Bathing water quality in Hamburg, Germany

Hamburg has 16 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season (15 lake and 1 coastal). 81.3% were classified Excellent — 9.6 points below the 90.9% across Germany — and 0 were Poor. 10 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

Badegewässerqualität in Hamburg

Von 16 offiziellen EU-Badestellen in Hamburg waren 2025 81,3 % „ausgezeichnet“; Zahl der als „mangelhaft“ eingestuften Badestellen: 0.

official bathing waters

81.3%

Excellent in 2025

Poor in 2025

Not live: these are annual official classifications. Check the competent authority for today’s notices before swimming.

Before you swim in Hamburg

Hamburg Ministry for Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture (BUKEA)

In Germany each state publishes its own bathing-water results, closures and algae warnings during the season.

Annual EEA classes do not show temporary bans, short-term pollution or algae alerts. State portal verified 3 November 2026.

Bathing waters in Hamburg (BUKEA) →

Map of official bathing waters in Hamburg

Excellent 13Good 2Poor 0Not classified 1

How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating; select a dot to open that site. The white area is this region; neighbouring regions are shaded. 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.

Sea, lakes and rivers in Hamburg

2025 EEA classes by water type
Water type	Sites	Excellent	Good	Sufficient	Poor	Not classified
Coastal	1	0 (0%)	1	0	0	0
Lake	15	13 (86.7%)	1	0	0	1

Coastal waters are assessed against stricter bacterial limits than lakes and rivers but are diluted far more; see how the classes are calculated.

Most consistent Excellent sites

10 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025.

ALLERMOEHER SEE NORD SPITZE 11 seasons
BOBERGER SEE SANDSTRAND 11 seasons
EICHBAUMSEE BADEPLATZ NORD 11 seasons
EICHBAUMSEE BADEPLATZ OST 11 seasons
FREIBAD STADTPARKSEE 11 seasons
HOHENDEICHER SEE BADEPLATZ SUED 11 seasons
HOHENDEICHER SEE BADEPLATZ WEST 11 seasons
NATURBAD KIWITTSMOOR 11 seasons
SEE HINTERM HORN 11 seasons
SOMMERBAD FARMSEN 11 seasons
SOMMERBAD DUVENSTEDT 10 seasons
SOMMERBAD OSTENDE 3 seasons
OEJENDORFER SEE BADEPLATZ SUED 1 season

Rated Poor in 2025

None of the 16 official bathing waters in Hamburg was classified Poor in 2025.

Changes from 2024 to 2025

Improved (1)

OEJENDORFER SEE BADEPLATZ SUED Good → Excellent

Declined (1)

NEUWERK ANLEGESTEG Excellent → Good

How Hamburg rated since 2015

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

Season	Classified	Excellent	Excellent share
2025	15	13	86.7%
2024	15	13	86.7%
2023	15	14	93.3%
2022	15	13	86.7%
2021	16	14	87.5%
2020	16	15	93.8%
2019	16	15	93.8%
2018	16	15	93.8%
2017	15	14	93.3%
2016	16	15	93.8%
2015	16	14	87.5%

Places with the most bathing waters in Hamburg

Each site is matched to its nearest named place (GeoNames, within 8 km in a straight line), so beaches of one resort or lake shore can be compared together. Select a place to show only its sites in the full list.

Top 5 places by number of official bathing waters
Place	Sites	Excellent
Billwerder	3	3 (100%)
Allermöhe	2	2 (100%)
Farmsen-Berne	2	2 (100%)
Ochsenwerder	2	2 (100%)
Billstedt	2	1 (50%)

All 16 official bathing waters in Hamburg

Grouped by water type, alphabetical within each group. Open a site for its 2015–2025 history, nearby alternatives, weather forecast and the national profile link.

Download all 16 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)

Coastal 1 site · 0% Excellent

NEUWERK ANLEGESTEG Good Excellent → Good since 2024

Lake 15 sites · 86.7% Excellent

ALLERMOEHER SEE NORD SPITZE · Billwerder Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
BOBERGER SEE SANDSTRAND · Billwerder Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
EICHBAUMSEE BADEPLATZ NORD · Allermöhe Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
EICHBAUMSEE BADEPLATZ OST · Allermöhe Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
FREIBAD STADTPARKSEE · Winterhude Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
HOHENDEICHER SEE BADEPLATZ SUED · Ochsenwerder Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
HOHENDEICHER SEE BADEPLATZ WEST · Ochsenwerder Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
NATURBAD KIWITTSMOOR · Langenhorn Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
OEJENDORFER SEE BADEPLATZ NORD · Billstedt Good
OEJENDORFER SEE BADEPLATZ SUED · Billstedt Excellent Good → Excellent since 2024
SEE HINTERM HORN · Billwerder Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
SOMMERBAD ALTENGAMME · Escheburg Not classified
SOMMERBAD DUVENSTEDT Excellent Excellent 10 seasons in a row
SOMMERBAD FARMSEN · Farmsen-Berne Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
SOMMERBAD OSTENDE · Farmsen-Berne Excellent Excellent 3 seasons in a row

Compared with other states in Germany

#	State	Sites	Excellent	Poor
1	Berlin	39	100%	0
2	Brandenburg	249	95.6%	0
3	Hesse	61	95.1%	0
4	Bavaria	378	93.1%	1
5	Thuringia	39	92.3%	0
6	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	296	92.2%	0
7	Baden-Württemberg	308	90.3%	2
8	Saxony-Anhalt	72	90.3%	0
9	Schleswig-Holstein	330	89.4%	0
10	Rhineland-Palatinate	66	89.4%	0
11	North Rhine-Westphalia	117	88%	0
12	Lower Saxony	273	87.2%	0
13	Saxony	32	81.3%	0
14	Hamburg	16	81.3%	0

States with at least 15 official bathing waters. Size, water type and how densely sites are designated differ, so the table is context rather than a verdict.

Quick answers

How many bathing waters in Hamburg were rated Excellent in 2025?: 13 of 16 (81.3%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 2 were Good, 0 Sufficient and 0 Poor, and 1 had no class. That ranks Hamburg 14 of 14 Germany states by Excellent share.
Which beaches and lakes in Hamburg have the best long-term record?: 10 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example ALLERMOEHER SEE NORD SPITZE, BOBERGER SEE SANDSTRAND, EICHBAUMSEE BADEPLATZ NORD. See the ranking.
Which places in Hamburg have the most official bathing waters?: Billwerder (3, 100% Excellent), Allermöhe (2, 100% Excellent), Farmsen-Berne (2, 100% Excellent). See the place table; places are the nearest named settlement to each site.
Were any bathing waters in Hamburg rated Poor?: No. None was classified Poor in 2025.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?: On Bathing waters in Hamburg (BUKEA), run by Hamburg Ministry for Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture (BUKEA), and on signs at the water. The annual EEA class does not include temporary bans or algae warnings.

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Sources and method

Bathing-water records: European Environment Agency (EEA), data and coordinates reported by Germany, licensed CC BY 4.0. Region and area boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024 (© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). A site belongs to the area that contains its reported coordinates; a site up to 10 km off the generalised coastline is placed in the nearest area of Germany. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.