Mouillage

L’eguille/seudre

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Shelter: W
Seabed: mud
Anchoring: Forbidden

River anchorage on the Seudre estuary in Charente-Maritime, mud bottom, opposite the oyster village of L'Éguille-sur-Seudre.

Water
Pontoon
Dock

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Enter from the Pertuis de Maumusson via the marked Seudre channel. Strong tidal streams on the ebb and flood. Narrow buoyed chenal between oyster beds, keep strictly inside the marks and give the starboard-hand buoy a wide berth on the way in. Best approached on a rising tide. The bottom is soft mud that shelves, so a boat taking the ground here will settle at a list.

Practical

There are no visitor berths at the floating pontoon, but the old pier alongside can be used and has public toilets. Water available at the village quay. No fuel on site. Village shops and a bakery within 300 m of the pontoon. Closest full services at Marennes and La Tremblade.

Ashore

Oyster cabanes lining the Chenal de la Course, many converted into tasting shacks serving Marennes-Oléron oysters. Village church dating from the 15th century at 250 m. Mornac-sur-Seudre, labelled Plus Beau Village de France, is 1.8 nm west by dinghy or road.