Sète, the Thau lagoon and the Camargue

11 places · Languedoc-Roussillon

Sète opens onto the Thau lagoon, 20 km of sheltered water you can sail, with Bouzigues, Mèze and Marseillan for oysters and muscat. Eastwards, Le Grau-du-Roi and Port-Camargue, Europe's largest marina with 5,000 berths, then Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the edge of the Camargue. A low coast with no shelter between harbours: in a southerly, stay inside.

1. Christian Ferrer
   1Harbour· Sète, FR·4.4

   Sète

   Deep-water port of 820 berths at the foot of the Mont Saint-Clair, linking the Mediterranean to the étang de Thau and the Canal du Rhône à Sète.

   • Up to 50 m

   43.3963, 3.6994See on the chart →
2. Ylliab Photo from Grenoble, France
   2Harbour· Bouzigues, FR·4.0

   Port de Bouzigues

   Oyster and yachting harbour of 172 berths on the north shore of the étang de Thau, Hérault.

   • Up to 18 m

   43.4464, 3.6599See on the chart →
3. Christian Ferrer
   3Harbour· Mèze, FR·3.8

   Mèze

   Harbour of 192 berths on the north shore of the Étang de Thau, Hérault.

   • Up to 15 m

   43.4225, 3.6058See on the chart →
4. hecatonchires
   4Harbour· Marseillan Plage, FR·4.3

   Marseillan Plage

   Seaside harbour of 200 berths on the Lido de Sète, between the étang de Thau and the Mediterranean in Occitanie.

   • Up to 12 m

   43.3182, 3.5580See on the chart →
5. 5Harbour· Mireval, FR·4.2

   Frontignan

   Commune port on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Frontignan-la-Peyrade, between the Thau lagoon and the Mediterranean, Hérault.

   43.4441, 3.7574See on the chart →
6. Anthony Levrot
   6Harbour· La Grande Motte, FR·4.5

   La Grande Motte

   Marina of 1547 berths on the Gulf of Lion in Occitanie, fronting the pyramid architecture of Jean Balladur.

   • Up to 40 m

   43.5551, 4.0806See on the chart →
7. Christian Ferrer
   7Harbour· Le-Grau-du-Roi, FR·4.0

   Le Grau du Roi

   Fishing and pleasure harbour at the mouth of the Canal du Rhône à Sète, in Petite Camargue. Berthing in the town quays is limited, most visiting yachts head for the Port Camargue marina 1.3 nautical miles to the south-west.

   • Up to 7 m

   43.5391, 4.1382See on the chart →
8. Jmpoirier1
   8Harbour· Le Grau-du-Roi, FR·4.5

   Port Camargue

   Marina of 5 000 berths at Le Grau-du-Roi, on the western edge of the Camargue delta in Occitanie.

   • Up to 50 m

   43.5202, 4.1252See on the chart →
9. Pierre-Félix Vautrin
   9Harbour· Palavas-les-Flots, FR·4.0

   Palavas les Flots

   Marina of 1100 berths at the mouth of the Lez canal, 10 km south of Montpellier on the Languedoc coast.

   • Up to 20 m

   43.5238, 3.9329See on the chart →
10. Antimuonium
    10Harbour· Mauguio, FR·4.6

    Port de Carnon

    Marina of 848 berths on the Languedoc coast, between the Étang de l'Or and the Mediterranean, in the commune of Mauguio.

    • Up to 25 m

    43.5448, 3.9740See on the chart →
11. 11Anchorage· FR·3.6

    Plage de l'Espiguette

    Open sandy roadstead off the Espiguette dunes in Camargue, sheltered from N and NE winds.

    43.4841, 4.1279See on the chart →

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