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Siesta in Florida is an exposed beach/Pier break that has inconsistent surf. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. Works best in offshore winds from the east northeast with some shelter here from north winds. Waves more likely to be from local windswells than distant groundswells and the ideal wave angle is from the south southwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. It's often crowded here. Hazards include .

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Overall Siesta Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Siesta:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Turtle Beach	2 mi
Second closest break	Lido	6 mi
Third closest break	Bradenton Beach	9 mi
Fourth closest break	Holmes Beach Pier	10 mi
Fifth closest break	Point o Rocks	11 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Siesta:
Closest wave buoy	West Tampa Buoy	139 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Canaveral Buoy	170 mi
Third closest wave buoy	East Gulf Buoy	207 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	St Augustine Buoy	224 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Pensacola Buoy	228 mi
Tide stations nearest to Siesta:
Closest tide station	Sarasota, Sarasota Bay, Florida	6 mi
Second closest tide station	Sarasota, Sarasota Bay, Florida (2)	6 mi
Third closest tide station	Cortez, Sarasota Bay, Florida	7 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Bradenton, Manatee River, Tampa Bay, Florida	9 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Anna Maria Key, Bradenton Beach, Florida	10 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Siesta:
Closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	529 mi
Second closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	531 mi
Third closest ski area	Cataloochee (United States)	567 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort (United States)	578 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Wolf Laurel (United States)	582 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Siesta:
Closest city location	Longboat Key (United States)	3 mi
Second closest city location	Bayshore Gardens (United States)	4 mi
Third closest city location	Sarasota Bradenton Airport (United States)	5 mi
Fourth closest city location	Whitfield (United States)	5 mi
Fifth closest city location	North Sarasota (United States)	7 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Siesta is Albert Whitted (St. Petersburg) Airport (SPG) in USA, 44 km (27 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Siesta is Macdill Afb (Tampa) Airport (MCF), also in USA, 54 km (34 miles) away.
• Third is St Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE) in USA, 60 km (37 miles) away.
• Tampa International Airport (TPA) in USA is 68 km (42 miles) away.
• Page Fld (Fort Myers) Airport (FMY), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Siesta and is 116 km (72 miles) away.