Sarasota County Guide
Your local guide to Sarasota County, Florida — Sarasota, Venice, North Port, and the keys.
Local conditions
88°F
ClearWind 11 mph W
- 7.1 ft (-0.1 ft/24h) River stage
- 924 cfs River flow
- 1.3 ft Wave height
- 84°F Surface water temp
Tides: High 3:33 AM (2.2 ft) · Low 1:16 PM (0.3 ft) · High 4:43 AM (2.1 ft)
⚠ Minor flooding — flood stage 7 ft
No active weather alerts.
Data: National Weather Service · NOAA Tides & Currents · USGS · NOAA · Updated Oct 16, 4:03 PM ET
Sarasota County Guide is the local guide to Sarasota County, FL: 885 local businesses and 51 upcoming events, in Sarasota, Venice, North Port, Nokomis, Englewood and Osprey.
Sarasota County pairs Gulf beaches like Siesta Key with one of Florida's liveliest arts scenes.
About Sarasota County
Sarasota County stretches down Florida's Gulf coast from Sarasota Bay to the beaches of Venice and the fast-growing neighborhoods of North Port. The city of Sarasota carries an arts legacy few places its size can match — the Ringling Museum, an opera house, and a packed theater calendar — set against a bayfront of marinas and parks.
The coastline is the county's calling card: Siesta Key's quartz-white sand regularly ranks among America's best beaches, Venice is the "Shark Tooth Capital of the World" for its fossil-strewn shoreline, and the Legacy Trail links it all for cyclists. Inland, Myakka River State Park protects one of the state's oldest and wildest landscapes.
