Mouillage

Bonifacio South

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Shelter: N, NE, E, SE
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Anchorage off the limestone cliffs south of Bonifacio, 0.8 NM SE of the harbour entrance, sand bottom.

Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Sheltered from N, NE, E and SE. Exposed to the libeccio, the W/SW wind that reinforces against the cliffs and sends strong gusts down into the anchorage. Wind also eddies and swirls under the cliffs, worse towards the north, so tuck to the lee side of the small valley for a steadier lie. Anchor in around 16 m on sand. The wash of passing motorboats makes it bouncy by day, quietest at night. Approach from the south along the base of the 60 m high cliffs, clear of the Grain de Sable stack. VHF 9 for the port of Bonifacio if shelter is needed.

Practical

Mouillage forain only. Take the dinghy into Bonifacio harbour, where there is free tender parking at the base of the north dock. Port de Bonifacio 0.8 NM NW inside the fjord-like calanque, and the Commercial Marina 0.9 NM NW, both with water, diesel and all provisions in the haute ville above the cliffs, where berthing is expensive.

Ashore

Bonifacio haute ville perches on a limestone promontory, founded in 828 by Marquis Boniface II of Tuscany. Escalier du Roi d'Aragon, 187 steps cut into the cliff reportedly in a single night in 1420. Bastion de l'Étendard houses the town history museum. Bouches de Bonifacio marine park extends south towards Cavallo and Lavezzi.