Anchorage

La Vigne

Shelter: SW, W, NW
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Anchorage on the north shore of Cap Ferret, inside the Bassin d'Arcachon, sand bottom.

Mooring buoys
Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Enter the Bassin d'Arcachon through the passes, then follow the buoyed channel along the Cap Ferret shore. Approach at slack water to avoid strong tidal streams in the main channel. Anchorage lies just NE of the small port of La Vigne. Shelter from SW, W and NW winds; exposed to E and NE. The bottom is cluttered with old chains, disused mooring buoys and oyster debris that can trap an anchor, and there are weed patches to avoid, so on this ground a mooring buoy holds more surely than the hook.

Practical

Free visitor mooring buoys lie off the shore, mostly empty outside high summer, or swing at anchor on the clear sand patches. Port de la Vigne lies 0.2 NM to the SW for water and a slip ashore by dinghy. Le Canon lies 1.3 NM to the N for a second mooring option. No other services at the anchorage itself.

Ashore

Oyster village of La Vigne with oyster shacks serving on the quay, a few minutes on foot. Plage du Mimbeau sandspit on the inner bay at 1 km. Phare du Cap Ferret lighthouse 2,5 km to the S, open to visitors from spring to autumn.