Poland / Pomerania
Karwia
Karwia is a coastal resort area in Pomerania, Poland. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 6.0 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 18.5 °C in August, its warmest month, and 3.1 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
The sea peaks at 18.5 °C in August. Most swimmers find water below 20 °C cold; a wetsuit is common here.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 8.5 m/s in January, the windiest month.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 34Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 25Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 115Hotels & guesthouses
- 6Grocery shops
- 3Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Cash machines
- 1Bike rental
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 21 restaurants, 4 cafés, 8 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 115 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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Karwia Wejście Nr 43”, 370 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 7 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Good
- 2016Good
- 2017Good
- 2018Good
- 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.
Month by month
October at Karwia
Beach-day index 2.1/10 · Poland median 2.4
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 4.2 °C | 3.1 °C | 3.1 °C | 4.8 °C | 8.6 °C | 13.3 °C | 17.0 °C | 18.5 °C | 16.2 °C | 12.5 °C | 8.9 °C | 6.1 °C |
| High °C | 3° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 11° | 16° | 19° | 20° | 17° | 12° | 8° | 5° |
| Low °C | 1° | 0° | 1° | 4° | 9° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 15° | 10° | 6° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 65 | 47 | 44 | 32 | 46 | 51 | 79 | 72 | 64 | 73 | 74 | 73 |
| Cloud % | 88 | 85 | 77 | 64 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 63 | 65 | 74 | 85 | 88 |
| Wind m/s | 8.5 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.5 |
| Daylight h | 7.8 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 7.3 |
| Record high/low | 10°/-9° | 10°/-9° | 12°/-7° | 16°/-1° | 21°/2° | 25°/8° | 27°/12° | 27°/13° | 25°/10° | 18°/3° | 14°/-3° | 10°/-6° |
| Beach index | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
No month reaches 5.5 on the beach-day index; the best is August at 4.7/10, held back mainly by cool air (highs of 20 °C) and cold water (18.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 9.7 °C, cooler than 91% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
July is the wettest month (79 mm) and April the driest (32 mm); the yearly total is about 720 mm.
Daylight runs from 7.3 hours in December to 17.3 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 05:20 and sets at 20:23 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north (0°). Open water fills about 36% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in May–August; in mid-June it goes down at 21:25 local time on a bearing of 315°.
Sunrise is over the sea in May–August.
Straight out to the north the next coast is roughly 200 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 2 m deep and 14 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 1 m above sea level 500 m inland and 1 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 47% grassland, 26% tree cover and 19% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 29% of that circle.
- Grass 47%
- Tree 26%
- Built 19%
- Bare 4%
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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport Gdańsk | GDN | 52.9 km | south |
| Khrabrovo Airport Kaliningrad | KGD | 153 km | east |
| Ignacy Jan Paderewski Bydgoszcz Airport Bydgoszcz | BZG | 193 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 3 bus stops within 1.5 km and 25 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 2.9K residents); within 30 km there are 18 (about 121K).
Photos
![500px provided description: Sun Dusk in Karwia, Baltic Sea, Narrow View - HD Wallpaper []](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Sun_Dusk_Baltic_Sea_Wideview_Hd_Wallpaper_%2830161477%29.jpeg/1280px-Sun_Dusk_Baltic_Sea_Wideview_Hd_Wallpaper_%2830161477%29.jpeg)
![500px provided description: SunDusk in Karwia, Baltic Sea, Tele, Poland - HD Wallpaper []](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Sun_Dusk_Baltic_Sea_Tele_Poland_Hd_Wallpaper_%2830161479%29.jpeg/1280px-Sun_Dusk_Baltic_Sea_Tele_Poland_Hd_Wallpaper_%2830161479%29.jpeg)
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From above
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karwia | – | 18.5 °C | 6.0 km | Sand |
| Jastrzębia Góra | 6.0 km E | 18.5 °C | 3.0 km | Sand |
| Dębki | 7.8 km W | 18.5 °C | 719 m | Sand |
| Władysławowo | 13.4 km E | 18.5 °C | 4.1 km | Sand |
| Białogóra | 16.2 km W | 18.4 °C | 2.7 km | Sand |
- Jastrzębia Góra6.0 km ECompare
- Dębki7.8 km WCompare
- Władysławowo13.4 km ECompare
- Białogóra16.2 km WCompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 7.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r13016961; 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 S2A_34UCF_20230410_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site PL6321104122000056).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 1.3K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.