diff --git a/op-acceptance-tests/tests/fusaka/fusaka_test.go b/op-acceptance-tests/tests/fusaka/fusaka_test.go
index 94016a623273e..94d6b5ed5bcbc 100644
--- a/op-acceptance-tests/tests/fusaka/fusaka_test.go
+++ b/op-acceptance-tests/tests/fusaka/fusaka_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package fusaka
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/rand"
+	"errors"
 	"math/big"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -18,10 +19,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-service/txintent/bindings"
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-service/txintent/contractio"
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-service/txplan"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip4844"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 )
 
 func TestSafeHeadAdvancesAfterOsaka(gt *testing.T) {
@@ -50,30 +51,10 @@ func TestBlobBaseFeeIsCorrectAfterBPOFork(gt *testing.T) {
 	sys.L1EL.WaitForTime(*sys.L1Network.Escape().ChainConfig().BPO1Time)
 	t.Log("BPO1 activated")
 
-	sys.L1EL.WaitForBlock()
-	l1BlockTime := sys.L1EL.EstimateBlockTime()
-	l1ChainConfig := sys.L1Network.Escape().ChainConfig()
-
 	spamBlobs(t, sys) // Raise the blob base fee to make blob parameter changes visible.
 
-	// Wait for the blob base fee to rise above 1 so the blob parameter changes will be visible.
-	for range time.Tick(l1BlockTime) {
-		info, _, err := sys.L1EL.EthClient().InfoAndTxsByLabel(t.Ctx(), eth.Unsafe)
-		t.Require().NoError(err)
-		if calcBlobBaseFee(l1ChainConfig, info).Cmp(big.NewInt(1)) > 0 {
-			break
-		}
-		t.Logf("Waiting for blob base fee to rise above 1")
-	}
-
-	l2UnsafeRef := sys.L2CL.SyncStatus().UnsafeL2
-
-	// Get the L1 blob base fee.
-	l1OriginInfo, err := sys.L1EL.EthClient().InfoByHash(t.Ctx(), l2UnsafeRef.L1Origin.Hash)
-	t.Require().NoError(err)
-	l1BlobBaseFee := calcBlobBaseFee(l1ChainConfig, l1OriginInfo)
-
-	l2Info, l2Txs, err := sys.L2EL.Escape().EthClient().InfoAndTxsByHash(t.Ctx(), l2UnsafeRef.Hash)
+	l2UnsafeHash, l1BlobBaseFee := waitForNonTrivialBPO1Block(t, sys)
+	l2Info, l2Txs, err := sys.L2EL.Escape().EthClient().InfoAndTxsByHash(t.Ctx(), l2UnsafeHash)
 	t.Require().NoError(err)
 
 	// Check the L1 blob base fee in the system deposit tx.
@@ -91,6 +72,45 @@ func TestBlobBaseFeeIsCorrectAfterBPOFork(gt *testing.T) {
 	t.Require().Equal(l1BlobBaseFee, l2BlobBaseFee)
 }
 
+// waitForNonTrivialBPO1Block will return an L1 blob base fee that can only be calculated using the
+// correct BPO1 parameters (i.e., the Osaka parameters result in a different value). It also
+// returns an L2 block hash from the same epoch.
+func waitForNonTrivialBPO1Block(t devtest.T, sys *presets.Minimal) (common.Hash, *big.Int) {
+	l1ChainConfig := sys.L1Network.Escape().ChainConfig()
+	l1BlockTime := sys.L1EL.EstimateBlockTime()
+	for {
+		l2UnsafeRef := sys.L2CL.SyncStatus().UnsafeL2
+
+		l1Info, _, err := sys.L1EL.EthClient().InfoAndTxsByHash(t.Ctx(), l2UnsafeRef.L1Origin.Hash)
+		if errors.Is(err, ethereum.NotFound) { // Possible reorg, try again.
+			continue
+		}
+		t.Require().NoError(err)
+
+		// Calculate expected blob base fee with old Osaka parameters.
+		osakaBlobBaseFee := eip4844.CalcBlobFee(l1ChainConfig, &types.Header{
+			Time:          *l1ChainConfig.OsakaTime,
+			ExcessBlobGas: l1Info.ExcessBlobGas(),
+		})
+
+		// Calculate expected blob base fee with new BPO1 parameters.
+		bpo1BlobBaseFee := eip4844.CalcBlobFee(l1ChainConfig, &types.Header{
+			Time:          l1Info.Time(),
+			ExcessBlobGas: l1Info.ExcessBlobGas(),
+		})
+
+		if bpo1BlobBaseFee.Cmp(osakaBlobBaseFee) != 0 {
+			return l2UnsafeRef.Hash, bpo1BlobBaseFee
+		}
+
+		select {
+		case <-t.Ctx().Done():
+			t.Require().Fail("context canceled before finding a block with a divergent base fee")
+		case <-time.After(l1BlockTime):
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func spamBlobs(t devtest.T, sys *presets.Minimal) {
 	l1BlockTime := sys.L1EL.EstimateBlockTime()
 	l1ChainConfig := sys.L1Network.Escape().ChainConfig()
@@ -134,12 +154,3 @@ func spamBlobs(t devtest.T, sys *presets.Minimal) {
 		schedule.Run(t.WithCtx(ctx), spammer)
 	}()
 }
-
-func calcBlobBaseFee(cfg *params.ChainConfig, info eth.BlockInfo) *big.Int {
-	return eip4844.CalcBlobFee(cfg, &types.Header{
-		// It's unfortunate that we can't build a proper header from a BlockInfo.
-		// We do our best to work around deficiencies in the BlockInfo implementation here.
-		Time:          info.Time(),
-		ExcessBlobGas: info.ExcessBlobGas(),
-	})
-}
diff --git a/op-acceptance-tests/tests/fusaka/init_test.go b/op-acceptance-tests/tests/fusaka/init_test.go
index 158831fffa162..8b85481cccfbf 100644
--- a/op-acceptance-tests/tests/fusaka/init_test.go
+++ b/op-acceptance-tests/tests/fusaka/init_test.go
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 		sysgo.WithDeployerOptions(func(_ devtest.P, _ devkeys.Keys, builder intentbuilder.Builder) {
 			_, l1Config := builder.WithL1(sysgo.DefaultL1ID)
 			l1Config.WithOsakaOffset(0)
-			l1Config.WithBPO1Offset(0)
+			// Make the BPO fork happen after Osaka so we can easily use geth's eip4844.CalcBlobFee
+			// to calculate the blob base fee using the Osaka parameters.
+			l1Config.WithBPO1Offset(1)
 			l1Config.WithL1BlobSchedule(&params.BlobScheduleConfig{
 				Cancun: params.DefaultCancunBlobConfig,
 				Osaka:  params.DefaultOsakaBlobConfig,
diff --git a/op-devstack/dsl/l1_el.go b/op-devstack/dsl/l1_el.go
index da6af4eb4dba4..207c8fb2e5759 100644
--- a/op-devstack/dsl/l1_el.go
+++ b/op-devstack/dsl/l1_el.go
@@ -42,10 +42,19 @@ func (el *L1ELNode) EthClient() apis.EthClient {
 // EstimateBlockTime estimates the L1 block based on the last 1000 blocks
 // (or since genesis, if insufficient blocks).
 func (el *L1ELNode) EstimateBlockTime() time.Duration {
-	latest, err := el.inner.EthClient().BlockRefByLabel(el.t.Ctx(), eth.Unsafe)
-	el.require.NoError(err)
-	if latest.Number == 0 {
-		return time.Second * 12
+	var latest eth.BlockRef
+	for {
+		var err error
+		latest, err = el.inner.EthClient().BlockRefByLabel(el.t.Ctx(), eth.Unsafe)
+		el.require.NoError(err)
+		if latest.Number > 0 {
+			break
+		}
+		select {
+		case <-time.After(time.Millisecond * 500):
+		case <-el.ctx.Done():
+			el.require.Fail("context was canceled before L1 block time could be estimated")
+		}
 	}
 	lowerNum := uint64(0)
 	if latest.Number > 1000 {