Best anchorages and harbours in Languedoc-Roussillon
93 documented anchorages and harbours in Languedoc-Roussillon, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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1AnchorageFranceLa Vène
5.0Anchorage on the northern shore of the étang de Thau, off Bouzigues in Hérault, on sand and weed.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
2AnchorageFranceHalte de Bessan
4.9River halt on the Hérault between Agde and Pézenas, mud bottom, all-round shelter.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
3AnchorageFranceMèze
4.8Anchorage in the northern part of the étang de Thau, 0.2 nm SE of the port of Mèze, sand bottom, sheltered from the NW mistral that blows down the lagoon.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 4AnchorageFrance
St Cyprien
4.8Sand-bottom anchorage off the long beach of Saint-Cyprien in the Golfe du Lion, Occitanie, between Canet-en-Roussillon and Argelès-sur-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
5AnchorageFranceFond de Baleta
4.7Anchorage of about 20 berths in the Anse de Baleta, immediately SE of Collioure on the Côte Vermeille, Pyrénées-Orientales.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
6AnchorageFranceSérignan Plage
4.7Open roadstead off Sérignan-Plage on the Hérault coast, sand bottom, exposed to most sectors except NW.
- Sheltered NW
- 7AnchorageFrance
Cap L' Abeille
4.7Four visitor buoys off Cap l'Abeille, between Banyuls-sur-Mer and Cerbère on the Côte Vermeille.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
8AnchorageFranceCap d'Ullastrell
4.6Rocky cape on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer, Occitanie. Anchoring is prohibited in the listed zone.
- Sheltered NW, W
- 9AnchorageFrance
Pointe du salaison
4.6Anchorage in the étang du Méjean on the Palavas lagoon chain, inland from the Grande-Motte seafront in Hérault, Occitanie.
10AnchorageFranceAnse Del Ragues
4.4Small cove on the Côte Vermeille between Collioure and Port-Vendres, 8 mooring buoys on rock and posidonia bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S
11AnchorageFranceEl Forat
4.3Coastal anchorage on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer, mixed sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered W
12AnchorageFranceBadia de Portbou
4.3Bay on the Franco-Spanish border on the Côte Vermeille, sand and rock bottom, sheltered from SW, W and NW.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
13AnchorageFranceBaie de Banyuls
4.2Buoy mooring field off Banyuls-sur-Mer on the Côte Vermeille, close to the Spanish border in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 14AnchorageFrance
Etang du Ponant
4.2Brackish coastal lagoon north of La Grande-Motte, about 270 hectares, connected to the sea by a narrow grau. Mud bottom with water available ashore.
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
- 15AnchorageFrance
Grand Chaumont
4.1Halt on the Canal du Rhône à Sète near Aigues-Mortes, fond of mud, sheltered from all directions except E. Anchoring is prohibited.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
16AnchorageFrancePlage des Aresquiers
4.1Open roadstead anchorage off the Plage des Aresquiers, between Frontignan and Vic-la-Gardiole on the Occitanie coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
17AnchorageFranceAnse de Peyrefite
4.1Small cove on the Vermilion Coast between Banyuls and Cerbère, with 8 visitor buoys laid inside the Cerbère-Banyuls marine nature reserve.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
18AnchorageFranceÎles Brescou
4.1Buoy field south of the Île de Brescou, the only volcanic island of the French Mediterranean coast, off Cap d'Agde.
- Free
- Sheltered S
19AnchorageFranceChichoulet plage
4.0Sand-bottom anchorage off Chichoulet beach in Vendres, on the Occitan coast between the mouth of the Aude and Valras-Plage.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
20AnchorageFranceLa Côte Radieuse
4.0Open sand anchorage off the Roussillon coast, north of Canet-en-Roussillon, Pyrénées-Orientales.
- Sheltered W
21AnchorageFrancePlage du Racou
4.0Sand beach at the southern end of Argelès-sur-Mer, where the Côte Vermeille begins and the Albères foothills meet the sea.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
22AnchorageFranceCap des Frères
4.0Open day anchorage at the foot of the Franqui cliffs, a rocky break on the otherwise low, sandy Aude coast between Port Leucate and Port-la-Nouvelle in Occitanie.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
23AnchorageFrancePunta De l'Ocell
4.0Rocky anchorage on the Côte Vermeille, immediately south of Cerbère and just north of the Spanish border at Cap Cerbère.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 24AnchorageFrance
ZMEL Sainte-Catherine
3.8Buoy field of 28 moorings in the anse Sainte-Catherine, south of Port-Vendres on the Côte Vermeille.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
25AnchorageFrancePlage de la Franqui
3.8Anchorage off the long sandy beach of La Franqui, on the Leucate shoreline in the Aude.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
- 26AnchorageFrance
Cales - Criques de Banyuls
3.8Buoy field with 6 moorings in the coves north of Banyuls-sur-Mer, within the Réserve Naturelle Marine de Cerbère-Banyuls.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
27AnchorageFrancePoint de Dépose La Dune
3.7Daytime anchorage off the Grand Travers dune belt, between La Grande-Motte and Carnon on the Languedoc coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 28AnchorageFrance
Etang Pierre Blanche
3.7Open sand anchorage off the beach fronting the Étang de Pierre Blanche, west of Palavas-les-Flots in Languedoc, exposed to swell.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 29AnchorageFrance
Ansa de Terrimbo
3.7Small rocky cove on the Côte Vermeille between Cerbère and Banyuls-sur-Mer, on the Spanish-French border coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 30AnchorageFrance
Plage de l'Espiguette
3.7Open sandy roadstead off the Espiguette dunes in Camargue, sheltered from N and NE winds.
- Sheltered N, NE