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Sea swimming in Lithuania: 2025 coastal water quality

Lithuania reported 16 coastal bathing waters for the 2025 season. 100% were classified Excellent — 13.3 points above the 86.7% for all 120 bathing waters in the country — and 0 were Poor. 13 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

16

coastal bathing waters

100%

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 Lithuania

Institute of Hygiene (Higienos institutas) with the municipalities

Official bathing season: 1 June – 15 September unless the municipality sets another period. Results must be posted within one working day of receipt; most 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 16Poor 0
MELNRAGES I PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)SMILTYNES II PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)SVENTOSIOS PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)JUODKRANTES PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)PALANGOS BENDROJO PAPLUDIMIO TIES BOTANIKOS PARKU: Excellent (2025)NEIGALIUJU PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)MELNRAGES II PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)PALANGOS MOTERU PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)GIRULIU PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)SMILTYNES I PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)BENDROJO PLIAZO: Excellent (2025)SVENTOSIOS MOTERU PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)RAZES: Excellent (2025)NIDOS PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)PREILOS PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)PERVALKOS PAPLUDIMIO: Excellent (2025)Klaipėda CountyTauragės apskritisTelšių apskritis
How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating; select a dot to open that site. 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 Lithuania rated since 2015

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

SeasonClassifiedExcellentExcellent sharePoor
20251616100%0
20241616100%0
2023161487.5%0
2022161487.5%0
2021161487.5%0
2020161593.8%0
20191616100%0
2018161487.5%0
2017161487.5%0
2016161487.5%0
2015161487.5%1

Most consistent Excellent sea and coast

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

  1. GIRULIU PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
  2. JUODKRANTES PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
  3. MELNRAGES I PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
  4. MELNRAGES II PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
  5. NEIGALIUJU PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
  6. NIDOS PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
  7. PALANGOS BENDROJO PAPLUDIMIO TIES BOTANIKOS PARKU 11 seasons
  8. PERVALKOS PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
  9. PREILOS PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
  10. SMILTYNES I PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
  11. SMILTYNES II PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
  12. SVENTOSIOS MOTERU PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
  13. SVENTOSIOS PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
  14. BENDROJO PLIAZO 7 seasons
  15. PALANGOS MOTERU PAPLUDIMIO 2 seasons
  16. RAZES 2 seasons

Sea and coast rated Poor in 2025

None of the 16 coastal bathing waters in Lithuania was classified Poor in 2025.

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 Lithuania are rated Excellent?
16 of 16 (100%) in the 2025 EEA classification.
Which sea and coast in Lithuania have the best long-term record?
13 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example GIRULIU PAPLUDIMIO, JUODKRANTES PAPLUDIMIO, MELNRAGES I PAPLUDIMIO. 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 (Institute of Hygiene). Each site page on BathingWaterFinder also shows a weather forecast, including heavy-rain warnings.

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