With waves crashing under a full sun, an undeveloped strip of shore spanning Brevard and Indian River counties will stay untouched.
"It's paradise," surfer Branden DeFilippo said.
Phillip Jackson with the Atlantic Surfing Federation agrees: "Sebastian Inlet first peek is legendary," he said.
The weekend of Oct. 9, the Sebastian Inlet State Park hosts the Atlantic Surfing Federation Championship.
"Super fun, super punchy," DeFilippo said. "It's a really fun wave."
DeFilippo is one of the surfers catching a wave at the Sebastian Inlet State Park who appreciates the unsoiled coast.
"Phone service sometimes doesn't work out here, so it's just perfect," he said.
Perfect for people watching, perfect for surfing, and just feet away, perfect for a large catch.
"The finger mullet all got along the north jetty there and then the predator fish came in," said Terry O'Toole, a parks services specialist stationed at Sebastian Inlet for 35 years.
One after one, the fish are reeled in from the cement pier.
"You have the tide and the whole fluctuation of that," fisherman Joey Barghouty said. "So, there is a lot more water, a lot more bait around."
Barghouty grew up near Sebastian Inlet. The Marine on leave from California knew exactly where he wanted to come home to.
"I used to live out here a lot, I used to come here probably three or four times a week," he said.
Snook, red fish and jacks are known to break poles or rip them out of your hands.
Two miles south of the Space Coast, you'll find the Treasure Coast — and a treasure trove of history.
Visitors can get out of the sun and learn how the treasure coast gets its name at the McCarty Treasure Museum.
"There were approximately 11 ships that sank during a hurricane in 1715," O'Toole said.
The museum is dedicated to the treasure lost and then found, along with the pirates who came from Jamaica to haul it away.
Three experiences. One big state park.
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