Harbours and anchorages near La Ciotat

Pointe de Pipady

Anchorage off the Mourillon headland at the eastern entrance of Toulon's Petite Rade, sand and algae bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

Saint Mandrier

Marina of 790 berths on the southern shore of the bay of Toulon, on the Saint-Mandrier peninsula in the Var.

Pointe de Carapègue

Rock anchorage on the western shore of Pomègues in the Frioul archipelago, 2 nm west of the Vieux-Port of Marseille.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Calanque Saint-Pierre

Small bight immediately east of La Ciotat harbour. Anchoring is prohibited: moorings on buoys only during the season.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Baie de la Vierge

Anchorage on the north-east side of La Ciotat bay, sand bottom, shelter from W through N to NE, exposed to southerly swell.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Calanque de Sugiton

Narrow calanque between Marseille and Cassis, in the core zone of the Parc national des Calanques, where anchoring is prohibited and access is regulated.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Calanque de Morgiou

Calanque east of Sormiou with a small fishing port in the Calanques national park. Anchoring is prohibited in the calanque itself to protect posidonia meadows.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Baie de la Gorguette

Anchorage on the Provençal coast between Bandol and Sanary-sur-Mer in the Var, off the Plage de la Gorguette.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, NW

Calanque de Pouars

Narrow calanque on the southern coast of the Marseilleveyre massif, inside the Parc national des Calanques between Les Goudes and Morgiou.

• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Toulon Vieille Darse

Marina of 560 berths inside the old naval harbour of Toulon, on the south coast of Provence.

Îles du Frioul

Anchorages among the four limestone islands of the Frioul archipelago, 2.7 NM west of Marseille, within the Parc national des Calanques.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Calanque de Figuerolles

Small ochre-cliff calanque on the western side of La Ciotat, with a sand and rock bottom sheltered from the northerly quadrant.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Calanque du Port d'Alon

Rocky creek on the Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer coast, inside the Natura 2000 marine site between La Madrague and Bandol.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Calanque de Morgiou Sud

Anchorage at the southern entrance of the Calanque de Morgiou, within the Parc national des Calanques between Marseille and Cassis.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Baie de Sanary - Pointe Nègre

Anchorage off Pointe Nègre on the west side of the bay of Sanary-sur-Mer, Var coast, mixed sand and weed bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE

Pointe de Mourret

Rocky anchorage off the Pointe de Mourret, at the northern tip of the Embiez archipelago, opposite Le Brusc on the Var coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Plage de la Fosse

Cove on the south side of Île des Embiez, sand and rock bottom, open to the south.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Marseille - MPM

Historic harbour of Marseille run by the Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence, 3200 berths on both quays of the calanque that forms the heart of the city.

Port Miou

Buoy field in the Calanque de Port-Miou, the first calanque west of Cassis, inside the Parc national des Calanques.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Baie de la Moutte

Open roadstead west of Bandol between the Pointe de la Cride and Île Rousse, on the Provence coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Plage Du Capelan

Small cove on the Île Rousse peninsula west of Bandol, southern Provence, used as a day anchorage.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Calanque Saint Jean de Dieu ou de l'Oeil de Verre

Small anchorage in the Calanque Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, also called Calanque de l'Œil de Verre, between Morgiou and Sormiou on the Marseille coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Île du Grand-Rouveau

Anchorage off the Île du Grand-Rouveau, a rocky islet west of the Embiez archipelago in the Var, topped by a 19th century lighthouse.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, SE

Petit-Rouveau

Anchorage between the islets of Petit Rouveau and Grand Rouveau in the Embiez archipelago, off Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.

• Sheltered S, SW

Les îles Paul Ricard

Anchorage between the islands of Les Embiez and Le Gaou, off Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.

• Sheltered SE, S

Calanque de Saména

Small rocky calanque on the south coast of Marseille, between La Madrague de Montredon and Les Goudes, at the gateway to the Parc national des Calanques.

• Sheltered E, SE

île Maire

Rocky islet off the Marseille coast at the western edge of the Calanques national park, separated from Cap Croisette by the Tiboulen channel.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW

Le Lazaret

Marina of 780 berths in the Baie du Lazaret, on the northern shore of the rade de Toulon, in the commune of La Seyne-sur-Mer.

Saint-Louis du Mourillon

Marina of 265 berths in the Mourillon neighbourhood of Toulon, east of the naval base and the Vieille Darse, Var.

Grande Calanque

Anchorage on the east side of Pomègues in the Frioul archipelago off Marseille, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W