Anchorage

Pointe De Castelmeur

4.5FranceSouth Finistère

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Shelter: E, SW, S, SE
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Fair-weather anchorage off the Pointe de Castelmeur on the Cap Sizun coast in Finistère, west Brittany.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Exposed Atlantic coast between the Raz de Sein and the Baie d'Audierne. Sand bottom. Protection from E, SE, S and SW, fully open to the dominant W and NW swell. Strong tidal streams run off the Raz de Sein a few miles to the W. It is used as a place to wait for a fair tide through the Raz, in some 13 metres near low water on a bearing of about 334 from the Basse Jaune cardinal buoy. A swell can work into the cove even in a moderate SE.

Practical

No services. Port du Men-Brial on the Île de Sein is 6.4 nm W across the Raz. Audierne is 6.8 nm E for a tidal basin with all services.

Ashore

The GR 34 coastal path runs along the cliffs of Cap Sizun above the anchorage and links the hamlets of Plogoff and Cléden-Cap-Sizun. The Cap Sizun bird reserve at Goulien is about 5 km by land, with seabird colonies on the cliffs.