Kappeln gauge Baltic Sea · km 507.3

Activity outlook

• 🚢 Shippingsuitable

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ not below mean low water (MNW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
• 🛶 Paddlingtake care

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ✓ not below mean low water (MNW)
  • ✗ change over 24 h ≤ 20 cm
• 🎣 Fishingsuitable

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ✓ change over 24 h ≤ 30 cm
• 🏊 Swimmingnot enough data

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ? water temperature ≥ 15 °C
  • ? water temperature ≥ 18 °C
  • ✓ EU bathing site ≤ 5 km rated excellent/good
  • ✗ not a federal waterway with shipping

• Status: normal · 24 h trend: +24 cm · Schlei Stadt Arnis (Excellent, 4.2 km)

Calculated by fixed rules from official data. For orientation only – not a safety guarantee. Always check official warnings and conditions on site. See the rules

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Paddling: access points & locks

Put-ins and slipways (≤ 5 km)

• Canoe put-in: Kappeln Grauhöft/Hafenstraße 0.3 km
• Canoe put-in: Kappeln an der Sliprampe 0.5 km
• Slipway 1.4 km
• Canoe put-in: Rückeberg 1.9 km
• Canoe put-in: Kopperby 2.7 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Yachtbau Janssen & Renkhoff 0.2 km
• Marina: Henningsen & Steckmest 0.6 km
• Marina: Stapelfeldt 0.7 km
• Marina: Arnisser Segel-Club 0.9 km

Straight-line distance from the gauge. Entries from OpenStreetMap, not officially verified; check lock hours with the WSV.

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• D2 Ostseeküsten-Radweg - Abschnitt SH-Nordost 0.7 km
• EV10 Ostseeküsten-Radweg - Abschnitt Deutschland SH-Nordost 0.7 km

EuroVelo, German D-network and other long-distance routes passing within 3 km of the gauge (straight-line distance to the nearest route point). Check the route and its condition locally.

Fishing: Schleswig-Holstein

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Lachs, Meerforelle

Fishing rules Schleswig-Holstein →

State derived from the gauge location; on border waters check both states. Checked 2026-10-23

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↑ upstream Neustadt km 263 512 cm ● normal
• ↑ upstream Marienleuchte km 284.7 516 cm ● normal
• ↓ downstream Schleswig km 540 514 cm ● normal
• ↓ downstream Eckernförde km 612 525 cm ● normal

Baltic Sea: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Documented floods on this river (HANZE)

• 9 Jan 1914: storm surge
• 5 Dec 1899: storm surge, 55 deaths
• 13 Nov 1872: storm surge, 63 deaths

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• GRIMSAU UL DERW_DESH_SL_18_A
  Ecological status: poor (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good
  Good status expected: after 2027

Official assessment of the water body at this gauge from the 2022 river basin management plans (WFD target: at least “good”). It rates the whole water body, not today’s water quality.

Location

Sources & licences

• Water level/Discharge/Water temperature: PEGELONLINE (WSV), DL-DE Zero 2.0
• Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap