Germany / Lower Saxony
Dangast Strand
Dangast Strand is a 455 m-long sandy beach facing north, 5.9 km north of Varel (Lower Saxony, Germany). The sea averages 18.7 °C in August, its warmest month, and 3.8 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north (355°). Open water fills about 39% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in April–August; in mid-June it goes down at 21:57 local time on a bearing of 313°.
Sunrise is over the sea in May–August.
The opposite shore is only about 5.0 km away to the north, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
Within 1 km, the land is 44% grassland, 29% tree cover and 14% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 48% of that circle.
- Grass 44%
- Tree 29%
- Built 14%
- Crop 10%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Kommunaler Badestrand Dangast”, 700 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 11 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
The sea peaks at 18.7 °C in August. Most swimmers find water below 20 °C cold; a wetsuit is common here.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 19Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 8Public toilets
- –Showers
- 4Drinking water
- 20Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 45Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 1Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 1Marinas & slipways
- 8Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Cash machines
- 3Bike rental
- 2Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 12 restaurants, 4 cafés, 2 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 45 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- A.d. Rennweide 530 m N
Attractions & museums
- Nationalpark-Haus Dangast museum 830 m S
Nature
- Nationalpark Niedersächisches Wattenmeer nature reserve 110 m NW
Lighthouses & piers
- Anlegestelle "Etta von Dangast" pier 700 m W
Marinas
- Jade-Yachthafen Dangast 670 m W
Diving & boat hire
- Auf Achse - Das Raderwerk 350 m E
Campsites
- Campingplatz Rennweide Dangast 430 m NW
- Strandcampingplatz Dangast 810 m NE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase Wurster Nordseeküste | FCN | 50.7 km | north-east |
| Bremen Airport Bremen | BRE | 63.4 km | south-east |
| Groningen Airport Eelde Groningen | GRQ | 108 km | west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 8 bus stops within 1.5 km and 20 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 43.5K residents); within 30 km there are 23 (about 349.3K).
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dangast Strand | – | 18.7 °C | 455 m | Sand |
| Butjadingen Strand | 11.4 km NE | 18.7 °C | 196 m | Rock |
| Bensersiel Strand | 44.2 km NW | 18.1 °C | 881 m | Sand |
| Duhnen Strand | 59.1 km NE | 19.0 °C | 186 m | Sand |
- Butjadingen Strand11.4 km NECompare
- Bensersiel Strand44.2 km NWCompare
- Duhnen Strand59.1 km NECompare
Data on this page
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 19.7 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w25293193; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_32UME_20250612_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site DENI_PR_TK25_2514_01).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 12.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.