Best anchorages and harbours in Languedoc-Roussillon

Le Grau du Roi

Fishing and pleasure harbour at the mouth of the Canal du Rhône à Sète, in Petite Camargue. Berthing in the town quays is limited, most visiting yachts head for the Port Camargue marina 1.3 nautical miles to the south-west.

Point de Dépose La Dune

Daytime anchorage off the Grand Travers dune belt, between La Grande-Motte and Carnon on the Languedoc coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Quai d'Alger "port de commerce"

Honour quay of Sète's commercial port, on the western side of the Môle Saint-Louis basin, in Occitanie. Not a plaisance berth, but the occasional visitor pontoon for tall ships and events.

Etang Pierre Blanche

Open 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

Port de Cerbère

Marina of 190 berths on the Côte Vermeille in Occitanie, the last French port before the Spanish border at Cap Cerbère.

Villeneuve les Béziers

Halt on the Canal du Midi at Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, between the Fonseranes lock staircase and the Mediterranean.

Ansa de Terrimbo

Small rocky cove on the Côte Vermeille between Cerbère and Banyuls-sur-Mer, on the Spanish-French border coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Plage de l'Espiguette

Open sandy roadstead off the Espiguette dunes in Camargue, sheltered from N and NE winds.

• Sheltered N, NE

Anse de Paulilles

Anchorage in the Anse de Paulilles on the Côte Vermeille, between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer in the Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Le Rhone Vif

Anchorage in the Petit Rhône delta on the Camargue coast, sand bottom, sheltered from winds from NW through N and E to W.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

Plage Sud - Port Camargue

Sandy anchorage off the south beach of Port Camargue in the Gulf of Lion, at the western edge of the Camargue.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Les Tables

Buoy field off Cap d'Agde in Hérault, 8 berths on sand. Mooring restricted outside marked buoys.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, W

Port Leucate

Large marina of 1400 berths on the Languedoc coast, between the Leucate and Salses lagoons and the Gulf of Lion.

Bassin du midi sete

Small inland basin in Sète at the junction of the Canal du Midi and the Canal Maritime, 6 berths, maximum draught 2 m.

Quilles

Small harbour of 14 berths on the Corniche de Sète, south of the city of Sète in Occitanie.

Cercle Nautique

Small club marina on the Hérault near Agde, 0.2 NM south-west of Cap d'Agde, Occitanie.

Ponte St-Bauzille

Anchorage on the Hérault canal system near Agde, Occitanie, with mud bottom and all-round shelter from surrounding banks.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Avant Port Du Cap d'Agde

Outer anchorage off the Cap d'Agde marina, on the volcanic headland of Mont Saint-Loup in Herault, Occitanie.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Ste-Marie La Mer

Open roadstead off the Roussillon coast, just north of Canet-en-Roussillon, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Mas Larrieu

Sand anchorage off the Mas Larrieu nature reserve, at the mouth of the Tech between Argelès-sur-Mer and Saint-Cyprien, on the Roussillon coast.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Palavas les Flots

Marina of 1100 berths at the mouth of the Lez canal, 10 km south of Montpellier on the Languedoc coast.

Plage De Fleury

Sand anchorage off the beach of Fleury-d'Aude, at the mouth of the Aude river on the Occitan coast between Narbonne and Béziers.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Frontignan plage

Marina of 600 berths on the Frontignan lido, between the Étang d'Ingril and the Gulf of Lion, in the Hérault.

Port de Sérignan - l'Orb

River port of 400 berths on the lower Orb, 2 km inland from the river mouth, commune of Sérignan in Hérault.

Port nautic service

Private yard and pontoon on the right bank of the Hérault at Le Grau d'Agde, 500 metres from the river mouth.

Les Baronnets

Sand anchorage off the Espiguette sand spit, 3.5 NM SE of Port Camargue and 4.3 NM S of Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard.

• Sheltered N

Port La Nouvelle - Sud

Sand-bottomed anchorage off the beach south of Port-la-Nouvelle, on the Aude coast between Narbonne and Leucate.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Vias

Stretch of coast off Vias in Hérault where anchoring is prohibited, between Portiragnes and the mouth of the Hérault at Le Grau d'Agde.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Port-la-Nouvelle

Mixed commercial and leisure harbour of 334 berths on the Aude coast in Occitanie, at the sea end of the Canal de la Robine linking Narbonne to the Mediterranean.

Carnon

Open anchorage off the beach of Carnon, between La Grande-Motte and Palavas-les-Flots on the Occitan coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE