- Shelter
- SE
- Seabed
- rock
- Anchoring
- Forbidden
Mooring buoys off the Lion de Mer rock, a 35 m porphyry islet west of Saint-Raphaël, Var.
- Mooring buoys
Guide
Approach and anchoring
Approach from the north or east. Rocky bottom, anchoring prohibited inside the Posidonia ZMEL, use of the marked buoys mandatory. Open to the south-east, sheltered from N through W. The mooring rolls with passing traffic.
Practical
No services on site. The handful of buoys are used by dive boats, which have priority and are often on all of them by day; a buoy can usually be picked up free overnight, but plan to leave early before the dive boats return around 0900. Port Santa Lucia 0.4 NM north-east and Vieux Port de Saint-Raphaël 1 NM north-west for water, fuel, berths and shops.
Ashore
Dive sites around the Lion de Mer and its sister rock the Lion de Terre, with groupers and moray eels at 15 to 30 m. Sentier du littoral runs from Santa Lucia to Agay. Esterel massif red rhyolite cliffs rise directly behind the coast.
Key facts
- Type
- Anchorage
- Coordinates
- 43.40742, 6.77398 (43°24.45'N 6°46.44'E)
- Country
- France
- Shelter
- Sheltered from south-east winds
- Seabed
- rock
- Anchoring
- Forbidden
- Services
- Mooring buoys
- Boaters' rating
- 2.4/5
- Updated
- October 15, 2026
Getting there
Le Lion de Mer lies at 43°24.45'N 6°46.44'E, that is 43.40742, 6.77398 in decimal degrees.
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Write a reviewFrequently asked questions
Which winds is Le Lion de Mer sheltered from?
Le Lion de Mer is sheltered from south-east winds.
Can you anchor at Le Lion de Mer?
No, anchoring is forbidden at Le Lion de Mer.
How do boaters rate Le Lion de Mer?
Le Lion de Mer is rated 2.4/5 by boaters on BoatMap.
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