Arcachon basin: the anchorages

9 places · Arcachon basin

The basin empties by two thirds at low water and its entrance channels move every year: enter between one hour before and two hours after high water, in low swell, and never at night on a first visit. Inside, Île aux Oiseaux and its stilt huts, the Arguin bank facing the Pilat dune, Cap-Ferret, and the harbours of Arcachon, La Vigne and Andernos.

1. Haukingham
   1Harbour· Arcachon, FR·3.0

   Arcachon

   Marina of 2 600 berths at the south edge of the Arcachon basin in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the largest pleasure port on the French Atlantic coast.

   • Up to 20 m

   44.6595, -1.1488See on the chart →
2. Prométhée33
   2Anchorage· FR·4.0

   Île aux Oiseaux

   Low sand and marsh island in the middle of the Bassin d'Arcachon, known for its two cabanes tchanquées on stilts.

   44.6927, -1.1631See on the chart →
3. 3Anchorage· FR·5.0

   Banc d'Arguin

   Sand anchorage on the eastern edge of the Banc d'Arguin, a shifting sandbank at the mouth of the bassin d'Arcachon, opposite the Dune du Pilat.

   44.5730, -1.2492See on the chart →
4. User Mtu33260 on fr.wikipedia
   4Anchorage· FR

   Cap Ferret

   Anchorage off the inner shore of the Cap Ferret peninsula, Bassin d'Arcachon, Gironde.

   • Buoys

   44.6675, -1.2399See on the chart →
5. M.Strīķis
   5Harbour· FR·3.5

   Port de la Vigne

   Small tidal oyster-farmers harbour on the Cap Ferret peninsula, Bassin d'Arcachon, Gironde.

   • Up to 9 m

   44.6749, -1.2404See on the chart →
6. Grand Parc - Bordeaux, France from France
   6Harbour· Andernos-les-Bains, FR·3.0

   Ostréïcole Andernos-les-Bains

   Oyster-farming harbour on the north shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, at Andernos-les-Bains in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

   • Up to 6 m

   44.7435, -1.1069See on the chart →
7. 7Anchorage· FR

   Pilat Plage

   Anchorage off the beach at the foot of the dune du Pilat, on the Atlantic side of the Arcachon bay entrance, in Gironde.

   • Buoys

   44.6104, -1.2075See on the chart →
8. www.twin-loc.fr
   8Anchorage· FR

   Claouey

   Shallow anchorage on the west shore of Arcachon Bay, off the village of Claouey at the northern end of the Cap Ferret peninsula.

   44.7466, -1.1717See on the chart →
9. 9Harbour· Taussat, FR·2.2

   Port de Fontainevieille

   Tidal harbour on the east shore of Arcachon Bay, between Taussat and Cassy, with a fuel berth on site.

   44.7228, -1.0760See on the chart →

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