Venice Beach (Shark Tooth)
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About this site
Venice Beach lies on the Gulf of Mexico coast of Sarasota County, Florida, an area long known among divers and beachcombers for fossilized shark teeth that wash up in the sand and shallow surf. This stretch of coastline sits south of Sarasota near the town of Venice, sometimes called the shark tooth capital of the world because of the fossil-rich sediment offshore. The shore dive here is rated beginner and reaches a maximum depth of around 5.8 metres, making it an easy entry point for divers looking to sift the sandy bottom for fossils rather than chase depth or dramatic structure.
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Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatusReported here · unconfirmed
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