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Next high tide at Sylt-Westerland: 10:00 CEST, -0.05 m

Heights relative to MSL. 2026-04-27.

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Tide times at Sylt-Westerland on Monday, 27 April 2026: first low tide at 04:00, first high tide at 10:00, second high tide at 12:00, second low tide at 16:00, third high tide at 22:00. Sunrise 05:58, sunset 20:52.

Tide curve — next 24 hours

-1.8 m-0.6 m0.5 mHeight (MSL)02:0006:0010:0014:0018:0022:00L 04:00H 10:00H 12:00L 16:00H 22:00nowTime (Europe/Berlin)

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.

7-day tide table

DayTypeTimeHeightCoef.
Mon 27 AprLow04:00-1.5m90
High10:00-0.1m
High12:00-0.1m
Low16:00-1.3m
High22:000.3m
Tue 28 AprLow05:00-1.6m84
High23:000.1m
Wed 29 AprLow18:00-1.7m
Thu 30 AprHigh00:000.1m99
Low06:00-1.9m
High12:000.1m
Low19:00-1.7m
Fri 01 MayHigh01:000.2m100
Low07:00-1.7m
High13:000.3m
Low19:00-1.6m
Sat 02 MayHigh01:000.5m99
Low08:00-1.3m
High14:000.7m
Low20:00-1.3m
Sun 03 MayHigh01:000.5m

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

Sun & moon today

Sunrise
05:58
Sunset
20:52
Moonrise
14:48
Moonset
04:30
Moon phase
Waxing gibbous (75% illuminated)

Current conditions

Wind
13.7 m/s @ 343°
Wave height
0.7 m
Wave period
5.3 s
Water temp
9.4 °C

As of 02:00 local time. Conditions refresh daily.

Solunar 7-day rating

The angler tradition that rates each day for fish-bite likelihood using moon transits and rise/set. One to five stars. Not a scientific forecast.

  • Mon
    ★★★★
  • Tue
    ★★★★★
  • Wed
    ★★★★★
  • Thu
    ★★★★★
  • Fri
    ★★★★
  • Sat
    ★★★★
  • Sun
    ★★★★★

Best windows Mon 27 Apr

Suggested time slots at Sylt-Westerland, derived from the tide, sun, moon, and conditions data on this page. Rough guidance, not a forecast.

Spring & neap tides at Sylt-Westerland

Next spring tide on Fri 01 May (range 2.2m). Next neap on Tue 28 Apr.

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.

About tides at Sylt-Westerland

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. Mean tide range on the west coast is about 1.8 metres, semidiurnal, two highs and two lows about twelve and a half hours apart. Spring tides push to around 2.2 metres, neaps drop near 1.4. 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 about tides 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.

Read about how these predictions are made on the methodology page. Unfamiliar with terms like spring tide or datum? See the glossary.

Not for navigation. Page generated 2026-04-26T23:51:00.471Z. Predictions refresh daily.