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Schleuse Bremerhaven. Photo: Martina Nolte, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons

Schleuse Bremerhaven

Kayak spot · Germany

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

83Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Wind 2 kn gusting 6, Air 12 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 88 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
12°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 85 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
10°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 83 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 81 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 79 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
6°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 77 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
5°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 82 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 186, good
  2. Mon 288, good
  3. Tue 385, good
  4. Wed 483, good
  5. Thu 581, good
  6. Fri 679, good
  7. Sat 777, good
  8. Sun 882, good
  9. Mon 981, good
  10. Tue 1068, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Schleuse Bremerhaven
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov86, good2 kn7kn11°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov88, good2 kn6kn12°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov85, good5 kn13kn10°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov83, good6 kn13kn9°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov81, good5 kn12kn8°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov79, good6 kn15kn6°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov77, good6 kn14kn5°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov82, good6 kn15kn9°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov81, good2 kn7kn8°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov68, good13 kn24kn5°C1.8 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kayaking days in a typical week, each month, for expert paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov7of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical weather, not a forecast, and not the river's level: a month that is often good to be outside may still be low water.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Schleuse Bremerhaven

Geestepartie - panoramio
Near Schleuse Bremerhaven. Photo: Rembert Satow, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kapitänsviertel - panoramio
Near Schleuse Bremerhaven. Photo: Rembert Satow, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Geestebogen-Bremerhaven-2012-05-28-DSCF9380
Near Schleuse Bremerhaven. Photo: Martina Nolte, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons

More kayaking near here

5 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Schleuse Bremerhaven

A launch on the Geeste. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. 5 paddling schools, clubs or hire within 10 km, the nearest 1.5 km away. The town to stay in is Bremerhaven. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

  • River Geeste
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.
  • Schools, hire 5 paddling schools, clubs or hire within 10 km, the nearest 1.5 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,380–US$2,590 each

about US$1,380–US$2,590 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to BRE, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$469–US$978
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$248
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$308–US$509
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$161–US$308
Totalabout US$1,380–US$2,590

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Bremerhaven

Closest

Bremerhaven

2 min by car · 99 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 99 places to stay in Bremerhaven · Booking.com

About Bremerhaven its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 17h 40m

About 17h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BRE, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), then 1h 20m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

  • Wassersportverein Neptun 1.5 km

  • Frohe Fahrt 1.5 km

  • Kanu-Verein Unterweser e.V. 1.7 km

  • Kanuclub Bremerhaven 5.4 km

  • Kanuanlegestelle: Nr.: 6 9.7 km

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits