Hel's main attractions are:

- Sandy beaches - including a section of beach, which since 2004, has been guarded by teams of rescuers with Newfoundland and Landseer dogs.

- Museum of Marine Fisheries with viewing tower (located in the former gothic church of St . Peter and Paul dating from the fourteenth century)

- Historic Kashubian cottages

- The Hel Seal Sanctuary – part of the Marine Station of the University of Gdańsk

- The terminus of the railway  which runs along the spit from Puck

- Hel Lighthouse

- Hel Port

- Numerous military monuments and remains

- Naval Weapons open-air museum

- Museum of Coastal Defence

- D-Day re-enactments which have taken place since 2006.