Sarasota Coast
Venice Pier Cam
Live camera over the Venice Fishing Pier from Sharky's top deck.
Top Deck · Sharky's on the Pier · Venice
Right now at Venice
- Air temp
- 69°F
- Wind
- N 5 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- Low 5:51 AM tomorrow
Today runs 67–83°F with a 0% chance of rain. Sunset is at 5:42 PM.
Conditions from Open-Meteo and NOAA, refreshed through the day. The camera itself is a live feed from its operator.
Which fish look best today at Venice, FL
The same day scores differently for each fish: water temperature, wind, tide and seas count differently for a snook than for a sheepshead. Today’s read for Venice, species by species.
Best bet: Snook.
- Snook89Prime
79°F water is right in the snook range.
Tide: 2.1 ft range · 2 in daylight
Better Thu: 95
- Redfish88Prime
79°F water is right in the redfish range.
Tide: 2.1 ft range · 2 in daylight
Where to look
Oyster bars, grass flats and mangrove shorelines; they push shallow on a rising tide.
Best redfish spots today → - Spotted seatrout88Prime
79°F water is a little warm for trout; the bite starts to ease.
Wind: 6 mph N, gusts 16
Where to look
Grass flats and pothole edges; deeper holes and canals when it's cold.
Best trout spots today → - Tarpon84Prime
79°F water is right in the tarpon range.
Tide: 2.1 ft range · 2 in daylight
Better Tue: 93
- Spanish mackerel84Prime
79°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Wind: 6 mph N, gusts 16
Better Tue: 94
Where to look
Open runs along beaches and passes, on clean, moving water.
Best Spanish mackerel spots today → - Sheepshead72Good
79°F water is warm for sheepshead. Fish early, late and where current moves.
Wind: 6 mph N, gusts 16
Where to look
Pilings, docks, oyster bars and rock — anything that grows barnacles.
Best sheepshead spots today →
Scores conditions for each fish, not where they are or when a run starts. Water temperature is today’s reading applied to the whole week, so a cold front further out won’t show here until the water follows. Temperature ranges are rules of thumb for Florida inshore water; the snook range is from published research.
About Venice Pier
The Venice Fishing Pier runs out into the Gulf at Brohard Park, and it is the center of everything on this stretch — anglers on it around the clock, a restaurant at the foot of it, and the shark-tooth hunters working the sand on either side. Venice bills itself as the shark tooth capital of the world for good reason: the fossil beds lie just offshore and every good blow turns fresh teeth up onto the beach. The camera looks down the pier and out over the water from Sharky's upper deck.
What this camera is good for
- Whether the pier is fishable or blown out
- Surf size for shark-tooth hunting
- How busy the pier and beach are
- Sunset over the Gulf
This feed is a still image that refreshes every few seconds rather than continuous video.
Full conditions for Venice
Common questions
- Is the Venice Pier camera live?
- Yes, though it is a still image rather than video. The page pulls the camera's newest frame automatically.
- Does it cost anything to watch?
- No. Salty Forecast is completely free — no ads, no account, no paid tier, and nothing on this page is behind a sign-up.
- What are the tides at Venice today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Venice are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Venice Inlet (inside). Tide state changes what the beach looks like on camera — at low water the beach is at its widest.
- Why does the camera look hazy or dark?
- Live cameras sit outdoors: rain on the lens, salt spray, fog and low light all affect the picture. Night views are lit only by whatever is nearby. If the feed is down entirely, that is the operator's camera rather than this page — the conditions above still update.