Anchorage

Dieppe beach

3.8FranceCôte Fleurie and Alabaster Coast

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Shelter: SE, S
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Open roadstead off the pebble beach of Dieppe, on the Normandy coast, with a sand bottom.

Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the west, keeping clear of the harbour channel used by ferries and fishing boats. Holding in the sand is good, but the tidal range runs to nearly 6 m, so veer plenty of chain, around 40 m in the usual depths. Anchoring here is allowed. Shelter from SE and S only, fully exposed to the dominant NW to NE winds of the Manche, so use it only in settled weather.

Practical

No services on the roadstead. A tender lands well on the beach, but mind the big tide when leaving it. Port de Dieppe 0.5 NM to the SE, with a 400-berth marina behind a lock, water, diesel and all town services within 300 m of the Bassin Duquesne.