Kołobrzeg 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.

Kołobrzeg stands at the mouth of the Parsęta River on Poland's central Baltic coast, roughly midway between the German border and Gdańsk. The town has been a significant place on this coast since the early medieval period — the first Kołobrzeg bishopric was established here in 1000 AD as part of the Christianisation of Poland under Bolesław I Chrobry. The lighthouse at the harbour mouth, the long sandy beach stretching east and west of the river entrance, and the naval war memorial on the seafront mark a coast that has been continuously inhabited for a thousand years. The coastal regime at Kołobrzeg is Baltic non-tidal. Astronomical tidal range is approximately 0.1 metres. The central Baltic coast is more directly exposed to the open Baltic Sea than the Gulf of Gdańsk further east, and Kołobrzeg receives the full westerly and northwesterly fetch across the southern Baltic without the shelter of a peninsula or enclosed embayment. Wind-driven sea-level setup at Kołobrzeg during major Baltic storms can reach 0.6 to 1.0 metres above mean, occasionally exceeding those values in sustained multi-day events. The Parsęta River mouth is affected by these surge conditions: high surge can back water up the river's lower reaches, reducing flow capacity and occasionally affecting low-lying areas near the river channel. IMGW-PIB (Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej) operates the coastal gauge at Kołobrzeg and issues storm-surge warnings at imgw.pl. Kołobrzeg is Poland's most significant marine spa town, a tradition built on the brine springs that underlie the coastal area. The therapeutic use of the local brine goes back to the 19th century; the town's Uzdrowisko Kołobrzeg (health resort complex) is among the largest medical spa operations on the Baltic coast, drawing tens of thousands of visitors annually for extended brine-bath and inhalation treatments prescribed for respiratory and circulatory conditions. The coastal promenade connecting the spa district to the beach is the town's social axis in summer, running several kilometres between the lighthouse and the eastern beach districts. The Kołobrzeg lighthouse (Latarnia Morska) stands at the western harbour breakwater entrance, a cylindrical red-brick tower 26 metres tall built in 1909 on the foundations of earlier structures. The lighthouse is operational and open to visitors with a climb of 110 steps to the lantern room; the view from the top gives a clear perspective on the Parsęta's river mouth, the harbour basin, and the open Baltic to the north. The harbour itself handles small fishing vessels, the charter and tourist fishing fleet, and a seasonal ferry service to Bornholm (Denmark) and Swedish ports. Naval history is prominent on the Kołobrzeg seafront. The Defence of Kołobrzeg memorial on the waterfront promenade commemorates the March 1945 battle in which Soviet and Polish forces took the city from the German Wehrmacht; Polish Army soldiers marched to the sea and conducted a symbolic wedding of Poland with the Baltic at the beach, a ceremony that appeared in newsreel footage and became an emblematic image of post-war Poland's territorial claims to the coast. The town was substantially destroyed in the battle and subsequently rebuilt in the post-war period. Sea fishing is a significant activity at Kołobrzeg. The harbour's charter fleet targets cod, flounder, and sea trout in the open Baltic, with cod the primary commercial and sport target from October through February. Shore anglers fish from the breakwaters and the beach, with sea trout appearing in the river mouth area in autumn when the fish move inshore ahead of the upriver spawning run. The Parsęta is one of the Polish rivers with documented sea trout runs; the lower stretch of the river in autumn, when water temperature drops below 12 degrees Celsius, can be productive for shore anglers. For beach visitors, Kołobrzeg's main beach runs east of the lighthouse and the river mouth for several kilometres. The sand is fine, the slope gentle, and the Baltic water temperature in July and August reaches 17 to 21 degrees Celsius in normal summers, occasionally higher in warm spells. The beach faces north across the open Baltic and receives any northerly wind-wave directly; southerly and easterly weather produces flat water and the best swimming conditions. No tidal variation to plan around — conditions are entirely wind and weather-dependent. 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 Kołobrzeg, where the astronomical range is approximately 0.1 metres, the model uncertainty exceeds the signal. For actual sea-level conditions and storm-surge warnings, use IMGW-PIB at imgw.pl.