France · Moselle
Etang de la Mutche (Morhange Plage)
Moselle, France
On the beach
Right now
Sample dataIllustrative conditions — the live Open-Meteo marine feed wasn't reachable, so these are deterministic placeholder values that will be replaced automatically once the feed is available.
7-day outlook
Sample dataModeled placeholder forecast for demonstration — will be replaced by a live marine-weather feed.
Water temperature
Next 7 days, °C
Wave height
Next 7 days, metres
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| Day | Water temp (°C) | Wave height (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 2 | 27.1 | 0.3 |
| Thu 3 | 27.1 | 0.3 |
| Fri 4 | 26.8 | 0.3 |
| Sat 5 | 26.3 | 0.3 |
| Sun 6 | 26.0 | 0.3 |
| Mon 7 | 26.1 | 0.3 |
| Tue 8 | 26.6 | 0.3 |
Typical water temperature by month
Modeled estimatePlausible seasonal climatology derived from latitude, for illustration — not a measured average.
Monthly water temperature
Typical range across the year, °C
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| Month | Typical water temp (°C) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 14 |
| Feb | 14 |
| Mar | 14 |
| Apr | 17 |
| May | 19 |
| Jun | 22 |
| Jul | 24 |
| Aug | 25 |
| Sep | 24 |
| Oct | 22 |
| Nov | 19 |
| Dec | 17 |
Location & nearby beaches
Nearby beaches
- Etang de Diefenbach21 kmMoselle
- Etang de Hirbach24 kmMoselle
- Etang de Mittersheim24 kmMoselle
- Centre de Loisirs Keskastel30 kmBas-Rhin
Distances calculated as straight-line (haversine) from official coordinates.
How do you get to Etang de la Mutche (Morhange Plage)?
- By car: there's parking about ~540 m from the beach.
Food, stays & town
- Nearest village: Harprich, about ~1.5 km away.
- 1 place to eat within 1 km
- 1 place to stay mapped nearby
What kind of beach is this?
This beach belongs to a small coastal village. It's usually calmer than a resort or town beach, though a popular village spot can still fill up on the best summer days.
Estimated from OpenStreetMap surroundings data (ODbL).
- Families
Is the water clean at Etang de la Mutche (Morhange Plage)?
Etang de la Mutche (Morhange Plage) sits on a stretch of coast classed as a lake bathing site, carrying an official EU Bathing Water rating of Sufficient for the 2025 season. Under the EU Bathing Water Directive, national authorities test for intestinal enterococci and E. coli through the season and report the results the following spring — the 2025 rating was published in spring 2026, and 2026's won't follow until spring 2027. In addition to that yearly rating, some national authorities — for Croatia, the national environmental authority — publish individual water sample results during the season itself, ahead of the annual report. It sits in Moselle. There's parking about ~540 m from the beach.
Over the 10 classified seasons on record, 7 have come back Excellent or Good — a track record worth checking each year rather than assuming. The most reliable swimming window here typically runs from July–September, with the water usually at its warmest around August. Outside that window it's cooler and often quieter. Water quality here has been improving: the rating moved from Poor to Sufficient in 2025. The nearest town, Harprich, is about ~1.5 km away.
That “Sufficient” label comes from a full season of official water sampling, not a single test — it's one step on a four-point scale (Excellent, Good, Sufficient, Poor) reassessed once a year. Today's actual conditions can differ from the seasonal average, so for a live snapshot see the “Right now” and 7-day outlook panels above.