Overview
- The 10-meter whale, first seen Monday near Timmendorfer Strand by Niendorf, remains stuck after high tide and repeated rescue attempts.
- Teams used police and coastguard boats to create waves and briefly turned the animal toward deeper water, but it moved back and could not refloat.
- Crews cut away parts of a fishing net wrapped around the whale, and police fenced off the beach to keep crowds from adding stress.
- Specialists tested a suction dredger to start a trench, which they halted when the sand proved too compact, and they are weighing other low-risk options.
- Conservationists report the whale is alive but weakening, possibly a young male previously seen near Wismar, with skin problems likely linked to the Baltic’s low salinity.