Port

Port de Morin

3.6L'Épine, FranceVendée

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Maximum length: 39 ft
VHF channel: 9
Maximum draught: 2 ft

Tidal harbour of 850 berths at L'Épine on the west coast of Noirmoutier, sheltered behind a sand spit at the mouth of the étier de l'Arceau.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Drying entry, practicable two hours either side of high water. Narrow buoyed channel across the mudflats, maximum draught 0.8 m on the berths. Keep to the lateral marks, as a sandy shoal lies at the foot of the lighthouse at the entrance. Unlit at night. Approach from the west via the Chenal de la Grise. VHF 9.

Practical

Pontoons in a drying basin, boats sit on the mud at low water, and visitor berths are few. Fuel station on the quay. Water and electricity. A 12-tonne crane and a careening area with a keel-inspection pit handle boats up to around 12 metres. Capitainerie open during tidal gates. A free island bus runs in summer. Small shops and the village of L'Épine at 1 km.

Ashore

Plage des Sableaux and west-coast beaches at 1 km on foot or by bike. Salt marshes of Noirmoutier with working salt workers around the port. Passage du Gois, the 4,3 km tidal causeway linking the island to the mainland, at 9 km to the south-east.