Best anchorages and harbours in Corsica

Algajola

Sand-bottomed anchorage off the village of Algajola in Balagne, Corsica, between Île-Rousse and Calvi.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW

Anse de Cargèse

Anchorage in the bay fronting Cargèse village, on the west coast of Corsica between the Golfe de Sagone and the Golfe de Porto.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Plage de la Vasina

Anchorage off a sand beach on the east coast of Cap Corse, 3 nautical miles north of Bastia.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Baie de Stagnolu

Small bay on the south side of the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio, in south-east Corsica.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Tahiti

Anchorage in the Gulf of Ajaccio, 1.3 NM east of Port Tino Rossi, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Punta d Omigna

Open anchorage on rock off Punta d'Omigna, the headland closing the Gulf of Sagone to the north, 1.8 miles from Cargèse on the west coast of Corsica.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Marine de Bussagghia

Sand anchorage in the Golfe de Porto on the west coast of Corsica, just north of Porto-Ota, inside the UNESCO-listed Golfe de Porto zone that includes the Calanques de Piana and the Scandola reserve.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE

Porraja

Sand-bottomed cove on the west side of the Gulf of Valinco in Corsica, immediately west of Propriano.

• Sheltered E, SE, S

Punta Capicciola sud

Prohibited anchoring zone south of Punta Capicciola on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and the reserve of Cerbicale.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Golfe de Santa Giulia nord

Buoy field of 30 moorings in the northern part of the Golfe de Santa Giulia, south of Porto-Vecchio on the east coast of Corsica.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Baie de San Ciprianu

Anchorage in a sandy bay on the east coast of Corsica, 10 km north of Porto-Vecchio.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Calvi

Buoy field in the bay of Calvi on the north-west coast of Corsica, below the Genoese citadel, sand bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Porto-Vecchio

Marina of 380 berths at the head of the Porto-Vecchio gulf in south-eastern Corsica, below the old Genoese citadel.

Baie de San Ciprianu Nord

Northern lobe of the San Ciprianu bay on the east coast of southern Corsica, between Pinarellu and the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

Cala di u Grecu (Nord)

Anchorage on the east side of the Golfe de Sant'Amanza, southern Corsica, 4.1 nm S of Sant'Amanza and 5.1 nm SE of Bonifacio. Anchoring is confined to two small buoyed zones inside the Bouches de Bonifacio reserve.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Etang del Salé

Sand anchorage on the east coast of Corsica facing the coastal lagoon of the Étang d'Urbino, between Aléria and Ghisonaccia.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

la Solenzara

Sand anchorage off the mouth of the Solenzara river, on the east coast of Corsica.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Santa Severa - Marina de Luri

Harbour of 150 berths on the east coast of Cap Corse, at the seaside hamlet of the commune of Luri, 20 km south of Macinaggio.

Pointe de Porto Pollo

Rocky anchorage off the headland of Porto Pollo on the north shore of the Gulf of Valinco in western Corsica, commune of Serra-di-Ferro.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Porto Marina

Open roadstead at the mouth of the Porto river on the west coast of Corsica, within the Scandola UNESCO reserve perimeter and facing the red porphyry cliffs of the Calanche de Piana.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE

Caldarello Ribellino

Open anchorage on the southern coast of Corsica, within the Gulf of Santa Manza zone, 0.5 NM SW of Pianottoli-Caldarello port.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Tallone Cove

Open sandy anchorage on the east coast of Corsica off the commune of Tallone, on the coastal plain south of Aleria.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Vignola West

Anchorage west of Ajaccio, over sand, facing the Sanguinaires islands.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Aéroport Ajaccio

Sand anchorage in the Golfe d'Ajaccio off the Campo dell'Oro beach and the runway of Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport, Corsica.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Riva Bella

Anchorage off the long sand beach of Riva Bella, east coast of Corsica between Bastia and Solenzara.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Falaises de Bonifacio

Anchorage below the limestone cliffs of Bonifacio on the southern tip of Corsica, 0.4 nm from the fjord-like harbour entrance.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Anse de Sainte Barbe

Buoy field of around ten moorings in the anse de Sainte-Barbe on the north shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio in Corsica, part of the Pietrosella regulated anchorage where anchoring is prohibited.

• Paid
• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Baie de Stagnoli

Sandy cove at the head of the Gulf of Sagone, between Cargèse to the north-west and Sagone to the east, west coast of Corsica.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Cala di u Grecu

Small cove on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Bonifacio and Sant'Amanza, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Commercial Marina of Bonifacio

Commercial quay at the head of the Bonifacio fjord in southern Corsica, used by the Bonifacio to Sardinia ferries and by large yachts up to 4 m draught.