Katharinenhof (Fehmarn)
The site at the end of the Fischerweg in Katharinenhof, on Fehmarn's east coast, is probably the island's best-known shore dive and gets busy in summer. You enter over pebbles and stones and can reach about 7 m. The seabed alternates between algae, sand patches, mussel banks, seagrass and kelp, with medium to large boulders overgrown with mussels. Flatfish, cod, garfish, goldsinny wrasse, gobies and pipefish are seen, along with blue mussel colonies, crabs and starfish.
Facts
- Region: Germany – Baltic & North Sea Coast
- Area: Schleswig-Holstein Baltic (Fehmarn, Kiel, Eckernförde)
- Depth: 0–7 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: low
- Type: bay
- Coordinates: 54.4352, 11.283 (approximate)
- Highlights: boulders covered in mussels, algae, sand patches, seagrass and kelp, mussel banks, flatfish, cod, garfish, goldsinny wrasse, gobies, pipefish, blue mussel colonies, crabs, starfish
- Tips: Park at the car park and take the short unpaved path through the woods down to the water. Fishermen often set nets at the posts (dolphins) to the left – keep clear of them. Tauchen Südstrand drives guests here in its dive bus (price category A).