Mouillage

Pointe de Combrit

Shelter: N, NE
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Anchorage in the Odet estuary between Sainte-Marine and Bénodet, southern Finistère.

Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Enter the Odet on the flood, keeping to the red-green buoyed channel. Tidal stream runs hard through the narrows, up to 3 knots on springs. Anchor on gradually shelving sand in around 5 metres, with good to excellent holding, southwest of the mussel and oyster beds, which are marked by buoys. Yellow buoys keep boats off the beach itself. Shelter is slight, best taken in light N to NE winds without swell; exposed to southerlies pushing in from the Baie de la Forêt.

Practical

Forain anchorage. Visitor buoys and pontoon berths available at Sainte-Marine marina at 0,9 NM N and at Bénodet on the east bank at 1,1 NM N, both with water, diesel and showers.

Ashore

Pedestrian ferry links Sainte-Marine to Bénodet year-round, crossing every 15 minutes in season. GR 34 coastal path runs along both banks. Restaurants and bakeries on the quay at Sainte-Marine. Phare de la Pyramide on the Bénodet side, built in 1848, still active.