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Siesta Key surf spot
“Sarasota County Lido Beach and Siesta Key are worthy of note, but the mack daddy of them all is Venice Beach.”
From VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03.
How to get there
Access point: Siesta Beach, Siesta Key, Sarasota County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (27.26501, -82.55301), looked up 2026-11-03.
Parking, bathrooms and the essentials
- Parking
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Restrooms
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Showers
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Lifeguards
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
- Hours
- Not stated in the sources read for this page.
Which way it faces
Worked out from which way the beach faces
210° south-southwest (SSW)
Swell that lines up: from 175° to 245° (S to WSW), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 130° and 290° (SE and WNW) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.
Offshore wind: from about 30° (north-northeast), the orange dashes. Wind from NNW through ENE blows off the land.
This is geometry, not local knowledge: the seaward direction of the OpenStreetMap coastline next to the spot (this way), checked 2026-11-03. It ignores sandbars, jetties, shoals, islands. The sources below beat it where they disagree.
Check it before you call in
- Buoy: NDBC 42098, Egmont Channel Entrance, FL (214), 51.9 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 42098 - Tides: NOAA station 8726034, Siesta Key, Big Sarasota Pass, 2.4 km away.
Tide predictions · Station page - Surf zone forecast: NWS Tampa Bay (TBW), the office that covers this beach. Rip current risk, surf height and the forecast discussion.
Surf zone forecast · Rip current safety
Links chosen by distance from NOAA's own station lists; checked 2026-11-03.
Sources
- Florida's Best Surf Spots, VISIT FLORIDA, read 2026-11-03.
Sarasota County Lido Beach and Siesta Key are worthy of note, but the mack daddy of them all is Venice Beach.
- OpenStreetMap: location. OpenStreetMap natural/beach "Siesta Beach", looked up through Nominatim.
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