Harbour

Brehat

Île-de-Bréhat, FranceCôtes-d'Armor

Maximum length: 32 ft
VHF channel: 9

Main harbour of Bréhat on the southern tip of the island, 22 pontoon berths plus visitor moorings, 3 nm offshore from the Paimpol coast in northern Brittany.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach between the Roches Rouges and the Pointe de l'Arcouest through a channel buoyed by lateral marks and the Men-Joliguet beacon. Strong tidal streams up to 4 knots at springs. Enter on a rising tide with local knowledge, avoid at low water springs. Much of the pool dries at low water and boats there take the ground, so it works more as a drying anchorage than an all-tide harbour. VHF 9.

Practical

22 berths on the harbour pontoon and around 40 visitor moorings on the west and east sides of Port-Clos. Water on the quay, no shore power on the moorings. No fuel berth on the island. Bakery, grocery and cafes in Le Bourg, 1 km north on foot.

Ashore

No cars on Bréhat, movement by foot or bicycle only. Phare du Paon at the north tip of the island, 3.5 km walk through moors of pink granite and wild agapanthus. Verrerie de Bréhat at the old Citadel fort, 1.2 km from the quay, glass workshop open to visitors. Passenger ferry to Pointe de l'Arcouest every 30 minutes in summer.

History

Bréhat has been inhabited since the Bronze Age and was a staging point for the Breton cod fleet to Newfoundland from the 16th century. The Citadel fort was built under Vauban in the 17th century to defend the Paimpol approaches.