Florida / Sarasota County / Venice Beach
Gulf coast · Venice
Venice Beach 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: Venice Beach, Venice, Sarasota County. Location as mapped on OpenStreetMap (27.09999, -82.45945), 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
252° west-southwest (WSW)
Swell that lines up: from 217° to 287° (SW to WNW), the dark blue wedge. Swell from up to 172° and 332° (S and NNW) can still reach the beach at an angle; outside that, it is blocked by Florida itself.
Offshore wind: from about 72° (east-northeast), the orange dashes. Wind from NNE through ESE 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), 71.7 km away. Wave height, period and direction in real time. How to read it.
Open buoy 42098 - Tides: NOAA station 8725899, Nokomis, Venice Inlet, 2.8 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 place/quarter "Venice Beach", looked up through Nominatim.
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