Venice's off-leash dog beach with shark teeth to find.
Brohard Paw Park is in Sarasota County, Florida, on the Gulf coast.
Non-residents need a Sarasota County dog beach tag to bring their dog to Brohard Paw Park, a dedicated off-leash dog beach with a free lot and no lifeguard. Restrooms are on site, but there's no concession stand. Caspersen Beach is barely two tenths of a mile off, and Venice Beach follows about two miles further along the coast.
Today's flag, water temperature, surf, wind, UV and tide times for Brohard Paw Park load on this page automatically. Conditions change through the day, so nothing on this page is a substitute for the flag flying when you arrive.
Amenity details are Coasti's own notes and can go out of date. Fees, lifeguard seasons and dog rules are set locally.
Flags run from green for low hazard to double red for water closed — see what each flag color means.
Tide predictions come from NOAA station Venice (Roberts Bay) (8725889).
Weather and marine forecasts come from the National Weather Service at Venice Municipal Airport (KVNC).
Red tide readings come from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission monitoring map.
Sarasota County beaches, Brohard Paw Park included, show up on the state's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission map, which samples Gulf waters on a rolling eight-day cycle. What people call red tide is a natural bloom of the algae Karenia brevis, not a pollution event. Two neighboring beaches can post different readings on the same day, with the heaviest stretches tending to land between September and November after building through late summer. See today's statewide red tide status.
That depends on the flag and the surf, and both change through the day. Coasti shows the posted lifeguard flag when a current one exists, and estimates from surf, wind and rip-current risk when it does not. Today's answer for Brohard Paw Park loads at the top of this page.
Brohard Paw Park has no lifeguard station, so no official flag is posted here. Coasti estimates the flag from conditions instead.
Parking at Brohard Paw Park is free. Free lot at the paw park. Fees and lot hours change, so check locally before you go.
Dogs are allowed at Brohard Paw Park. OSM-confirmed off-leash dog park (leisure=dog_park) — Sarasota County dog beach tag required for non-residents. Leash and off-leash rules change, so check locally before you go.
Yes. Brohard Paw Park is one of the fossil-hunting beaches on this stretch of coast. Low tide after a windy night is the usual advice, because overnight churn turns over fresh shell beds.
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