Nexø tide times

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived.

Model-derived from a global ocean grid. Useful indication; expect about ±45 minutes on average vs. a local harmonic gauge, individual stations vary widely. See /methodology for per-region detail. Not for navigation.

Conditions as of 23:00 local time. Refreshes daily.

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived. · Not for navigation.

The angler tradition for major/minor fishing windows: major ≈3-hour windows around moon transit and opposition; minor ≈2-hour windows around moonrise and moonset. Times are UTC local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Nexø sits on Bornholm's eastern coast, the island's second port and the closest point on Danish territory to Poland and the Baltic states. The town is functional more than picturesque — a working fishing harbour, a small marina, and a grid of houses behind the quay — but it gives access to the southeastern corner of the island where Bornholm's most distinctive landscapes are found: white sand dunes at Dueodde, amber-bearing shorelines, and flatfish shallows. The tidal range at Nexø is 0.03–0.05 m. On the east coast of Bornholm, wind setup pushes water toward the shore in easterly and southeasterly conditions — the same Stau mechanism that operates across the whole Baltic, but on this coast it is the onshore direction that raises sea level. A deep Baltic low tracking northeast with winds backing from south to southeast can add 0.3–0.4 m above the monthly mean. Persistent strong westerlies drain this coast and can leave the harbour approach noticeably shallower than charted, which matters for boats drawing more than 1.5 m entering the marina at Nexø. Dueodde at the southern tip of Bornholm, 10 km south of Nexø, is one of the finest beaches in the Baltic Sea. The sand is white and fine enough to have been used historically as hourglass sand and as blotting powder for wet ink. The dunes behind the beach rise to 8 m, backed by pine forest. The lighthouse at Dueodde — a 47 m red-brick tower built in 1884 — is visible 20 km offshore and can be climbed (May–September) for a panoramic view across the southern Baltic. On a clear day, the Swedish coast at Ystad and the German island of Rügen are visible simultaneously. Amber collecting is a productive autumn activity along the Nexø and Dueodde shoreline. Baltic amber (succinite) is resin from forests that covered the northern European plain 35–50 million years ago, washed out from submarine deposits and carried ashore by storms. The best collecting conditions are the day after a northerly or westerly gale, when storm-churned water brings fresh amber to the beach. Dueodde's west-facing beach sections receive the most amber from westerly storms. Pieces range from translucent yellow chips to cloudy orange nodules; insects trapped in Baltic amber are less common than in Burmese amber but not unknown. No special permit is required for casual collecting. Flatfish — plaice, flounder, and turbot — use the sandy shallows of the south and east Bornholm coast for feeding. The flat bottom from Nexø south to Dueodde and around the tip is 2–8 m deep for 500–800 m offshore, ideal flatfish habitat. Shore anglers work the beach at dawn and dusk with ragworm or small lures. Turbot specifically favour the areas where the sandy bottom transitions to coarser gravel — often 300–500 m offshore in 4–6 m water. A Danish fishing licence (fisketegn) is required and costs approximately DKK 185 per year or DKK 130 for a week; purchase online at fisketegn.dk before fishing. Sailing on the Baltic out of Nexø marina requires no tidal planning — the 5 cm range is irrelevant to harbour entry timing. The relevant variables are wind and sea state. The east coast of Bornholm is exposed to Baltic fetch from Poland, Sweden, and Finland, and can develop a steep, short swell in northeasterly conditions. The Nexø–Christiansø route (18 km northeast to the fortified island) is a popular day sail in settled summer weather, typically 3–4 hours each way. Christianssø, 18 km northeast of Nexø, is a Unesco World Heritage candidate and one of the most remote inhabited outposts in Danish territory — a cluster of granite rocks with a 17th-century fortress, permanent population of 90, and a day-visitor harbour open May through September. Day boats from Nexø run three times daily in summer. The island has no cars, no dogs, and no mains electricity. Tidal predictions here use the Open-Meteo Marine gridded model (±45 minutes on timing, ±0.3 m on height). Not for navigation.