Harbour

Port des Salettes

4.0Carqueiranne, FranceVar

Maximum length: 39 ft
VHF channel: 9
Maximum draught: 5 ft

Municipal marina of 411 berths at Carqueiranne, on the eastern shore of the Rade de Hyères between Toulon and the Giens peninsula.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the south, clear of the Île de la Tour Fondue shipping lane. Entrance faces south-east, marked by a green and a red light at the pier heads. Maximum draught 1.6 m at the inner berths, so keep to the channel axis, where an unmarked rock has caught propellers. Exposed to easterly blows, well sheltered from the mistral. Call the harbour office on VHF 9.

Practical

411 berths, mostly resident. Visitor berths are few; call the morning of arrival for a spot. Around 19 euros a night in September for a small boat. Showers are clean but dated and not numerous, so allow some patience. Fuel berth with diesel and petrol at the entrance. Water and power on the pontoons. Refuges in bad weather: Port des Oursinieres 2.6 NM W, La Madrague de Giens 3.1 NM SE.

Ashore

Carqueiranne town centre is 400 m inland with bakery, grocery and restaurants, and a Spar close to the port. Small sandy beaches lie along the shore beside the marina. The coast path starts at the port and runs east along the cliffs to Fort de la Gavaresse. Tuesday morning market on place de la Liberte, 500 m from the pontoons.