Good Morning from Sebastian Florida

Good morning from the dock along the Indian River Lagoon in Sebastian, Florida. Here’s your daily waterfront weather, fishing, and wildlife report for Wednesday March 18, 2026.

Not quite as cold as yesterday but still not pleasant by any stretch.  I'm working in the evenings at Sebastian Saltwater Restaurant some now as a customer service specialist and training manager.  It's perfect for me.  Basically, I pop around like the owner chatting the people up and helping the servers provide elevated service.  That said, we have a large outdoor area and bar, and it was completely closed last night!

It's spring break season in south Florida.  Sebastian is not a hot spot for the college kids, a few hours south is another story, but there are certainly more people around and many with high school aged kids.  

🌤 Waterfront Weather Conditions

Time: 9:30 AM

Air Temperature: 63°F

Wind Direction & Speed: North at 10-15 MPH

Tide Stage: High at 10:30 AM and Low around 5 PM

Water Clarity: Cloudy from all the wind

Overall Conditions: Choppy with occasional white caps cresting.  A north wind is always our coldest wind.

🎣 Fishing Activity & Wildlife Sightings

With all the wind things are pretty quiet.  The osprey are soaring up above playing on the wind but most other birds are still hunkered down somewhere in their escape from yesterdays cold wind.

🌊 Indian River Lagoon Insight

Today 2 tug boats riding up the river remind me of the history of Sebastian and why it is here.  It is a commercial fishing village and probably most comparable to what Destin FL was a LONG TIME ago.  What happened to Destin is what they don't want to happen here.  Destin is lovely but its small fishing village status is no longer.  Different strokes for different folks.

Sebastian has a great history museum, al be it with brief hours.  Tues, Thurs and Sat for a few hours each time but it is housed in the Old School house here on Main St between city hall and the senior art center.

For better info check out - Sebastian History Museum

🏡 Sebastian & Vero Beach Real Estate Update & Suggestion of The Day

Todays suggestion is to always get a survey on any property you buy.  The land is the only thing that is eternal by definition.  The rest are just improvements or encumbrances on the land.  The survey shows the land and that's what you are really buying.

The real estate market in Sebastian and Vero Beach remains balanced overall. Inventory levels are steady, and well-positioned homes continue to move quickly when priced appropriately.  There is plenty of inventory and only slight price reductions seen in the market.  Days on market is a more traditional 75 than the hyper markets we have had in the past few years.

Considering Buying or Selling Lagoon Lifestyle Property?

If you’re considering buying or selling a home in Sebastian, Vero Beach, or anywhere along the Treasure Coast, I’m always happy to provide current market insight and personalized guidance.

Chris Norris
www.chrisnorrisrealestate.com
772.268.1511

Good Morning from Sebastian Florida

Good morning from the dock along the Indian River Lagoon in Sebastian, Florida. Here’s your daily waterfront weather, fishing, and wildlife report for Tuesday March 17, 2026.

Man it's cold!  Mid 50s with a 20 MPH NW wind.  Its like someone turned a hose on in the lagoon.  The front that is pushing down the east coast is piling water up into the lagoon.  The wind direction is keeping it from being even greater.  3 of us neighbors had to help a 4th pull his boat further up on the beach as the wave were lapping at the back of it and slowly filling it with water!

It's spring break season in south Florida.  Sebastian is not a hot spot for the college kids, a few hours south is another story, but there are certainly more people around and many with high school aged kids.  I saw 4 of them on jet skis this morning flying down the river.  Tough day for that rental.

🌤 Waterfront Weather Conditions

            Time: 9:45 AM

            Air Temperature: 55°F

            Wind Direction & Speed: NW at 20+ MPH

            Tide Stage: High at 10 AM

            Water Clarity: Cloudy from all the wind

            Overall Conditions: Wavy but not as severe as yesterday.  The NW wind doesn't hit the lagoon like it does up              the St Sebastian river.. 

🎣 Fishing Activity & Wildlife Sightings

With all the wind things are pretty quiet. It was too cold to stay down for long but there were spring breakers on jet skis!

The wildlife today was confined to some birds.  I did a Zen video that's on my YouTube channel that is a few minutes of me tracking a blue heron feeding on the shore line.  In those videos I don't talk.  Just nature.  Check it out.  My YouTube channel is just the same as my web address - www.youtube.com/ChrisNorrisRealEstate.

🌊 Indian River Lagoon Insight

It's amazing how different the lagoon is every day.  The water level in the lagoon, the clarity, the wind speed and direction, etc.  One of the great things about lagoon life is that it is different all the time if you watch it.  The beach is pretty much the beach every day.  And I'm glad for that so when I want some beach time I can go get some but I love watching the river change daily.  Endlessly fascinating to me.

🏡 Sebastian & Vero Beach Real Estate Update & Suggestions

Todays suggestion is to have any property you are going to buy inspected by a licensed professional.  Considering the value of what you are about to purchase, $500 or so to have it looked over is well worth the investment.

The real estate market in Sebastian and Vero Beach remains balanced overall. Inventory levels are steady, and well-positioned homes continue to move quickly when priced appropriately.  There is plenty of inventory and only slight price reductions seen in the market.  Days on market is a more traditional 75 than the hyper markets we have had in the past few years.

Considering Buying or Selling Lagoon Lifestyle Property?

If you’re considering buying or selling a home in Sebastian, Vero Beach, or anywhere along the Treasure Coast, I’m always happy to provide current market insight and personalized guidance.

Chris Norris
www.chrisnorrisrealestate.com
772.268.1511

Good Morning from Sebastian Florida

Good morning from the dock along the Indian River Lagoon in Sebastian, Florida. Here’s your daily waterfront weather, fishing, and wildlife report for Monday March 13, 2026.

A strong southern breeze today and you can feel the moisture in the air.  This trade wind is carrying moisture up the entire eastern seaboard and a cold front from the west is making record breaking show in the mid west.  Sorry!  But it's going to change here tonight into tomorrow too.  For a day or so.

It's spring break season in south Florida.  Sebastian is not a hot spot for the college kids, a few hours south is another story, but there are certainly more people around and many with high school aged kids.  

🌤 Waterfront Weather Conditions

Air Temperature: 73°F
Wind Direction & Speed: South at 15-20 MPH
Tide Stage: High at 9 AM
Water Clarity: Cloudy from all the wind
Overall Conditions: Choppy with occasional white caps cresting.  A south wind is always our warmest wind.

🎣 Fishing Activity & Wildlife Sightings

With all the wind things are pretty quiet.  I threw the cast net 6 times and only caught 1  pinfish.  I did see some mullet jumping but they are bigger now and don't seem to hide under our dock as much.

I had 1 pole in the water with a dead shrimp on it and I never got any action I could detect.  Lost some shrimp but that's OK.

On my casting pole I have a jig that one of my neighbors here made me last October.  I tip it with a piece of shrimp and I did get 1 decent hit on it close to the dock.  Seemed like a jack or ladyfish.  Something dart fast with teeth!

🌊 Indian River Lagoon Insight

It's amazing how different the lagoon is every day.  The water level in the lagoon, the clarity, the wind speed and direction, etc.  One of the great things about lagoon life is that it is different all the time if you watch it.  The beach is pretty much the beach every day.  And I'm glad for that so when I want some beach time I can go get some but I love watching the river change daily.  Endlessly fascinating to me.

🏡 Sebastian & Vero Beach Real Estate Update  

The real estate market in Sebastian and Vero Beach remains balanced overall. Inventory levels are steady, and well-positioned homes continue to move quickly when priced appropriately.  There is plenty of inventory and only slight price reductions seen in the market.  Days on market is a more traditional 75 than the hyper markets we have had in the past few years.

Considering Buying or Selling Lagoon Lifestyle Property?

If you’re considering buying or selling a home in Sebastian, Vero Beach, or anywhere along the Treasure Coast, I’m always happy to provide current market insight and personalized guidance.

Chris Norris
www.chrisnorrisrealestate.com
772.268.1511

Good Morning from Sebastian Florida

Good morning from the dock along the Indian River Lagoon in Sebastian, Florida. Here’s your WEEKEND waterfront weather, fishing, and wildlife report for Saturday March 14, 2026.

The breeze is still storing and unwavering from the East.  I had some good luck with the cast net this morning!  A snook and also some pinfish.  I put them all back.

I was chatting with one of my paddle boarding neighbors and was asking about dolphin and she confirmed she hasn't seen many in the past few weeks either.  Of course as we discussed this we did see a pod of 4-5 across the river on the backside of the spoil island.  The water is more protected there from the chop and the clarity is also higher.  Dolphin do possess sonar to locate objects but they are also visual predators and being able to see has to be preferred.  At least I would think so.

🌤 Waterfront Weather Conditions

Air Temperature: 76°F
Wind Direction & Speed: East at 20-30 MPH
Tide Stage: dropping to low around 1 PM
Water Clarity: Cloudy with lots of red algae
Overall Conditions: Like a washing machine.  Periodic waves from the wind.

🎣 Fishing Activity & Wildlife Sightings

🌊 Indian River Lagoon Insight

The weather is beautiful even with some clod cover and the strong winds.  I wasn't going offshore fishing today anyway!  A good way to get outside is to go to the backside of the barrier island if you are boating or maybe go to Pelican Island.  Hopefully the link to Pelican Island is below.

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🏡 Sebastian & Vero Beach Real Estate Update  

The real estate market in Sebastian and Vero Beach remains balanced overall. Inventory levels are steady, and well-positioned homes continue to move quickly when priced appropriately.  There is plenty of inventory and only slight price reductions seen in the market.  Days on market is a more traditional 75 than the hyper markets we have had in the past few years.

Considering Buying or Selling Lagoon Lifestyle Property?

If you’re considering buying or selling a home in Sebastian, Vero Beach, or anywhere along the Treasure Coast, I’m always happy to provide current market insight and personalized guidance.

Chris Norris
www.chrisnorrisrealestate.com
772.268.1511

Good Morning from Sebastian Florida

Good morning from the dock along the Indian River Lagoon in Sebastian, Florida. Here’s your daily waterfront weather, fishing, and wildlife report for Friday March 13, 2026.  Eeeek and scary noises.

The onshore breeze just wont quit!  Sometimes it shifts to the southeast but always east and sometimes only east.  Really churning the lagoon up.  I haven't seen dolphin in 2 weeks.  I'm not sure if it is related to the water quality or if the mullet have moved?  I haven't caught a mullet in some time from the dock.

🌤 Waterfront Weather Conditions

Air Temperature: 76°F
Wind Direction & Speed: SouthEast at 15-20 MPH
Tide Stage: dropping to low at 1 PM
Water Clarity: Cloudy and lots of floating red algae washing up on the beach!
Overall Conditions: Constant chop and sometimes actual waves.

🎣 Fishing Activity & Wildlife Sightings

The birds are busy from osprey to pelicans to seagulls.  Driving on bait fish all over the lagoon.  The lagoon seems to be brimming with life.  I haven't had much luck fishing lately but I did have 1 good strike today that snapped my line, or I poorly tied my knot.  Bummer.

🌊 Indian River Lagoon Insight

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!  I'm starting to see all kinds of regrowth in plants that were zapped by our freeze.  There is still a lot of brown around though.

🏡 Sebastian & Vero Beach Real Estate Update  

The real estate market in Sebastian and Vero Beach remains balanced overall. Inventory levels are steady, and well-positioned homes continue to move quickly when priced appropriately.  There is plenty of inventory and only slight price reductions seen in the market.  Days on market is a more traditional 75 than the hyper markets we have had in the past few years.

Considering Buying or Selling Lagoon Lifestyle Property?

If you’re considering buying or selling a home in Sebastian, Vero Beach, or anywhere along the Treasure Coast, I’m always happy to provide current market insight and personalized guidance.

Chris Norris
www.chrisnorrisrealestate.com
772.268.1511

Good Morning from Sebastian Florida

Good morning from the dock along the Indian River Lagoon in Sebastian, Florida. Here’s your daily waterfront weather, fishing, and wildlife report for Thursday March 12, 2026.

Man is it hot and still in the morning!  Early in the day when the land and the water are the same temp the winds don't blow.  As the day gets going that changes and produces onshore winds that are a life saver in Florida.  This is all in absence of fronts blowing through but the normal hydrological cycle of the area.  Yes, this is a repeat of yesterday!

🌤 Waterfront Weather Conditions

Air Temperature: 81°F
Wind Direction & Speed: SouthEast at 0-2 MPH
Tide Stage: dropping to low at 12:30 AM
Water Clarity: Clear with all the calm.
Overall Conditions: Like a bath tub

🎣 Fishing Activity & Wildlife Sightings

The birds are busy from osprey to pelicans to seagulls.  The lagoon seems to be brimming with life.  All of the tiny bait fish have gotten larger and the predators have moved in.

My buddy on the dock this morning caught a sea trout which I didn't get to see.  We used to have lots of those in here but they are fairly rare any more.  They like grass beds and those have shrunk substantially in the lagoon over the past years.  There are many trying to bring them back and hopefully the corner has been turned and we'll see more and more seagrass.

🌊 Indian River Lagoon Insight

It's going to get a bit soggy for the weekend and the clouds are moving in.  A 20% chance of rain this afternoon and then we get up into the 60-70% range.  We can use the rain so bring it on.  Hopefully it will help some of the freeze damaged foliage to green up!

🏡 Sebastian & Vero Beach Real Estate Update  

The real estate market in Sebastian and Vero Beach remains balanced overall. Inventory levels are steady, and well-positioned homes continue to move quickly when priced appropriately.  There is plenty of inventory and only slight price reductions seen in the market.  Days on market is a more traditional 75 than the hyper markets we have had in the past few years.

Considering Buying or Selling Lagoon Lifestyle Property?

If you’re considering buying or selling a home in Sebastian, Vero Beach, or anywhere along the Treasure Coast, I’m always happy to provide current market insight and personalized guidance.

Chris Norris
www.chrisnorrisrealestate.com
772.268.1511

Good Morning from Sebastian Florida

Good morning from the dock along the Indian River Lagoon in Sebastian, Florida. Here’s your daily waterfront weather, fishing, and wildlife report for Wednesday March 11, 2026.

Man is it hot and still in the morning!  Early in the day when the land and the water are the same temp the winds don't blow.  As the day gets going that changes and produces onshore winds that are a life saver in Florida.  This is all in absence of fronts blowing through but the normal hydrological cycle of the area.

 My buddy was on the dock this AM and was using greenies for bait and said he had 1 HUGE strike that he wasn't paying attention to but that about bent his pole in half for a minute.  It seems like the bait fish have gotten bigger and snook and redfish seems to be around more looking for something to snack on.

I tell you who was snacking this AM.  The fabled no-see-ums (Ceratopognidae - biting midges)!  They ran me off the dock in 20 minutes.  I'll wait until the wind kicks up to go back down and do some fishing later today.

🌤 Waterfront Weather Conditions

Air Temperature: 76°F
Wind Direction & Speed: SouthEast at 0-2 MPH
Tide Stage: dropping to low at 11 AM
Water Clarity: Clear with all the calm.
Overall Conditions: Like a bath tub

🎣 Fishing Activity & Wildlife Sightings

Today I filed something I've never seen before.  A stingray swimming at the surface of the water.  I could see the wing flopping in the water far out and it slowly came closer.  That's when I whipped out my new Galaxy 10XL, send checks for this ad to...., and caught this strange behavior on tape.

The birds are busy from osprey to pelicans to seagulls.  The lagoon seems to be brimming with life.

🌊 Indian River Lagoon Insight

All my plants are coming to life too.  I have ripe tomatoes growing, my dragon fruit plant has sprung to life and even the poor shrubs that were almost killed by our freeze have new leaves.  The live Oak trees are also popping with pollen!  SPRING HAS SPRUNG!

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🏡 Sebastian & Vero Beach Real Estate Update  

The real estate market in Sebastian and Vero Beach remains balanced overall. Inventory levels are steady, and well-positioned homes continue to move quickly when priced appropriately.

Considering Buying or Selling Lagoon Lifestyle Property?

If you’re considering buying or selling a home in Sebastian, Vero Beach, or anywhere along the Treasure Coast, I’m always happy to provide current market insight and personalized guidance.

Chris Norris
www.chrisnorrisrealestate.com
772.268.1511

Good Afternoon from Sebastian Florida

Good morning from the dock along the Indian River Lagoon in Sebastian, Florida. Here’s your daily waterfront weather, fishing, and wildlife report for Tuesday March 10, 2026.

I made it down here at 8 AM, 3 PM, and now 6PM.  The 6 PM slot is the video.  I'll give you the breakdown of the whole day.  I came down early this AM to do my laundry and fish.  Then I got a call and I was off to show 5 houses in Sebastian.  The water was so still it looked like a glass of water this AM and you could tell it was going to be hot.

Then I showed houses and made it back at 3 to do the above laundry and fish.  Caught a nice catfish which is always fun.  They fight pretty well and are fun fish!  The breeze has kicked up to 10 - 15 MPH from the east by now and the chop is real.

At 6 when I came back the temperature had lowered and the breeze was refreshing.  Beautiful tonight.

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🌤 Waterfront Weather Conditions

Air Temperature: 74°F at 8 AM, 86°F at 3 PM, 84°F at 6 PM
Wind Direction & Speed: Dead calm, 10 MPG from the east, 15 MPH from the east
Tide Stage: high and low!
Water Clarity: Cloudy with all the wind
Overall Conditions: Breezy, choppy surface, besides this AM that was dead flat

🎣 Fishing Activity & Wildlife Sightings

The osprey were very busy today.  Gliding on the wind like vultures but not quiet like vultures.  They get down right noisy!  Lots of seagulls in the video eating blood and guts.

 Lots of glass minnows and mullet jumping.  I caught 1 catfish on some dead shrimp.

🌊 Indian River Lagoon Insight

A full 3 phase view of the river today.  From dead flat and calm in the AM.  To darn hot by mid day and finally windy and cool later.  Perfect lagoon life weather!

🏡 Sebastian & Vero Beach Real Estate Update  

The real estate market in Sebastian and Vero Beach remains balanced overall. Inventory levels are steady, and well-positioned homes continue to move quickly when priced appropriately.

I showed 5 houses today that were around 1800 SF, 3 bedrooms with pools under screen and they were all under 400k.  10 min from the lagoon and 20 min from the beach.  Not bad!

Considering Buying or Selling Waterfront Property?

If you’re considering buying or selling a waterfront home in Sebastian, Vero Beach, or anywhere along the Treasure Coast, I’m always happy to provide current market insight and personalized guidance.

Chris Norris
www.chrisnorrisrealestate.com
772.268.1511

Good Morning from Sebastian Florida

Good morning from the dock along the Indian River Lagoon in Sebastian, Florida. Here’s your daily waterfront weather, fishing, and wildlife report for Monday March 9, 2026.

The wind is gone this AM and it is still and hot already.  It feels like summer.  I assume the winds will pick up as the day gets along but with the change of time the sun hasn't been up as long to create differential temperatures in the water and land which is what drives our daily winds here.

🌤 Waterfront Weather Conditions

Air Temperature: 76°F - Heading towards mid 80s later today
Wind Direction & Speed: Calm to south at 2 MPH
Tide Stage: dropping to low
Water Clarity: Very clear due to the winds form the south later yesterday.  And incredibly shallow!
Overall Conditions: Calm and hot.  

🎣 Fishing Activity & Wildlife Sightings

The birds were out having breakfast and lots of glass minnows in the water.  I saw a few mullet jumping and by the time I left the pelicans were diving on the banquet.  No time for fishing this morning as I'm worn out after my weekend and am going to spend some time chilling this morning.  Maybe this afternoon when I come down to do some laundry?

🏡 Sebastian & Vero Beach Real Estate Update  

The real estate market in Sebastian and Vero Beach remains balanced overall. Inventory levels are steady, and well-positioned homes continue to move quickly when priced appropriately.

For the open house today I had 6 visitors in 3 hours.  Pretty typical of the market here.  Grandparents wanting to move closer to grandkids.  Snow birds tired of the snow.  I did have 1 local family with 3 kids looking for a bigger house.

Considering Buying or Selling Waterfront Property?

If you’re considering buying or selling a waterfront home in Sebastian, Vero Beach, or anywhere along the Treasure Coast, I’m always happy to provide current market insight and personalized guidance.

Chris Norris
www.chrisnorrisrealestate.com
772.268.1511

Good Morning from Sebastian Florida

Good morning from the dock along the Indian River Lagoon in Sebastian, Florida. Here’s your daily waterfront weather, fishing, and wildlife report for Saturday March 7, 2026.

Today is going to be something different and it is a tour of the house I'm hosting an open house at today.    5648 Riverboat Circle in Sebastian, FL 32958.  The house is a 4 bedroom 3 full bath home on a 1/4 acre.  2500 SF with a pool with lanai and a water front lot of the neighborhood pond.

This is a classic floor plan where you come in the front door and are greeted by a pass through den that opens to the pool.  Owners bedroom wraps around to the right.  Living room and additional bedrooms form the left part of the horse shoe that wraps around why you live here.  The screened pool!  That's FL lifestyle and you can have that here and still only be 10 minutes from the lagoon and 15 from the beach.  All for $610,000.  Not bad for Florida!

🌤 Waterfront Weather Conditions

Air Temperature: 71°F
Wind Direction & Speed: East at 15-20 MPH
Tide Stage: dropping to low
Water Clarity: Cloudy due to high winds
Overall Conditions: Breezy & wavy surface, 

🎣 Fishing Activity & Wildlife Sightings

I ran down to the dock before my started and the high winds were already howling.  No off shore fishing for my friends today.  Sorry.

🌊 Indian River Lagoon Insight

Today was nice to catch out some Vero Beach action and see some of the housing options down there.  I was struck by how much undeveloped land there still is around here.  The county is trying to proceed carefully but you can see the growth coming.  New roads running beside 50 acre cattle and vegetable farms.  That never last unfortunately.

🏡 Sebastian & Vero Beach Real Estate Update  

The real estate market in Sebastian and Vero Beach remains balanced overall. Inventory levels are steady, and well-positioned homes continue to move quickly when priced appropriately.

For the open house today I had 6 visitors in 3 hours.  Pretty typical of the market here.  Grandparents wanting to move closer to grandkids.  Snow birds tired of the snow.  I did have 1 local family with 3 kids looking for a bigger house.

Considering Buying or Selling Waterfront Property?

If you’re considering buying or selling a waterfront home in Sebastian, Vero Beach, or anywhere along the Treasure Coast, I’m always happy to provide current market insight and personalized guidance.

Chris Norris
www.chrisnorrisrealestate.com
772.268.1511