East Cotentin: Cherbourg, Barfleur and Saint-Vaast

9 places · Cotentin

Cherbourg is the only Channel harbour open in any weather at any hour, behind its 4 km breakwater. To the east, Barfleur dries and Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue opens through a gate two hours either side of high water, with the Tatihou anchorage as the waiting room. The Barfleur race is crossed at slack water; beyond it the D-Day beaches begin at Utah Beach.

1. Schölla Schwarz
   1Harbour· Cherbourg, FR·4.2

   Port Chantereyne - Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

   Marina of 1600 berths inside the Cherbourg roadstead, Normandy, sheltered by the largest artificial harbour in the world.

   • Up to 25 m

   49.6469, -1.6217See on the chart →
2. Gzzz
   2Harbour· Barfleur, FR·3.2

   Barfleur

   Tidal harbour of 125 berths on the north-east tip of the Cotentin peninsula, in Normandy.

   • Up to 15 m

   49.6710, -1.2619See on the chart →
3. Eric Bajart
   3Harbour· Saint Vaast la Hougue, FR·4.5

   Saint Vaast la Hougue

   Tidal marina on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, behind the fortified island of Tatihou.

   • Up to 20 m

   49.5885, -1.2643See on the chart →
4. Raimond Spekking
   4Anchorage· FR·4.5

   Île Tatihou

   Anchorage off the small island of Tatihou at the entrance to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Cotentin, sand bottom, sheltered from winds from NW through N and NE to W.

   49.5865, -1.2514See on the chart →
5. 5Anchorage· FR·5.0

   Île du Large (Est)

   Rock-bottom anchorage on the east side of Île du Large, one of the Îles Saint-Marcouf, off the east coast of the Cotentin.

   49.4972, -1.1455See on the chart →
6. David Broad
   6Harbour· Portbail, FR·4.1

   Port-Bail-sur-Mer

   Tidal harbour of 330 berths on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, inside the estuary of the Ollonde river.

   • Up to 16 m

   49.3291, -1.7063See on the chart →
7. The original uploader was HaguardDuNord at French Wikipedia.
   7Anchorage· FR·3.6

   Omonville-La-Rogue

   Buoy field of 60 moorings in the bay of Omonville-la-Rogue, on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula west of Cherbourg.

   • Buoys
   • Up to 12 m

   49.7060, -1.8346See on the chart →
8. Selmoval
   8Harbour· Grandcamp Maisy, FR·3.9

   Grandcamp-Maisy

   Tidal marina of 280 berths in the baie des Veys, western Calvados, Normandy, between Omaha Beach and Utah Beach.

   • Up to 14 m

   49.3887, -1.0484See on the chart →
9. TCY
   9Harbour· Carentan, FR·4.3

   Carentan

   Marina of 350 berths in the Cotentin marshes, reached by a four mile canal from the Baie des Veys in eastern Normandy.

   • Up to 25 m

   49.3086, -1.2372See on the chart →

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