Harbours and anchorages near Perpignan

St Cyprien

Sand-bottom anchorage off the long beach of Saint-Cyprien in the Golfe du Lion, Occitanie, between Canet-en-Roussillon and Argelès-sur-Mer.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Fond de Baleta

Anchorage of about 20 berths in the Anse de Baleta, immediately SE of Collioure on the Côte Vermeille, Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Cap d'Ullastrell

Rocky cape on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer, Occitanie. Anchoring is prohibited in the listed zone.

• Sheltered NW, W

Port Argelès

Marina at the southern end of the Roussillon sandy coast, 891 berths where the lido meets the rocky Côte Vermeille.

Anse Del Ragues

Small cove on the Côte Vermeille between Collioure and Port-Vendres, 8 mooring buoys on rock and posidonia bottom.

• Free
• Sheltered W, SW, S

El Forat

Coastal anchorage on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer, mixed sand and rock bottom.

• Sheltered W

Saint Cyprien

One of the largest marinas on the French Mediterranean coast, 1885 berths on the Roussillon lido between Canet and Argelès.

Collioure

Catalan harbour on the Cote Vermeille, 30 km south of Perpignan, tucked between Cap Bear and the Pyrenees foothills.

La Côte Radieuse

Open sand anchorage off the Roussillon coast, north of Canet-en-Roussillon, Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Sheltered W

Plage du Racou

Sand beach at the southern end of Argelès-sur-Mer, where the Côte Vermeille begins and the Albères foothills meet the sea.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

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 Sainte Marie la Mer 66

Marina with 426 berths on the Roussillon coast, maximum draught 1.5 metres. Canet-en-Roussillon lies 1.2 nm south, Port-Barcarès 4.5 nm north.

Canet-en-Roussillon

Large marina on the Roussillon coast, 1300 berths facing the Canigou massif, between the Têt estuary and Saint-Cyprien.

ZMEL Sainte-Catherine

Buoy field of 28 moorings in the anse Sainte-Catherine, south of Port-Vendres on the Côte Vermeille.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Port-Vendres

Deep-water port of 270 berths on the Côte Vermeille, last French anchorage before the Spanish border.

Plage de la Franqui

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

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Anse de Paulilles

Anchorage in the Anse de Paulilles on the Côte Vermeille, between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer in the Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Port Leucate

Large marina of 1400 berths on the Languedoc coast, between the Leucate and Salses lagoons and the Gulf of Lion.

Ste-Marie La Mer

Open roadstead off the Roussillon coast, just north of Canet-en-Roussillon, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Mas Larrieu

Sand anchorage off the Mas Larrieu nature reserve, at the mouth of the Tech between Argelès-sur-Mer and Saint-Cyprien, on the Roussillon coast.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Anse de la Mauresque

Rocky cove on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Collioure, at the foot of the coastal cliffs of the Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Sheltered SW, W

Leucate Plage

Sandy roadstead off Leucate beach in Occitanie, sheltered from N, W and NW winds.

• Sheltered N, W, NW

Étang de Leucate

Coastal lagoon north of Perpignan, shared between Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales, linked to the sea by the grau de Leucate.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Valenti

Buoy mooring on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales, inside the Cerbère-Banyuls marine reserve.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

ZMEL La Moulade

Small buoy field of 5 moorings in the Anse de la Moulade, just north of Collioure, Côte Vermeille.

• Free
• Sheltered W, SW, S

Port Barcarès

Marina on the Roussillon lido between the sea and the Salses-Leucate lagoon, 1400 berths with the Lydia beached liner as its landmark.

Plage du Lydia

Anchorage off the beach of Le Barcarès, on the Roussillon coast, named after the ship Lydia beached on the sand since 1967.

• Sheltered NW, W

Fitou

Rocky-bottom anchorage on the Languedoc coast between Leucate and the Fitou lagoon, roughly 2 nm west of Port Leucate.

• Sheltered N, NW

Torreilles-Plage

Open sand anchorage off the Roussillon coast between Port Barcarès and Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Sheltered W

Plage le Bourdigou

Open anchorage off the Bourdigou beach on the Roussillon coast, between Le Barcares and Sainte-Marie-la-Mer.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW