Harbours and anchorages near Bordeaux

Port de plaisance de Bordeaux

City-centre marina on the Garonne river in Bordeaux, 278 berths, max draught 2.5 m, VHF 12.

Bordeaux quai d’attente du Basin

Waiting quay on the Garonne in Bordeaux, used by yachts before entering the lock of the Bassins à flot.

Ponton Cité du Vin, Bordeaux

River pontoon on the Garonne at the foot of the Cité du Vin building in Bordeaux, used by river shuttles and visiting yachts waiting for the lock.

Plagne

River port on the Dordogne at Saint-André-de-Cubzac in Gironde, about 1.5 nautical miles north of Cubzac-les-Ponts.

Bourg sur Gironde

River port of 45 berths on the right bank of the Dordogne, about 1 nm upstream of the Bec d'Ambès where the Dordogne and Garonne meet to form the Gironde estuary.

Halte nautique de Libourne

River halt on the Dordogne at the confluence with the Isle, on the Libourne town quay, mud bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, E, SE, S, NW

Ile Verte

Anchorage in the Gironde estuary off the Île Verte, a wooded island on the right bank between Blaye and Bourg, about 35 NM upstream from Royan.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SW, W

Bègles

River marina of 40 berths on the left bank of the Garonne at Bègles, in the southern outskirts of Bordeaux.

Asque

Small river halt on the right bank of the Dordogne at Asques, upstream of the Bec d'Ambès confluence with the Garonne, in Gironde.

Plassac

River port of 40 berths on the right bank of the Gironde estuary at Plassac, in Gironde, New Aquitaine.

Domaine de Vallier

Buoy mooring on the Dordogne river in the Gironde estuary area, sand bottom, used as a tidal stop on the way up to Libourne or Bordeaux.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Roque De Thau

Small tidal port on the right bank of the Gironde estuary at Gauriac, 6 km downstream of Bourg, in the Côtes de Bourg wine area.

Point du Jour

Anchorage on the Garonne river at Lormont, on the right bank opposite Bordeaux, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Lormont Bas

Small tidal harbour on the right bank of the Garonne in Lormont, across the river from Bordeaux.

Port de Cavernes

Small river port on the right bank of the Dordogne at Saint-Loubès, about 15 km upstream of Bordeaux, used by local motor boats and as a halt on the Gironde estuary route.

Cubzac-les-Ponts

River halt on the right bank of the Dordogne, in Cubzac-les-Ponts, Gironde, just downstream of the Eiffel rail bridge.