An automated collection of the latest international ice reports and
a graphic representation of the ice situation on the fairways. (14/04/26 22:55
)
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!).
- Danish Ice report
- No report
- Estonian Ice report
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ESTONIAN ICE REPORT FC104
14.04.2026 ---GULF OF FINLAND
FROM THE PORTS OF SAINT PETERSBURG UP TO ISLAND MOSNYJ IS ICE-FREE. FURTHER UP TO ISLAND GOGLAND IS OPEN ICE AND OPEN WATER. FURTHER UP THE FAIRWAY IS ICE-FREE. VAINAMERI UP TO ISLAND KESSELAID IS ICE-FREE. SOUTHWARDS IN EASTERN PART IS CLOSE ICE, IN WESTERN PART IS OPEN WATER.IN PARNU BAY IN EASTERN PART NEAR THE COAST UP TO LINE ISLAND MANIJA-VOISTE IS CLOSE ICE, IN WESTERN PART IS OPEN WATER. FURTHER UP TO ISLAND KIHNU IS OPEN WATER. FURTHER UP THE FAIRWAY IS ICE-FREE.
- Finnish Ice report
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FINNISH ICE REPORT 14.04.2026
The drift ice in the Bay of Bothnia is slowly drifting westwards and the coastal ice continues to melt.In the northern Bay of Bothnia 20-75 cm thick partly rotten fast ice and 30-50 cm thick consolidated drift ice to Kemi 2 and Kattilankalla. Farther out 20-50 cm thick, ridged, very close ice. There are leads and areas of open water in the ice field. The southern edge of the ice field runs approximately north of the line Nygrån - Falkens grund - Kalajoki. The southern Bay of Bothnia and Quark are virtually ice-free. The Sea of Bothnia, Archipelago Sea and western Gulf of Finland are ice-free.
In the eastern Gulf of Finland mostly open water. Outside the archipelago, from Orrengrund eastward, 5-20 cm thick drift ice with varying concentration. There are single large pack-ice floes in the drift ice.
In the Lake Saimaa predominantly open water, in places rotten fast ice.
- German Ice report
- No report
- Latvian Ice report
- No report
- Lithuanian Ice report
- No report
- Norwegian Ice report
- No reportAA BB CC EE FF GG
- Polish Ice report
- No report
- Russian Ice report
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RUSSIAN ICE REPORT 14.04.2026
GULF OF FINLAND
IN THE HARBOURS OF THE PORT SAINT PETERSBURG AND UP TO LONGITUDE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE SOMMERS THERE IS ICE-FREE. UP TO LONGITUDE OF THE ISLAND HOGLAND THERE IS CLOSE FLOATING THE NILAS ICE. WESTWARD UP IS ICE-FREE. IN THE STRAIT BJERKESUND THERE IS OPEN FLOATING THE NILAS ICE. - Swedish Ice report
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SWEDISH ICE REPORT
ISSUED: TUESDAY APR 14,2026BAY OF BOTHNIA
FAST ICE IN NORTHERN BAYS AND ARCHIPELAGOS, SPOTS OF ROTTEN. AT SEA N OF THE LINE PITEÅ - KALAJOKI 10-50 CM VERY CLOSE, PARTLY RAFTED AND RIDGED ICE, ALSO FRACTURES AND OPENINGS. MELTING CONDITIONS BUT NO MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTEED, WEAK SW ICE DRIFT.THE QUARK
IN THE VAASA ARCHIPELAGO AND IN BAYS ON THE SWEDISH SIDE ROTTEN AND MELTING ICE.NORTHERN SEA OF BOTHNIA
ON ÅNGERMANÄLVEN REMNANTS OF ROTTEN AND MELTING ICE.GULF OF FINLAND
AT SEA IN THE NE PART AREA OF MELTING DRIFT ICE.GULF OF RIGA
IN THEN NE PART REMNANTS OF MELTING DRIFT ICE, PARTLY ROTTEN.
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