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Actual ice reports 29/04/26 01:25

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An automated collection of the latest international ice reports and a graphic representation of the ice situation on the fairways. (29/04/26 01:25 )
The colors show the status of the reports: black is a report from today, blue a report from yesterday and green shows that there is no report within the last two days (meaning no ice or no report!).

The fairways denominations after the report (AA, BB, ...) are a link to a representation of the ice conditions of the last 10 days on the respective fairway. ⓘ
Each day is given by a bar, the height gives the ice thickness, the color the ice concentration and symbols below give information about rafted or ridged ice. A ? denotes missing information.
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Danish Ice report
No report
Estonian Ice report
No report
BB CC
Finnish Ice report

FINNISH ICE REPORT 28.04.2026

The ice in the Bay of Bothnia is drifting southwards.

In the northern Bay of Bothnia rotten fast ice on the Tornio fairway to Etukari. Off the coast a large open water area. Farther out on the line Oulun portti - Merikallat is a 2-8 nautical miles wide zone of 10-50 cm thick close ice. South of the line Raahe - Luleå 10-50 cm thick drift ice with varying concentration approximately to Falkens grund and to 8 nautical miles west of Nahkiainen. There are large ridged floes among the drift ice. The ice field is in places rotten and there are large areas of open water in it.

In the southern Bay of Bothnia off Kalajoki in the vicinity of Kaarlo and Ulkokalla 10-50 cm thick, in places rotten, close ice. There are some ridged floes among the drift ice. Elsewhere ice-free.

AA BB CC DD
GermanyGerman Ice report
No report
Latvian Ice report
No report
LithuaniaLithuanian Ice report
No report
NorwayNorwegian Ice report
No report
AA BB CC EE FF GG
Polish Ice report
No report
Russian Ice report
No report
Swedish Ice report

SWEDISH ICE REPORT

ISSUED: TUESDAY APR 28,2026

BAY OF BOTHNIA
IN THE NORTHERN BAYS AND ARCHIPELAGOS ROTTEN FAST ICE. AT SEA 10-50 CM VERY OPEN TO VERY CLOSE ICE WITH SOME RIDGES. THE ICE CONTINUES TO MELT AND DRIFT APART. S-SW ICE DRIFT, SHIFTING TO NE ICE DRIFT DURING WEDNESDAY.

AA BB EE

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