Gdańsk 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 06:00 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 Europe/Warsaw local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Gdańsk stands at the mouth of the Motlawa River — a branching distributary of the Vistula — where it opens into the Gulf of Gdańsk, a broad coastal embayment of the southern Baltic. The old city's brick-and-stone frontage along Długie Pobrzeże (Long Embankment) is the physical expression of eight centuries of Hanseatic maritime commerce: the Gothic Crane Gate (Żuraw), the largest medieval port crane in northern Europe when it was built in the mid-15th century, still stands on the Motlawa bank. Long Market (Długi Targ) runs from the Green Gate at the river to the Golden Gate at the western wall — the ceremonial centre of the old city, rebuilt from near-total wartime destruction with a precision that makes the reconstruction almost invisible until you know the backstory. The coastal regime at Gdańsk is Baltic non-tidal. Astronomical tidal range is approximately 0.1 metres. Sea level in the Gulf of Gdańsk responds to wind, atmospheric pressure, and Baltic seiches rather than to any meaningful tidal forcing. Sustained westerly and northwesterly winds — the direction of the prevailing Baltic weather systems — push water toward the northeastern Baltic and raise sea levels along the Gdańsk coast; strong easterlies reverse the pattern. Wind-driven setup at Gdańsk can reach 0.8 to 1.5 metres above mean in major Baltic storms, occasionally affecting the low-lying embankments of the old city along the Motlawa. The IMGW-PIB (Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej) operates the coastal gauge network and issues storm-surge warnings for the Polish coast; the forecast at imgw.pl is the operative planning source. The Gdańsk Shipyard — the Stocznia Gdańska — stands north of the old city on the Martwa Wisła. In August 1980, a strike there became the catalyst for the Solidarność (Solidarity) movement: 17,000 workers occupied the yard, Lech Wałęsa climbed the gate to join them, and the 21 Points of the Gdańsk Agreement were negotiated with the communist authorities over nine days. The agreement, recognising the right to independent trade unions, was the first breach in communist control of a Soviet-bloc state. The European Solidarity Centre (ECS), opened in 2014 in a building clad in weathering steel that references the colour of the old shipyard cranes, houses the comprehensive museum of the Solidarity movement and its aftermath. It is one of the most significant historical museums in Europe. Westerplatte, 7 kilometres north of the old city at the harbour mouth where the Martwa Wisła discharges to the Gulf, is where the Second World War began. At 4:48 am on 1 September 1939, the German training ship Schleswig-Holstein — moored at the Gdańsk harbour on a supposed courtesy visit — opened fire on the Polish Military Transit Depot on the Westerplatte peninsula. The garrison of approximately 180 Polish soldiers held the position for seven days against forces that ultimately numbered in the thousands, before surrendering on 7 September. The ruined fortifications, a memorial park, and a museum mark the site, accessible by seasonal ferry from the old city waterfront or by road. The Motlawa River quay is navigable by tourist boats and private vessels throughout the summer season. The river connects to the Gdańsk canal system and to the outer harbour. Sea-level variation of 0.1 to 0.5 metres above mean changes the visual relationship between the boats and the Crane Gate embankment and occasionally affects the clearance under the lower bridges in high-surge conditions, but does not create the kind of tidal current or tidal window planning that governs waterfront navigation on Atlantic coasts. Small boat operations in the Motlawa are weather-dependent rather than tide-dependent. For swimmers and beach visitors, the main Gdańsk beaches are in the Brzeźno and Jelitkowo districts north of the city centre, accessible by tram. The Gulf of Gdańsk beach stretches north from the city toward Sopot and Gdynia; water temperature reaches 18 to 23 degrees Celsius in July and August in warm years. The Baltic's gentle Baltic gradient and absence of tidal current make the beach suitable for families; the only significant water-safety variable is the wind state and any storm-surge elevation. Sea-level predictions on this page come from Open-Meteo Marine, a global gridded ocean model, typically accurate to within plus or minus 45 minutes and 0.2 to 0.3 metres. At Gdańsk, where the astronomical range is approximately 0.1 metres, the model uncertainty exceeds the signal. For actual sea-level conditions, use IMGW-PIB coastal forecasts and gauge data at imgw.pl.