Harbours and anchorages near Bandol

Plage de Portisol

Sandy cove on the west side of Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, between Pointe Cogolin and the harbour entrance.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Plage De La Madrague

Anchorage off the sandy beach of La Madrague, a cove on the western side of the Baie des Lecques, between La Ciotat and Bandol.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

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 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

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

Pointe du Canouvié

Anchorage on the eastern side of Île des Embiez, sheltered from the west wind between the island and Le Brusc.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

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

Saint Pierre des Embiez

Marina of 750 berths on Île des Embiez off Six-Fours-les-Plages, maximum draught 3 m, owned by the Ricard family since 1958.

La Seyne sur Mer

Marina of 300 berths in the inner part of the bay of Toulon, on the western shore known as the Petite Rade.

Baie de Cousse

Open bay between Sanary and Bandol, sand and rock bottom, day anchorage in settled weather.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Baie de Sanary

Sand anchorage in the baie de Sanary, between the Cap Sicié to the east and the Île des Embiez to the west, on the Var coast in Provence.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Plage du Boeuf

Sand anchorage off a short beach on the south side of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, west of the naval installations of Cap Cépet.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Pointe du Rix

Rocky point on the north-east coast of the island of Les Embiez, facing the Brusc lagoon.

• Sheltered NE

Port des Salettes

Municipal marina of 411 berths at Carqueiranne, on the eastern shore of the Rade de Hyères between Toulon and the Giens peninsula.

Anse du Creux Saint-Georges

Small sand cove on the north side of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, inside the Petite Rade de Toulon.

• Free
• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Sainte-Elme

Anchorage off Saint-Elme in the rade de Toulon, Provence, sand bottom, sheltered from N and NE.

• Sheltered N, NE

Calanque de Sugiton

Narrow calanque between Marseille and Cassis, in the core zone of the Parc national des Calanques, where anchoring is limited to sand outside the marked zone and land access is regulated by quota.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Le Brusc

Harbour of 900 berths on the west side of the Cap Sicié peninsula, opposite the Embiez archipelago, in Six-Fours-les-Plages.

Anse de Fabrégas

Cove on the south coast of the Six-Fours-les-Plages commune, between Cap Sicié to the west and the Saint-Mandrier peninsula to the east.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Pointe du Figuier

Headland on the western side of the Morgiou calanque, south of Marseille, inside the core zone of the Parc national des Calanques where anchoring is prohibited.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage des Salins

Anchorage off the Plage des Salins at Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var, just north of the Embiez archipelago.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Vieux Port- Les Lecques

Small harbour of 203 berths adjoining the Nouveau port in the bay of Les Lecques, reserved for shallow-draught boats.

La Madrague - Saint Cyr

Small marina of 400 berths on the south-east shore of the baie des Lecques at Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, at the foot of the wooded hill of La Madrague.

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

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

île de la Tour Fondue

Small rocky island in the Embiez archipelago off Six-Fours-les-Plages, western side of the Petit Rouveau channel.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Calanque de Sormiou

Deep calanque west of Morgiou in the Calanques national park, sand and posidonia bottom, small fishing cabanons at the head.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

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

Toulon Vieille Darse

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

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