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Gulf Coast Guide

Venice Beach
Florida

Shark Tooth Capital

The Shark Tooth Capital of the World — Venice Pier, Sharky's on the Pier, Caspersen Beach shark tooth hunting and a walkable historic downtown.

Today on the Sand

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Water Temp

84°

warm · gentle surf

UV Index

9

very high · 10am–4pm

Beach Crowd

Busy

holiday weekend

Beach Toolkit

more tools coming

Beach Conditions

Surf, flags & Gulf water temp

Parking Finder

City lot, Caspersen & Brohard

Sunset

Venice Pier sunset · Sharky's

Dining

Sharky's, Fins & downtown Venice

Boat Trips

Shark tooth snorkel & eco tours

Events

What's on this week

Pick Your Sand

north to south

Venice Beach

The main city beach at the foot of the pier

Free city lot

Venice Pier

The 700-ft pier with Sharky's restaurant at the foot

Walk-on free

Caspersen Beach

The #1 US spot for fossilized shark teeth

County park · free

Brohard Beach

Pet-friendly beach south of Venice Pier

Brohard Paw Park

South Jetty

Rock jetty at Venice Inlet with good snorkeling

Walk from lot

Nokomis Beach

North of Venice Inlet — drum circles on Fridays

5 min north

Dolphin Cruises

Open →

Compare daily sails from the marina — wild dolphins on nearly every trip.

Beyond the Beach

day trips

Sarasota

30 min north

St. Armands Circle, Siesta Key and the Ringling Museum

Nokomis Beach

5 min north

Friday drum circles and quieter Gulf beach access

Englewood

20 min south

Manasota Key and the Englewood Beach stretch

Siesta Key

25 min north

Quartz-white sand voted #1 US beach by Dr. Beach

see you on the sand

Water temp, surf and UV are live from NOAA & Open-Meteo; sunset is computed locally for Venice Beach. Crowd level is a weekday/weekend estimate.