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Sea swimming in Germany: 2025 coastal water quality

Germany reported 346 coastal bathing waters for the 2025 season. 89.3% were classified Excellent — 1.6 points below the 90.9% for all 2,291 bathing waters in the country — and 0 were Poor. 208 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025. Among the 20 countries with at least 30 coastal bathing waters, Germany ranks 8 by Excellent share.

346

coastal bathing waters

89.3%

Excellent in 2025

0

Poor in 2025

Annual, not live: the 2025 class summarises several seasons of sampling. It does not show today’s pollution, algae or bans.
Where to check today's status in Germany

The federal states (Länder); national overview by the Umweltbundesamt (UBA)

Official bathing season: Set by each federal state. Live results are on the state portals linked from the UBA page; most German bathing waters are lakes.

Annual EEA classes on this site do not show temporary bans, short-term pollution or algae alerts. Those are published by the competent authority. National information last checked 2026-11-01.

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Map of coastal bathing waters

Excellent 309Good 27Sufficient 5Poor 0Not classified 5
Schleswig-HolsteinMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaLower SaxonyHamburgBrandenburgSaxony-Anhalt
How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating. Coloured areas are the regions; region names link to their pages. Sea and large lakes are blue, neighbouring countries grey. Positions: official EEA coordinates. Boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024, generalised (© EuroGeographics); lakes: Natural Earth. Outlines are simplified, so a few shoreline dots can sit just offshore.

How coastal bathing waters in Germany rated since 2015

Counts for the sites in today’s 2025 inventory; the Excellent share is calculated over classified sites only.

SeasonClassifiedExcellentExcellent sharePoor
202534130990.6%0
202434031191.5%1
202334330990.1%1
202234230589.2%2
202133930188.8%2
202033529788.7%3
201933730891.4%0
201833730490.2%1
201733429187.1%1
201633428284.4%1
201533326880.5%1

Most consistent Excellent sea and coast

208 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025; the first 60 are shown.

  1. FKK BAD BORKUM 11 seasons
  2. GREIFSWALDER BODDEN BADESTRAND IN DER GOOR 11 seasons
  3. GREIFSWALDER BODDEN ELDENA STRANDBAD 11 seasons
  4. GREIFSWALDER BODDEN GAHLKOW 11 seasons
  5. GREIFSWALDER BODDEN LOISSIN CAMPINGPLATZ 11 seasons
  6. GREIFSWALDER BODDEN LUBMIN SEEBRUECKE 11 seasons
  7. GREIFSWALDER BODDEN LUBMIN WALDHEIDE 11 seasons
  8. GREIFSWALDER BODDEN LUDWIGSBURG 11 seasons
  9. GREIFSWALDER BODDEN THIESSOW SURFOASE 11 seasons
  10. GROSSER JASMUNDER BODDEN BANZELVITZER BERG 11 seasons
  11. JADEBUSENSTRAND ECKWARDERHOERNE 11 seasons
  12. JUGENDBAD BORKUM 11 seasons
  13. KOMMUNALER BADESTRAND DANGAST 11 seasons
  14. KRUMMINER WIEK LUETOW CAMPINGPLATZ 11 seasons
  15. NORDS AMRUM NEBEL 11 seasons
  16. NORDS AMRUM NORDDORF 11 seasons
  17. NORDS BUESUM 11 seasons
  18. NORDS BUESUMER DEICHHAUSEN 11 seasons
  19. NORDS ELPERSBUETTELER DEICH 11 seasons
  20. NORDS FOEHR NIEBLUM FKK STRAND 11 seasons
  21. NORDS FOEHR NIEBLUM GOTING 11 seasons
  22. NORDS FOEHR NIEBLUM NIEBLUM 11 seasons
  23. NORDS FOEHR WYK AUF FOEHR 11 seasons
  24. NORDS HAMBURGER HALLIG 11 seasons
  25. NORDS HELGOLAND DUENE NORD 11 seasons
  26. NORDS HUSUM DOCKKOOGSPITZE 11 seasons
  27. NORDS PELLWORM HOERN 11 seasons
  28. NORDS PELLWORM HOOGER FAEHRE 11 seasons
  29. NORDS PELLWORM SCHUETTING 11 seasons
  30. NORDS PELLWORM SUEDERKOOG 11 seasons
  31. NORDS STINTECK 11 seasons
  32. NORDS STPETER ORDING ORDING 11 seasons
  33. NORDS SYLT HOERNUM OST OSTSTRAND 11 seasons
  34. NORDS SYLT HOERNUM WESTSTRAND 11 seasons
  35. NORDS SYLT KAMPEN 11 seasons
  36. NORDS SYLT LIST OSTSTRAND 11 seasons
  37. NORDS SYLT LIST WESTSTRAND 11 seasons
  38. NORDS SYLT RANTUM 11 seasons
  39. NORDS SYLT WENNINGSTEDT 11 seasons
  40. NORDS SYLT WESTERLAND 11 seasons
  41. NORDSEE STRANDBAD IM WESTEN WANGEROOGE 11 seasons
  42. NORDSEE SUEDSTRAND WILHELMSHAVEN 11 seasons
  43. NORDSEEBAD SCHILLIG CAMPINGPLATZ 11 seasons
  44. NORDSEESTRAND BALTRUM 11 seasons
  45. NORDSEESTRAND DETMOLD NORDERNEY 11 seasons
  46. NORDSEESTRAND DOESE 11 seasons
  47. NORDSEESTRAND DUHNEN KURVERWALTUNG 11 seasons
  48. NORDSEESTRAND DUHNEN RETTUNGSSTATION 11 seasons
  49. NORDSEESTRAND HAUPTBAD I LANGEOOG 11 seasons
  50. NORDSEESTRAND HAUPTBAD SPIEKEROOG 11 seasons
  51. NORDSEESTRAND HAUPTBAD WANGEROOGE 11 seasons
  52. NORDSEESTRAND HOOKSIEL FKK STRAND 11 seasons
  53. NORDSEESTRAND HOOKSIEL HUNDESTRAND 11 seasons
  54. NORDSEESTRAND HOOKSIEL TEXTILSTRAND 11 seasons
  55. NORDSEESTRAND LOOGBAD JUIST 11 seasons
  56. NORDSEESTRAND NEUHARLINGERSIEL 11 seasons
  57. NORDSEESTRAND NORDBAD NORDERNEY 11 seasons
  58. NORDSEESTRAND OASE NORDERNEY 11 seasons
  59. NORDSEESTRAND OSTBAD JUIST 11 seasons
  60. NORDSEESTRAND OSTBAD LANGEOOG 11 seasons

Sea and coast rated Poor in 2025

None of the 346 coastal bathing waters in Germany was classified Poor in 2025.

Changes from 2024 to 2025

Improved (12)

Declined (15)

Coastal bathing waters by state

StateSitesExcellentPoor
Schleswig-Holstein15985.5%0
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania14692.5%0
Lower Saxony4095%0

States with at least three coastal bathing waters; counts include only this water type.

Sea and coast compared across Europe

#CountrySitesExcellentPoor
1Cyprus123100%0
2Greece1,73397.1%0
3Bulgaria9296.7%0
4Denmark91792.1%2
5Spain1,92592%10
6Portugal48792%3
7Italy4,78290%65
8Germany34689.3%0
9Malta8788.5%0
10Croatia95788.3%0
11Romania4883.3%0
12Ireland13879.7%1
13Netherlands8278%0
14France2,03576.3%35
15Sweden26874.3%4
16Poland14967.8%0
17Belgium4163.4%0
18Finland7855.1%2
19Estonia3040%2
20Albania11315.9%26

Countries with at least 30 coastal bathing waters. Networks differ in size and in how sites are designated, so this is a descriptive comparison, not a safety ranking.

Quick answers

How many coastal bathing waters in Germany are rated Excellent?
309 of 346 (89.3%) in the 2025 EEA classification.
Which sea and coast in Germany have the best long-term record?
208 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example FKK BAD BORKUM, GREIFSWALDER BODDEN BADESTRAND IN DER GOOR, GREIFSWALDER BODDEN ELDENA STRANDBAD. See the full list.
Can I check current conditions?
The annual class is not a live status. Current results and bans are published on Bathing-water quality (UBA, links to all states). Each site page on BathingWaterFinder also shows a weather forecast, including heavy-rain warnings.

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