Hel Peninsula Beach

Hel, Pomerania · 🇵🇱 Poland

A slender 35-kilometre sand spit with open Baltic surf on one side and a flat windsurfer's bay on the other.

Sea temperature

~18°C in the warm season

Water

Shallow, clear Baltic blue on two sides

Sand

Fine white sand

Swimming

Shallow, calm and clean; open sea on one side, calm bay on the other

Surf

The bay side is a leading windsurf and kite spot

Best time to visit

Jun-Aug

Setting

A slender 35-kilometre sand spit with sea on one side and calm bay on the other

Beach type

Cold-water coast

Region

Europe

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Photo: Mateusz Włodarczyk (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source