Harbours and anchorages near Calais

port ouest

Roadstead anchorage off Port Ouest, the western industrial basin of Dunkerque, on the Flanders coast.

• Sheltered S

Calais

Marina of 418 berths inside the commercial port of Calais, on the Strait of Dover, the closest French harbour to England.

Gravelines

Lock-gated marina of 430 berths at the mouth of the river Aa, on the Opal Coast between Dunkerque and Calais.

Wissant

Open sandy bay on the Opal Coast between Cap Gris-Nez and Cap Blanc-Nez, Hauts-de-France. Sand bottom, protected from E and SE, fully exposed from W through NW.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Arrière-port calais

Buoy mooring field of 17 berths inside the old inner harbour of Calais, mud bottom, set between the ferry terminal and the Bassin Ouest.

• Paid
• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Public Pontoon "quais"

Public pontoon on the canalised river Aa at Watten, in the Hauts-de-France. A river stop for crews transiting between Gravelines and Saint-Omer.

Les Hemmes De Marck

Open anchorage off a long sand beach between Calais and Gravelines, on the Côte d'Opale in Hauts-de-France.

• Sheltered S, SE

Port watten

Inland port on the river Aa at Watten, in the Nord department, on the link between the canal de Neufossé and the Aa channel to the sea at Gravelines.