Boating on the Baltic Sea Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
overview of boating in the Baltic
About Boating on the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is connected to the Atlantic through the Danish straits (Little Belt, Great Belt and Øresund). These are not deep, so the Baltic gets salt water mainly by storms in the right circumstances every few years, while it gets fresh water from a large drainage basin; the water of the Baltic is brackish, with less than one percent salt in the surface water. In wintertime the north parts of the Baltic are covered with sea ice, as are many bays in the south. In some winters ice covers most of the sea. The yachting season is mainly from May to September. In summer day temperatures are typically 15–25°C. Water is cool even in July, especially some distance from the shore. The Baltic has no tides. The water level varies by wind and air pressure, with deviations of more than one metre bei
Boating on the Baltic Sea Travel Guide Sections
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