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A numerical wave model was used to determine the wave climate in the southern Baltic Sea. The basic data derived from wave hindcasts were evaluated statistically. Climate graphs were developed on the basis of continuous computations for the years 1988 through 1993. Extreme value statistics were derived from the results of hindcast computations for 40 storms in the years 1956–1993. The evaluation was made primarily with a view to redesigning the Warnemunde harbour entrance, but the data are also useful with respect to other areas of the Baltic Sea.