Mouillage

Pointe du Rix

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Shelter: NE
Seabed: rock
Anchoring: Allowed

Rocky point on the north-east coast of the island of Les Embiez, facing the Brusc lagoon.

Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the east through the marked channel of the Brusc lagoon, minimum charted depth 2.5 metres with a narrow fairway. Rock bottom with poor holding and only a few sand patches at the foot of the point; the anchor can jam among the rocks and be hard to break out, and divers working the area sometimes help free it. Sheltered only from the north-east sector, exposed to all other directions.

Practical

No services on site. Saint Pierre des Embiez marina 0.4 NM north-east handles visitors through the harbour office on VHF 9. Le Brusc 1 NM east has water and fuel at the main pontoon.

Ashore

A pebble beach lies at the foot of the point, with a path climbing the cliff to an old tower above the bay. The Brusc lagoon is a Natura 2000 site with seagrass meadows and a designated no-anchoring zone to protect Posidonia. The salt-marsh loop trail on Les Embiez is signed from the ferry landing and covers 3.5 km.