Lacanau

Name: Lacanau
Address: FR

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Maximum draught: 2 ft

Lakeside harbour on the Étang de Lacanau in the Médoc, freshwater basin not connected to the sea.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Access by the village of Lacanau-Ville on the east shore of the lake. Max draught 0.7 metres, shoal-draught boats and dinghies only. Follow the entrance marks closely and lift the outboard a little, as the approach is very shallow. No tide. Westerly winds cross the open lake fetch.

Practical

Shallow berths for small craft, with no harbour office and no visitor space, and calls on VHF 9 may go unanswered. Hourtin-Carcans lake harbour is 12.2 NM to the N and the Arcachon Bay oyster port of Andernos 14.1 NM to the S across country.

Ashore

Lacanau-Océan surf beach lies 14 km west by road on the Atlantic coast. The lake is surrounded by pine forest with marked cycle paths along the Médoc Atlantic véloroute.