Mouillage

Sauvage

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Shelter: N, SW, W, NW
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Spot on the Étang de Biscarrosse et de Parentis in the Landes forest, New Aquitaine, inside a military zone where mooring is prohibited.

Pontoon
Dock
Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Freshwater lake, no tides. This part of the lake falls within a military zone where mooring and landing are prohibited, so check the current zoning before stopping. Approach from the western shore, sand bottom throughout. The prevailing WSW ocean wind funnels across the lake and raises a short chop, so protection from N, W, NW and SW is partial. Watch for seaplane activity linked to the Latécoère historic airbase and for summer watersports zoning.

Practical

Sand bottom, holding good in light conditions. No services at the anchorage itself. Port Siblu at Gastes lies 1.5 nm SE and Port Les Sandres 1.8 nm E for water, fuel and provisions.

Ashore

Landes maritime pine forest on the shore, crossed by the Vélodyssée cycle route EuroVelo 1. Gastes village has a bakery and a small supermarket 1 nm east. The Hydravions museum at Biscarrosse, at the northern end of the lake, documents the 1930s transatlantic seaplane service.