Anchorage

Anse de Tamaris

Shelter: NW, N, NE, E
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Forbidden

Sandy cove on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, between Sausset-les-Pins and Carro, on the coastline of the Parc Marin de la Côte Bleue.

Dock
Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach is straightforward from the south. Anchoring is regulated within the Parc Marin de la Côte Bleue and limited to boats under 20 m, which drop on clear sand in 3 to 8 m to spare the posidonia; larger boats use the Anse de Sainte-Croix. Watch for rocks and boulders across the bottom, especially the steep rocky ground off the Îlot de Tamaris, which fouls anchors. Shelter from NW through N and E; the cove is open to the south and to the mistral funnelling down from the NW above the cliffs, up to 40 knots in winter.

Practical

No services in the cove. Port de Sausset-les-Pins lies 1.3 nm to the E with 620 berths and a fuel berth. Port de Carro at 1.7 nm to the W offers visitor pontoons and a fishing harbour.

Ashore

The GR 51 coastal footpath runs along the cliffs above the cove, linking the Calanque des Eaux Salées to the Anse du Verdon. Sausset-les-Pins has shops, a Tuesday and Friday morning market and an SNCF train station on the Côte Bleue line from Marseille to Miramas.