Pickleball and Tennis Courts in Sebastian, Florida

Sebastian has three city court sites: the free Sebastian Pickleball Complex on Airport Drive East, the lighted courts at Schumann Drive Park, and the reserved clay tennis courts at Friendship Park.

All three belong to the City of Sebastian Parks and Recreation Department, which lists the Pickleball Complex among the parks it runs and is based at 1225 Main St. with a main line of 772-228-7054 (City of Sebastian Parks and Recreation). Indian River County fills in around the city with a lighted pickleball court at West Wabasso Park and a larger court complex at Dick Bird Park in Vero Beach. The table below sets the Sebastian options side by side.

Sources for the rows: Pickleball Complex, Schumann Drive Park, Friendship Park, West Wabasso Park and Dick Bird Park. Sebastian players who want free outdoor pickleball start at Airport Drive East, players who want tennis under lights go to Schumann Drive, and players who want a clay surface book Friendship Park.

The Sebastian Pickleball Complex at 160 Airport Drive East has 8 courts that are open to the public from dawn to dusk at no charge (City of Sebastian).

The Sebastian Pickleball Complex opened in March 2020. This park is the home to 8 pickleball courts with a shade shelter and restroom facilities, and the city facility page lists no reservation system and no fee, so play runs on a first-come basis (City of Sebastian Pickleball Complex). That makes it the one dedicated pickleball site inside Sebastian city limits; Schumann Drive Park has pickleball lines only on 2 of its tennis courts.

The setting is unusual for a city park. The complex sits between the Sebastian Municipal Golf Course and Sebastian Municipal Airport, and the city notes that the location gives players a view of the airplanes and skydivers that use the field every day (City of Sebastian). Because the courts are not lighted on the city listing and close at dusk, evening pickleball in Sebastian moves to the lined courts at Schumann Drive Park or to county courts.

The Parks and Recreation page on the city website also links a Pickleball Court Webcam (City of Sebastian Parks and Recreation), which lets a player check how busy the Airport Drive East courts are before driving over. On a free court with no booking, that check is the closest thing to a reservation.

Schumann Drive Park at 1096 Schumann Drive is the City of Sebastian court site with lights, with 6 lighted asphalt tennis courts, 2 of which also carry pickleball lines (City of Sebastian).

The city describes Schumann Drive Park as a community park that is home to its asphalt tennis courts. There are 6 lighted tennis courts (2 have pickleball lines as well) and 2 lighted basketball courts, plus a playground, swing set, shade shelters, a pavilion and restrooms (Schumann Drive Park listing). The city page lists no fee and no reservation office for these hard courts, unlike the clay program at Friendship Park.

Schumann Drive is also a road the Sebastian Parks Division maintains medians on, along with U.S. Highway 1 and C.R. 512/Sebastian Boulevard (City of Sebastian Parks and Recreation). The park pairs its courts with a playground and pavilion, so it doubles as a neighborhood park on Schumann Drive.

Outside the city, the lighted options are county sites. West Wabasso Park lists a lighted pickleball court, and Dick Bird Park in Vero Beach lists 12 lighted pickleball courts and 2 lighted tennis courts with park hours of daily 7am to 10pm (Indian River County). For a Sebastian player, that county complex is the place for night pickleball on more than two courts.

The four Har-Tru clay courts at Friendship Park, 1440 Friendship Lane, are booked by phone through the Friendship Park Tennis Office at 772-581-8839, in sessions of 1 hour and 45 minutes (City of Sebastian).

The City of Sebastian describes itself as the only municipality in the area to offer clay tennis courts. Sessions begin at 8am, 10am, 3pm, 5pm and 7pm. The courts run 8am to 12pm and 3pm to 9pm Monday through Saturday, and 8am to 12pm on Sunday, so there is no afternoon session on Sundays (Friendship Park listing). Each fee below includes tax and comes from City of Sebastian Resolution No. R-20-24.

At the resident session rate, a Sebastian resident single annual pass of $350 pays for itself after 70 sessions, and the senior pass of $250 after 50 (City of Sebastian fee schedule). Friendship Park also has a playground, a multi-purpose field and a large pavilion that can be rented, which the Parks and Recreation Department handles at 772-228-7054 (City of Sebastian Parks and Recreation).

Indian River County Parks and Recreation runs the courts and classes closest to Sebastian outside the city: West Wabasso Park, Dick Bird Park and indoor pickleball at the Intergenerational Recreation Center, reached at 772-226-1780 (Indian River County).

West Wabasso Park, at 8900 64th Avenue with a Sebastian address, features a playground, outdoor fitness equipment, a walking trail, two lighted basketball courts, a lighted pickleball court and a lighted multi-purpose field. It also serves as the entrance to the Wabasso Scrub Conservation Area, a 130 acre xeric scrub habitat (Indian River County West Wabasso Park).

For indoor play, the county holds Pickleball Open Gym in the gymnasium on six courts at the Intergenerational Recreation Center (iG Center), as singles or doubles. Sessions run weekday mornings and middays, with Saturday mornings based on facility availability. Open gym at the Intergenerational Recreation Center costs $5 per person per session, with an 11-Visit Pickleball Pass at $30 and a 1-Month Unlimited Pickleball Pass at $50 (county athletics page). Players bring their own equipment.

The county also teaches the game. Beginner Pickleball (a 6-week session led by a certified instructor) meets Tuesdays and Intermediate Pickleball meets Thursdays at the Dick Bird Park Pickleball Courts from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM, for ages 18 and up. Youth Tennis Lessons run Thursdays from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM at Dick Bird Park for ages 10 to 15, and the program cost is free (Indian River County Parks and Recreation).

County parks carry their own rules: no pets are permitted within any county park under County Ordinance 205.03.22, and alcohol is not permitted under County Ordinance 205.03.26 (Dick Bird Park rules).

Before a session in Sebastian, check the Pickleball Court Webcam for crowding at Airport Drive East and call 772-581-8839 for a Friendship Park clay court, since only the clay courts take reservations (City of Sebastian).

Some city information is dated. As of October 14, 2026, the Friendship Park page still says the clay courts were just resurfaced in July 2020, more than six years earlier, and the fees it posts come from Resolution No. R-20-24, a 2020 resolution (City of Sebastian Friendship Park). The rates were the posted rates on the check date, but a player renewing an annual pass should confirm the current rate with the Friendship Park Tennis Office before paying.

Timing matters on the free courts. The Sebastian Pickleball Complex closes at dusk (City of Sebastian), so in winter the last daylight game ends far earlier than at the lighted Schumann Drive Park courts or at Dick Bird Park, which stays open until 10pm (Indian River County). On a summer afternoon storm day, the iG Center open gym is the indoor fallback that keeps the game going (Indian River County).

Last verified: October 14, 2026, against the City of Sebastian facility pages and the Indian River County park and athletics pages.