Harbours and anchorages near Narbonne

Sérignan Plage

Open roadstead off Sérignan-Plage on the Hérault coast, sand bottom, exposed to most sectors except NW.

• Sheltered NW

Capestang

Canal du Midi halt on the bief de Capestang, at the foot of the collegiate church of Saint-Étienne, on the UNESCO-listed canal.

Port La Fabrique

River port on the Canal du Midi at Moux-et-Plaissac, between Carcassonne and Homps in the Aude.

Port Cercle Nautique Barberousse

Sailing club marina of 300 berths at Gruissan, on the Aude coast of Occitanie.

Valras-Plage

Harbour of 350 berths at the mouth of the Orb, Hérault, on the Occitan coast.

Chichoulet plage

Sand-bottom anchorage off Chichoulet beach in Vendres, on the Occitan coast between the mouth of the Aude and Valras-Plage.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Cap des Frères

Open day anchorage at the foot of the Franqui cliffs, a rocky break on the otherwise low, sandy Aude coast between Port Leucate and Port-la-Nouvelle in Occitanie.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Port de Gruissan

Large marina of 1620 berths in the étang de Gruissan lagoon, Aude, linked to the Mediterranean by a buoyed channel.

Base Locaboat Argens Minervois

Hire-boat base of Locaboat Holidays on the Canal du Midi at Argens-Minervois, between the écluse d'Argens and the village of Roubia.

Port-Neuf de Béziers

River port on the Canal du Midi at Béziers, Hérault, at the foot of the Fonseranes lock flight and 2.9 NM west of Villeneuve-lès-Béziers.

Plage de la Franqui

Anchorage off the long sandy beach of La Franqui, on the Leucate shoreline in the Aude.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Villeneuve les Béziers

Halt on the Canal du Midi at Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, between the Fonseranes lock staircase and the Mediterranean.

Plage De Fleury

Sand anchorage off the beach of Fleury-d'Aude, at the mouth of the Aude river on the Occitan coast between Narbonne and Béziers.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Port de Sérignan - l'Orb

River port of 400 berths on the lower Orb, 2 km inland from the river mouth, commune of Sérignan in Hérault.

Port La Nouvelle - Sud

Sand-bottomed anchorage off the beach south of Port-la-Nouvelle, on the Aude coast between Narbonne and Leucate.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Port-la-Nouvelle

Mixed commercial and leisure harbour of 334 berths on the Aude coast in Occitanie, at the sea end of the Canal de la Robine linking Narbonne to the Mediterranean.

Port Chichoulet

Port of 260 berths at Les Cabanes de Fleury, on the right bank of the Aude mouth, commune of Vendres in Hérault.

Pole Nautique Gruissan

Dry-berth yard and training base on the Gruissan étang in Aude, Occitanie, serving dinghies and small keelboats.

Port de Narbonne la nautique

Inland marina of 387 berths on the étang de Bages-Sigean, 5 km south of Narbonne, Aude.

Cabanes De Fleury

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

Homps

Canal port in the village of Homps on the Canal du Midi, roughly midway between Carcassonne and Beziers in the Aude.

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.

Gruissan Port à sec

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

Port de Narbonne plage

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

Port De Paraza

Canal du Midi halte at the foot of the Château de Paraza, in the Aude between Le Somail and Argens-Minervois, on the Minervois wine plateau.

Port La Nouvelle - Robine - quai temporaire

Temporary quay on the Canal de la Robine at Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude, used by pleasure craft entering or leaving the canal from the Mediterranean.

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

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

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.