TideTurtle
Satellite view of the coast near Sylt-Westerland

Sylt-Westerland tide times

Sylt-Westerland tide forecast — heights relative to MSL.

54.91°N · 8.31°E
Updated Thu 11 Jun
Datum MSL
Tide rising
0.49m
Next high in 0h 11m
COEF87
Next high
09:12
0.49 m · in 0h 11m
Next low
15:34
-1.02 m · in 6h 34m
Tide · next 12 h-1.02 m → 0.75 m
H 09:12L 15:34NOW · 09:00
Today

Today's tide times for Sylt-Westerland

Tide times at Sylt-Westerland on Thursday, 11 June 2026: first low tide at 03:13, first high tide at 09:12, second low tide at 15:34, second high tide at 21:35. Sunrise 04:49, sunset 22:03.

Tide curve

Tide chart for Sylt-Westerland

24-hour cosine-interpolated curve around the present moment. Heights relative to MSL. Predictions: Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid).

Tide MSL (m)H 09:12 · 0.49 m L 15:34 · -1.02 m
H 09:12 · 0.49 mL 15:34 · -1.02 m23:2404:1209:0013:4818:36NOW · 09:00
Today's conditions

Sun, moon and conditions on Thu 11 Jun

Snapshot at build time — refreshes daily. Sea state from Open-Meteo Marine.

Sunrise
04:49
Day 17h 13m
Sunset
22:03
Local Europe/Berlin
Moon
28%
Waning crescent
Wind
13.7m/s
256° · w · strong
Swell
0.5m
4.5 s period
Water
16.6°
Sea surface temperature
7-day outlook

Highs and lows next 7 days

Every predicted high and low for the next week, with the daily tidal coefficient (0–120; higher = bigger swing, > 95 means stronger currents).

DayTypeTimeHeightCoef.
Thu 11 JunH09:120.49 m87
L15:34-1.02 m
H21:350.80 m
Fri 12 JunL04:09-1.10 m87
H10:110.71 m
L16:31-0.84 m
H22:360.94 m
Sat 13 JunL05:07-1.04 m89
H11:071.04 m
L17:39-0.76 m
H23:341.05 m
Sun 14 JunL06:05-1.00 m88
H12:010.84 m
L18:32-1.24 m
Mon 15 JunH00:320.80 m95
L07:01-1.18 m
H12:580.84 m
L19:28-1.40 m
Tue 16 JunH01:330.68 m96
L07:54-1.28 m
H13:520.70 m
L20:20-1.57 m
Wed 17 JunH02:250.51 m100
L08:41-1.35 m
H14:390.70 m
L21:10-1.66 m
Coastline

Other spots nearby

The three closest curated TideTurtle locations to Sylt-Westerland, measured by great-circle distance.

Fishing & activity windows

Today's solunar windows

Solunar tradition: major periods are the ≈3h windows around moon transit and opposition; minor are ≈2h around moonrise and moonset. Pair with the local tide stage and wind for the best read.

Major (≈3h)
07:2310:23
19:4722:47
Minor (≈2h)
01:0603:06
15:0317:03
Spring and neap cycle

Cycle dates near Sylt-Westerland

Next spring tide on Wed 17 Jun (range 2.4m). Next neap on Fri 12 Jun.

Spring tides cluster around new and full moons (biggest swings). Neap tides land on quarter moons (smallest swings). See the spring tide and neap tide glossary entries for the why.

Editorial

About tides at Sylt-Westerland

A short guide to the coastline at Sylt-Westerland — geography, sea state, and what the tide is actually doing under your feet.

Sylt is the long thin island that runs along the northern German coast at the Danish border, a forty-kilometre strip of dunes, beach, and the open North Sea on its western flank. Westerland is the main town in the middle of the island, and the open beach there is the reference point for everything else. 8 metres, semidiurnal, two highs and two lows about twelve and a half hours apart.

4. The Wadden side of the island, sheltered behind the dunes on the east, drains and refills the same way the rest of the southern Bight does — the tideflats out toward Keitum and List open up completely on the ebb. For anyone walking the kilometres of open beach from Westerland north to Kampen, paddleboarding the lagoon at Hörnum, or watching the surf at Sylt's open-coast breaks, the timing of the swing changes the day.

Predictions on this page come from Open-Meteo Marine, gridded model output — useful for planning, not navigation-grade. BSH operates the authoritative German tide gauges; the closest to Sylt is Pegel List.

Common questions

Tide questions about Sylt-Westerland

Quick answers to the most common questions about tide times, range, and water access at Sylt-Westerland.

When is the next high tide at Sylt-Westerland?

The hero block shows the next high tide at the open-beach reference for Westerland in Berlin local time, height above MSL. The 7-day table covers daily highs and lows. Note that the Wadden side of the island (toward List and Keitum) sees the tide reach about 30–60 minutes after the open-coast Westerland signal.

What's the typical tide range at Sylt?

Mean range on the open west coast at Westerland is about 1.8 metres — smaller than Cuxhaven's 2.8 because Sylt sits further out from the funnel-shaped southern Bight. Spring tides push to around 2.2 metres. The east side of the island, on the Wadden, runs a similar range with a small phase delay behind the open coast.

Where do these tide predictions come from?

Open-Meteo Marine, a gridded global ocean-model grid. Useful general planning data, not navigation-grade. The Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) operates the authoritative German tide gauges; the closest to Sylt is Pegel List on the northern tip of the island.

When does the Wadden side of Sylt open up for walking?

The tide flats out toward Keitum and List open up around low water on most days, especially on spring lows around new and full moons. Walking out unguided is risky — the channels refill quickly and visibility can drop fast. The 7-day table on this page flags each day's predicted low; consider a guided wattwanderung from a local nationalpark provider for safety.

Is this safe to use for navigation?

No. For piloting in German waters use BSH's authoritative tide tables and chart products plus the latest navigational warnings. Open-Meteo's gridded predictions are general planning data, not a navigational source. The Wadden Sea is particularly demanding navigationally — local pilotage is the right tool.