Mouillage

Pointe de Julien

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Shelter: NW, N, NE, E
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Sand-bottom anchorage off the Île du Levant in the Hyères archipelago, Provence, sheltered from NW, N, NE and E.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the south with the Levant channel on the port hand. Drop on sand in about 10 to 11 metres, clear of the posidonia seagrass, which is protected across the Port-Cros national park perimeter. Holding is good and anchoring here is permitted. Open to W, SW and S swell, best taken in settled weather.

Practical

No facilities at the point. Port-Cros lies 1 NM NW for a park-managed mooring field and ranger office. L'Ayguade du Levant is 2.2 NM NE for a pontoon landing and the village of Héliopolis.

Ashore

Port-Cros national park runs marked underwater trails off the north coast. Dive buoys lie opposite the anchorage, reachable by tender, with groupers reported about. On Levant, the military zone covers most of the island, public access is limited to the Héliopolis area and the marked coastal path.

History

The Port-Cros national park was created in 1963, the first marine national park in Europe. Île du Levant has hosted the Héliopolis naturist village since 1931.