This is a popular park for family picnics and is highly regarded for fishing. The jetties makes this one of the finest surfing beaches on the West Coast. Boats may be seen as they pass through the jetties from the Intracoastal Waterway to the gulf of Mexico. The park was redesigned and renovated in 1985. Facilities include restrooms, a large picnic shelter, small picnic shelters, playground equipment, horseshoe courts, a volleyball court and dune walkovers.
Lifeguards are on duty year-round.
Venice Beach, located on the west end of Venice Avenue one mile west of Business 41, has five acres with a Gulf beach frontage of 875 feet. The beach is owned by the city of Venice and operated by Sarasota County. A reef containing fossilized material is located a quarter mile offshore, making this a favorite spot for local divers. Venice is known as 'The Sharks' Tooth Capital of the World because of the abundance of prehistoric sharks' teeth found at the beach. Facilities include a pavilion, restrooms, showers, concessions, picnic tables, a volleyball court and dune walkovers.