Harbours and anchorages near Dunkirk

port ouest

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

• Sheltered S

Gravelines

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

Dunkerque Marina

Marina of 250 berths on the eastern side of the port of Dunkerque, in the Hauts-de-France region of the Strait of Dover.

Dunkirk Commercial Port

Third largest French seaport on the North Sea coast, in Hauts-de-France. Pleasure craft normally use the adjacent Dunkerque Marina and Yacht Club de la Mer du Nord rather than the commercial basins.

Dunkerque Bassin de la Marine

Inner basin of the port of Dunkerque in Hauts-de-France, located in the heart of the city alongside the Yacht Club de la Mer du Nord.

Malo-les-Bains

Roadstead off the beach of Malo-les-Bains, east of Dunkirk, sand bottom, protected from S and SE winds. Exposed to the full fetch of the North Sea from N.

• Sheltered SE, S

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.