Plaża Łeba, Baltic Sea beach in Łeba, Poland
Plaża Łeba is a sandy Baltic beach in Łeba, Pomeranian Voivodeship, about 400 km north of Warsaw. The shore runs along the open Baltic coast, with the beach and its dune belt forming the seaward edge of the Słowiński National Park area. The sand is light and the beach is backed by dunes and pine forest.
Łeba's beach lies within the Słowiński National Park buffer zone, established in 1967 to protect the moving dunes and coastal lakes. Before the park, the shifting sands repeatedly buried and uncovered the Łeba river mouth, forcing the town to relocate its harbour channel in the 19th century. The dune belt behind the beach has been monitored and replanted with grasses since the early 20th century.
Łeba's beach lies beside Słowiński National Park, a UNESCO biosphere reserve since 1976, and the open sand between the town and the moving dunes is what visitors cross on foot. The wide, low shoreline leaves room for walking, kite flying and digging in the sand, and the dune belt behind it is protected, so paths are marked and visitors keep to them.
Łeba's beach runs west from the town towards the Słowiński National Park boundary, so the further you walk from the main promenade, the fewer facilities you meet. The section nearest the town centre is the busiest and best served; quieter stretches lie beyond. The Baltic here is cool even in August, and the wind that builds the nearby dunes also makes the open sand feel cooler than the town.
Łeba's beach lies about 400 km north of Warsaw on the Baltic coast, in Pomeranian Voivodeship's Lębork County. Average temperatures run around 8 °C, with August highs near 19 °C and January lows near −3 °C, so the bathing season is short and the water stays cold even in midsummer.
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