Anchorage

Plage de Carataggio

4.7FranceCorsica

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

Sand-bottom anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, south of the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio.

Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the east in clear water; no outlying dangers noted on SHOM chart 7096. Anchor on clean fine sand in 4 to 6 m, seaward of the yellow buoys that mark off the swim area. Shelter from NW, W and SW winds, fully exposed to easterly breezes and to the libeccio swell that wraps round Punta di a Chiappa. Constant motorboat and shuttle traffic between Bonifacio and Porto-Vecchio sends in a head-on wash through the day, emptying out and settling by about 1700.

Practical

Mobile and internet coverage is poor to non-existent in the bay. Porto-Vecchio marina 3 NM west for diesel, water and provisions; Marine Group yard at the same distance for technical assistance.

Ashore

Fine sand beach backed by umbrella pines, with one part given over to naturists. A small beach bar opens through the day and the restaurant Le Carrataghju sits just behind the sand. The Rondinara and Palombaggia beaches lie within 6 km by road. Porto-Vecchio citadel, built by the Genoese in 1539, is 3 NM to the west.