Mouillage

Cap Rossu Nord

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Shelter: SE, S, SW
Seabed: algae, rock
Anchoring: Allowed

Anchorage on the north side of Capu Rossu, west coast of Corsica between the Gulf of Porto and the Gulf of Sagone.

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Guide

Approach and anchoring

Open-roadstead approach from the west. The bottom is weed and flat rock, holding poor and unreliable, with anchors slipping or fouling on boulders, so it is best treated as a fair-weather daytime stop and few trust it overnight. Set the anchor by diving on it in 7 to 14 m, more in places. Katabatic gusts accelerate down the cliff. Anchoring is banned close under the Genoese tower, where a pair of ospreys nest in a quiet zone marked on the charts and enforced with fines, so lie well clear on the far side of the cove. Protected from SE to SW swell, exposed to the N and W.

Practical

No services on site. Closest shelter is Porto-Ota 6.3 NM east, then Cargese 6.7 NM south.

Ashore

Capu Rossu peninsula carries the Tour de Turghiu, a Genoese watchtower of 1608 at 331 m, reached by a waymarked footpath of about two hours return from the Piana road. The main draw is a dinghy or paddle tour of the Sbiro caves and rock arches around the cape, with clear water for snorkelling; tour boats and shuttles work them heavily through the day and it quietens at night. Ospreys are often seen overhead.