Live skimboarding conditions for 16 beaches in Sarasota, Florida. Each beach gets a skim score from 0 to 10, built from shorebreak size, how close the waves break to the sand, wind, tide and swell quality. 8 or higher is a W Skim.
Steeper beaches here, like Venice, Turtle Beach, Nokomis Beach, Point of Rocks (Siesta), usually skim best around mid tide, when waves break right on the sand. Flatter, wider beaches, like Lido Key, Siesta Key, Whitney Beach (Longboat), North Lido Beach, are better near low tide and on small days for flatland.