat ramps and a 400-foot boardwalk for watching manatees. Indian River County lists the park as open 24 hours and says the boat ramp is open 24 hours.

Gifford Dock Park lists a fishing pier and names snook, redfish, spotted seatrout, sheepshead and mangrove snapper as the inshore species anglers target there. Closer to Sebastian, Wabasso Causeway Park on County Road 510 has no pier but offers plenty of shoreline for fishing from four lobes along the causeway, open 7 a.m. to sunset.