Harbours and anchorages near Hyères

Port des Oursinières

Marina of 243 berths at Les Oursinières, a hamlet of Le Pradet on the eastern side of the Bay of Toulon, Var.

Pointe de Julien

Sand-bottom anchorage off the Île du Levant in the Hyères archipelago, Provence, sheltered from NW, N, NE and E.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Îlot de la Gabinière sud

Buoy field on the south side of La Gabinière, the small islet off the southern tip of Port-Cros, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros.

• Free
• Sheltered N

La Coudoulière

Marina of 450 berths on the western shore of Six-Fours-les-Plages, opposite the Ile des Embiez and south of the Cap Sicie massif.

Pointe du Diable

Anchorage under the Pointe du Diable on the east side of the Cap Bénat, between Le Lavandou and Bormes-les-Mimosas in the Var.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Plage du Grand Jardin

Anchorage off Plage du Grand Jardin on the western shore of the Cap Bénat peninsula, Bormes-les-Mimosas, with sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Plage de la Polynésie

Anchorage off a sand beach on the western shore of the Giens peninsula, near Hyères in the Var.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Les Gobis

Anchorage on the north-west coast of Île du Levant, Hyères archipelago, on sand and rock.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Pointe de la Chappe

Anchorage under the eastern slope of the Cap Lardier massif, Var, between Cavalaire and the Baie de Briande. Sand and seagrass bottom, shelter from N winds only.

• Sheltered N

Cap des Medes

Prohibited anchorage at the north-east tip of Porquerolles, inside the Port-Cros National Park core zone.

• Sheltered E, SE

Ile du Petit Ribaud

Mooring buoys off the Ribaud islet, in the strait between the Giens peninsula and Porquerolles, within the Port-Cros national park perimeter.

• Sheltered N, W, E, S

Cap Sicié

Headland south of La Seyne-sur-Mer topped by the chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Mai at 352 metres, rocky anchorage on the lee north side only.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Pointe des Carrières

Anchorage on the north coast of Porquerolles island, sand and posidonia bottom, sheltered from NW, N, NE and E.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Plage du Jonquet

Anchorage off a sand beach on the south flank of the Cap Sicié peninsula, between Six-Fours-les-Plages and La Seyne-sur-Mer in the Var.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Pointe du Sud - Port Cros

Anchorage off the southern tip of Port-Cros island, inside the Port-Cros national park, Var.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Baie de Sanary

Rocky anchorage in the bay off Sanary-sur-Mer, Var coast, sheltered from northerly winds and open to the south.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Anse de Méjan

Small cove on the eastern flank of Cap Brun, east of Toulon and west of Carqueiranne, with room for two or three boats on sand and patches of algae.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Baie du Niel Ouest

Anchorage on the north shore of the Giens peninsula, near the small Port du Niel, in the Hyeres area.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

Cabanes du Gapeau

Anchorage off the mouth of the Gapeau, near Hyeres in the Var. Ten marked positions on mixed sand and rock.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Bormes-les-Mimosas

Marina of 950 berths in the bay of Le Lavandou on the Var coast, at the foot of the Massif des Maures.

Plage De Mar Vivo

Beach off La Seyne-sur-Mer on the western side of the rade de Toulon. Anchoring is prohibited in the bathing zone.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Plage de l'Estagnol

Sandy anchorage in the bay of l'Estagnol, west of Cap de Brégançon, on the commune of Bormes-les-Mimosas.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

Crique de Niel

Small cove on the east side of the presqu'île de Giens, just south of the fishing harbour of Port du Niel, in Provence.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage de la Galère

Sand anchorage on the west side of the Cap Bénat peninsula, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and Le Lavandou in the Var, beneath the Fort de Brégançon presidential residence where a security zone is enforced.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Grande Calanque

Anchorage off the Cap Bénat peninsula on the Var coast, between Le Lavandou and the Hyères islands.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Saint Mandrier

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

Anse du Gau

Small cove on the west side of Cap Bénat, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and the private harbour of Cap Bénat, in the Var.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

La Courtade

North-facing sandy bay on Île de Porquerolles, just east of the village harbour, the longest beach on the island at roughly 2 km, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Plage de Lequin

Sand-bottom anchorage on the south coast of Porquerolles, about 0.8 NM north-east of the village harbour.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Mouillage de Saint-Selon

Anchorage on the southern shore of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, at the entrance to the Toulon roadstead in Provence.

• Sheltered NW, N, W