Germany – Baltic & North Sea Coast
Germany's Baltic coast is a shallow, brackish sea whose salinity falls from west to east, so marine life thins out the further east you go. Shore dives typically reach 3–12 m over seagrass, mussel-covered boulders, harbour moles and artificial reefs, with flatfish, cod, gobies, pipefish, crabs and, in spring, nesting lumpfish. Fehmarn, the Eckernförde Bay and the Kiel Fjord in Schleswig-Holstein have small seasonal bases that run shore dives and RIB trips to nearby wrecks. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, bases at Rostock-Warnemünde and Kühlungsborn visit research reefs and wrecks, and the state underwater archaeology association guides small groups to historic wrecks off Rügen. In summer a warm surface layer sits over much colder water, so a drysuit is the norm on deeper boat dives. Heligoland in the North Sea is a strict nature reserve where scuba diving is only allowed in designated zones. Leave old munitions and wreck parts untouched.
Tauchplätze
- Amazone wreck (Königsstuhl, Rügen)
- Auguste wreck (Rügen)
- Docktor wreck (Fehmarn)
- Eckernförde – mole & artificial reef
- Ewer von Wismar wreck (off Rerik)
- Fehmarnsund bridge drift
- Hausriff Südstrand (Meeschendorf, Fehmarn)
- Katharinenhof (Fehmarn)
- Mynden wreck (Kap Arkona, Rügen)
- Naval tug wreck (Warnemünde)
- Riff Nienhagen (artificial reef)
- Riff Rosenort (artificial reef)
- Seal dive at Hohe Düne (Rostock)
- Seeleichter wreck (Markgrafenheide)
- Staberhuk (Fehmarn)
- Strande (Kiel Fjord)
- Surendorf reef (Eckernförde Bay)
- U 3519 debris field (off Warnemünde)
- UC 71 U-boat wreck (Heligoland)
- Westermarkelsdorf – „Stöpsel” (Fehmarn)
- Zinkwrack (Tromper Wiek, Rügen)