Best anchorages and harbours in Corsica

Macinaggio Sud

Anchorage on the east coast of Cap Corse, just south of Macinaggio port, on a weed bottom with holding patchy on posidonia.

• Sheltered SW, W

A cala di u Timuzzolu

Anchorage on the south shore of the golfe d'Ajaccio, west Corsica, sheltered from south-east winds on a rocky bottom.

• Sheltered S, SE

Porto-Vecchio

Anchorage in the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio on the south-east coast of Corsica, mud bottom with good holding, protected from W, SW, S, SE and E.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Plage du Stagnonu - Marina Ouest

Sandy anchorage on the south shore of the golfe de Sagone, west coast of Corsica.

• Paid
• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Portu â Leccia

Rocky anchorage on the west coast of Corsica between Cargèse and Porto, open to the west.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Chiesa North East

Anchorage on the east coast of southern Corsica between Sant'Amanza and Bonifacio, sand with rocky patches.

• Sheltered W, SW

Golfe de Péru

Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, north of Cargèse, over mixed sand, rock and weed.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Punta di Pozzoli

Anchorage off the southern coast of Corsica, close to the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Calvi

Marina with 500 berths in Balagne, draught up to 6 metres, fuel berth on site. VHF 9. L'Île-Rousse lies 9 nm to the north-east.

Cigntra

Sand anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, roughly 6 NM west of Ajaccio.

• Sheltered E, S, SE

Marina Di Fiori

Private marina of 142 berths on the south side of the gulf of Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, inside the Punta di Fiori cove.

Punta Vallitone

Anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica west of Ile Rousse, sand, rock and weed bottom, open to E, SE, S and SW.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Iles Sanguinaires

Rocky archipelago off the western tip of the Gulf of Ajaccio in Corsica, anchorage on rock bottom with shelter only from the east.

• Sheltered E

Cala della Chiesa North

Prohibited anchorage zone off the northern shore of the Îles Lavezzi, southern Corsica, sand bottom, within the Bouches de Bonifacio nature reserve.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Îlot Ziglione

Anchorage behind Îlot Ziglione in the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio, south-east Corsica.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Plage Trottel - Ajaccio

Anchorage off Plage Saint-François, known locally as Plage Trottel, on the north shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio, 0.9 NM SW of Port Tino Rossi.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Pointe de Fornali

Anchorage off Pointe de Fornali at the entrance to the Gulf of Saint-Florent, northern Corsica. Sand and seagrass bottom, sheltered from S, SW and W.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Anse de Focolara

Small cove on the west coast of Corsica, between Galéria and the Golfe de Girolata, inside the Parc Naturel Marin du Cap Corse et de l'Agriate buffer zone.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Cap Rossu Nord

Anchorage on the north side of Capu Rossu, west coast of Corsica between the Gulf of Porto and the Gulf of Sagone.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Golfe de Calvi

Deep sandy bay on the north-west coast of Corsica, overlooked by the Genoese citadel of Calvi, with holding on sand across most of the anchorage.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Rade de Fornali

Anchorage in the inner roadstead of Saint-Florent, 0.4 NM from the harbour entrance, on the north shore of the gulf under the Tour de Fornali.

• Free
• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W

Baie de Crovani

West-facing bay on the Corsican coast between Galéria and Calvi, backed by a long pebble beach and the Argentella mountains.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Pietracorbara

Anchorage off the long sand beach of Pietracorbara, east coast of Cap Corse.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Sagone - West

Anchorage in the Golfe de Sagone on the west coast of Corsica, between Cargèse and Cap Rossu, with sand and rock seabed.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Sagone Anchorage

Sand-bottomed roadstead in the Golfe de Sagone on the west coast of Corsica, just south of Port de Sagone.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Île de Farina

Sand-bottom anchorage off the Îles Cerbicale, 3 NM east of the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio in southern Corsica.

• Sheltered N, SE, S, W, NW

Pointe d'Acula

Rocky anchorage off the western coast of Corsica, between Tizzano and the Gulf of Valinco.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Mouillage de la Citadelle d'Ajaccio

Anchorage on sand and Posidonia under the walls of the Citadelle Miollis at the entrance of the Golfe d'Ajaccio, Corsica.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

San Damiano

Rocky anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica, about 1.2 nm east of Port Eugène Ceccaldi and 4 nm southwest of Île-Rousse.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Vignola

Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica in the Golfe d'Ajaccio, between the Pointe de la Parata and the town of Ajaccio.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE