Anchorage

Plage de Léoube

3.9FranceVar

Shelter: N, NE, E, SE
Seabed: sand, algae
Anchoring: Allowed

Open anchorage off Plage de Léoube, on the south coast of the Cap de Brégançon peninsula, between Le Lavandou and Hyères.

Pontoon
Beach
Seagrass

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the south, clear of the Ile de Leoube rock to the east of the bay. Sand holding mixed with posidonia patches: drop on light sand spots to avoid fouling the weed and to comply with the posidonia rules in force along this coast. The bottom shoals sharply from about 5 m to 2 m towards the beach, so keep to the middle and let deeper boats stay out. Holding is poor on the thick weed, where the anchor can drag even in a light easterly. Shelter from N through E, exposed to S and SW swell.

Practical

Anchoring only, with no organised buoy field; a few private owner buoys lie off the beach but are not for visitors. No services on the beach. Closest refuges at Port Maravenne and Port Miramar, 1.7 NM west.

Ashore

Beach of the Domaine de Léoube, a wine estate producing Côtes de Provence AOC rosé with tastings at the cellar behind the beach. Restaurant Le Café Léoube on the sand, seasonal. Coastal path sentier du littoral east towards Cap de Brégançon fort, residence of the French President, around 2 km on foot.