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Sebastian Inlet North Jetty Pier Closed Following King Tide

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The North Jetty Fishing Pier at Sebastian Inlet State Park in Florida is closed until July 2028 after waves taller than 10 feet from a king tide loosened metal walkway grates, causing young fisherman Landon to fall through, strike a piling, and drop into the water without major injury. Incoming tide carried him into the inlet rather than out to sea; anglers and friends could not reach him, so he removed his boots and slicker and floated under the A1A bridge to a tidal pool beach on the north side. Both north and south piers are closed, with construction advanced from January 2027 to this November, though the south jetty remains reachable by a one-mile beach walk, and Landon lost all his fishing gear.

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