Harbours and anchorages near Béziers

Plage de La Conque

Open anchorage off the volcanic black-sand beach on the east side of the Cap d'Agde promontory, Languedoc.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Cabanes De Fleury

Small river port with 3 berths on the Aude estuary at Fleury d'Aude, Occitanie, near the Mediterranean coast.

Marseillan Plage

Open roadstead off the beach of Marseillan Plage, on the Languedoc lido between the étang de Thau and the Mediterranean, sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NW

Quai Commandant Méric

River quay on the Hérault in Agde, about 4 km upstream from the sea entrance at Le Grau d'Agde, Occitanie.

Villeneuve-lès-Béziers Town Quay

Town quay on the Canal du Midi at Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, Hérault, between the Portiragnes lock and the Béziers flight.

Port du Grau d'Agde

Small river harbour of 100 berths on the Hérault estuary, on the left bank facing La Tamarissière, in Occitanie.

Gruissan Port à sec

Dry stack storage at Gruissan, in the Aude department of Occitanie, adjoining the Port de Gruissan marina. Around 250 spaces.

Marseillan Marine

Anchorage on the Étang de Thau off Marseillan, weed bottom, sheltered from SW, W and NW winds.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Port de Narbonne plage

Marina on the Languedoc coast at Narbonne-Plage, 576 berths behind a sandy shoreline south of the Aude estuary.

Roquille

Sand-bottom anchorage off La Roquille beach near Cap d'Agde, Occitanie, sheltered from NW through SW winds and open to the E.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Agde - quai visiteurs

Visitor quay on the Hérault river in the centre of Agde, between the Canal du Midi junction and the sea, in western Hérault.

Héliopolis

Sand anchorage off the Héliopolis naturist quarter of Cap d'Agde, western Mediterranean coast of France.

• Sheltered NW, W

Rio Aude

Open anchorage off the mouth of the Aude river, between Narbonne-Plage and Valras-Plage on the Languedoc coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SW, W

Orb

Prohibited anchoring zone at the mouth of the Orb river on the Occitan coast, near Sérignan-Plage.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Le Mole cove

Sand-bottom anchorage in the Anse du Môle near Cap d'Agde, Occitanie, sheltered from NW through SW winds and open to the E and SE.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Camping De La Tamarissière

Sandy anchorage off the Tamarissière beach, on the right bank of the Hérault mouth at Agde, Occitanie.

• Sheltered NW

Marseillan Ville

Anchorage off the town of Marseillan on the western shore of the Étang de Thau lagoon, Hérault.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

St Pierre Port Sud

Anchorage on sand south of Port Saint-Pierre on the Gruissan coast, Occitanie, sheltered from NW through SW winds.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Le Cap D”Agde

Roadstead anchorage off the Cap d'Agde resort, Hérault, western Mediterranean. Sand bottom, shelter from the north-west only.

• Sheltered NW

Poihes

Canal du Midi halte in the village of Poilhes, in the Hérault between Béziers and Capestang, on the long pound that runs level from Fonseranes to the Malpas tunnel.

Port de Colombiers

Canal du Midi port at Colombiers, Hérault, between the Malpas tunnel and the Fonseranes flight of locks.

Port jean gau

Small municipal port on the right bank of the Orb river at Valras-Plage, Occitanie, named after the French solo circumnavigator Jean Gau.

Port Cassafiere

Inland canal marina at Portiragnes on the Canal du Midi side of the Hérault coast, south-west of Agde.

Marine Palumbo

River marina on the Hérault at Agde, on the left bank just upstream from the old town.

Le Somail

Historic halt on the Canal du Midi at Le Somail, commune of Sallèles-d'Aude, Occitanie, about 15 km west of Narbonne.

Anse la Galère

Cove on the étang de Bages-Sigean south of Narbonne, mooring prohibited, bottom of sand, rock, weed and mud.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW