Best anchorages and harbours in Gironde

Asque

Small river halt on the right bank of the Dordogne at Asques, upstream of the Bec d'Ambès confluence with the Garonne, in Gironde.

Plage de la Chambrette

Anchorage off the sandy Chambrette beach at the tip of the Médoc peninsula, inside the Gironde estuary mouth near Le Verdon-sur-Mer.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Ile Verte

Anchorage in the Gironde estuary off the Île Verte, a wooded island on the right bank between Blaye and Bourg, about 35 NM upstream from Royan.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SW, W

Port Des Callonges

Small tidal harbour on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, in the Saintonge marshes north of the Medoc, drying to soft mud at low water.

Maubuisson

Anchorage on the east shore of Lac d'Hourtin-Carcans, the largest natural freshwater lake in France, in the Médoc.

• Free
• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Port de Goulée

Tidal creek port on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, commune of Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac, northern Médoc.

Île de Patiras

Estuary anchorage in New Aquitaine, 0.9 nm W of Port de la Belle Étoile, mud bottom, sheltered from the south.

• Sheltered S

Lac d'Hourtin - Piqueyrot

Sand-bottom anchorage on the eastern shore of the lac d'Hourtin-Carcans, Gironde, the largest natural freshwater lake in France at around 6,200 hectares.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Pointe du Tedey

Anchorage on the western shore of Lac de Lacanau in the Médoc, about 1.6 nm west of Lacanau-Ville.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Talais

Tidal creek port on the Gironde estuary at Talais, on the Medoc bank north of Saint-Vivien-de-Medoc.

Halte nautique de Libourne

River halt on the Dordogne at the confluence with the Isle, on the Libourne town quay, mud bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, E, SE, S, NW

Anse de la Chambrette

Anchorage on the Médoc bank of the Gironde estuary, just south of the Pointe de Grave, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc

Tidal port on the Chenal de Saint-Vivien, left bank of the Gironde estuary, 14 km south of Pointe de Grave.

Domaine de Vallier

Buoy mooring on the Dordogne river in the Gironde estuary area, sand bottom, used as a tidal stop on the way up to Libourne or Bordeaux.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Port Bloc

Small harbour on the north tip of the Médoc peninsula at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary mouth.

Port Maubert

Tidal harbour on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, in the commune of Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime.

Port De Richard

Small tidal port on the left bank of the Gironde estuary at the foot of the Phare de Richard, commune of Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac.

Ile Nouvelle

Conservatoire du Littoral island in the Gironde estuary off Blaye, managed for nature, with a landing for visiting boats.

Gironde vitrezay

Tidal mooring on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, at Saint-Sorlin-de-Conac in Charente-Maritime.

• Free
• Sheltered NE, E

Roque De Thau

Small tidal port on the right bank of the Gironde estuary at Gauriac, 6 km downstream of Bourg, in the Côtes de Bourg wine area.

Les Monards

Tidal port on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, in the commune of Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d'Uzet, south of Mortagne-sur-Gironde.

Lacanau

Lakeside harbour on the Étang de Lacanau in the Médoc, freshwater basin not connected to the sea.

St Seurin d'Uzet

Tidal drying harbour on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, 15 km downstream of Mortagne-sur-Gironde, in Charente-Maritime.

Les Bernu

River pontoon that dries at low water on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, commune of Saint-Genès-de-Blaye, facing the Île Nouvelle.

Baie de Nauzan

Small sandy cove between Saint-Palais-sur-Mer and Vaux-sur-Mer on the Côte de Beauté, at the mouth of the Gironde.

• Sheltered NE, E

Claouey Pastourelle

Anchorage on the north-west shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, off the village of Claouey on the Cap Ferret peninsula.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Cubzac-les-Ponts

River halt on the right bank of the Dordogne, in Cubzac-les-Ponts, Gironde, just downstream of the Eiffel rail bridge.

Euronat

Open anchorage off the Euronat beach on the Médoc Atlantic coast, north of the Gironde estuary mouth.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

L'Eguille

Tidal oyster-farming port on the Seudre estuary, commune of L'Eguille-sur-Seudre, Charente-Maritime, New Aquitaine.

La Grande Escoure

Lake anchorage on the Étang de Lacanau in the Médoc, mud bottom.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW