Best anchorages and harbours in Languedoc-Roussillon

Port Chichoulet

Port of 260 berths at Les Cabanes de Fleury, on the right bank of the Aude mouth, commune of Vendres in Hérault.

Pole Nautique Gruissan

Dry-berth yard and training base on the Gruissan étang in Aude, Occitanie, serving dinghies and small keelboats.

Bouzigues

Anchorage off Bouzigues on the northern shore of the Étang de Thau, in front of the oyster-farming village.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Port On Land

Marina of 500 berths along the Lez canal crossing the seaside town of Palavas-les-Flots, 12 km south of Montpellier.

Pointe de Balaruc

Anchorage on the étang de Thau near Balaruc, Occitanie. Mud bottom, shelter from NW through SW, open to the SE.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Port de Narbonne la nautique

Inland marina of 387 berths on the étang de Bages-Sigean, 5 km south of Narbonne, Aude.

Plage de La Conque

Open anchorage off the volcanic black-sand beach on the east side of the Cap d'Agde promontory, Languedoc.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Port fluvial - Palavas les flots

River port on the canal du Rhône à Sète, in the middle of Palavas-les-Flots, on the Occitan coast between Montpellier and the sea.

Cabanes De Fleury

Small river port with 3 berths on the Aude estuary at Fleury d'Aude, Occitanie, near the Mediterranean coast.

Grau-du-Roi rive droite

Open anchorage off the right bank of the Grau-du-Roi channel, on the Gulf of Lion coast in Occitanie.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Ponton Vnf La Grande-Motte

VNF service pontoon on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at La Grande-Motte, on the eastern edge of the Languedoc coast.

Théâtre de la mer

Anchorage off the Théâtre Jean Vilar open-air amphitheatre on the eastern seafront of Sète, Hérault.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Plage de Frontignan

Sand anchorage off Frontignan-Plage on the Golfe du Lion coast, Occitanie, sheltered from NW through NE.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Marseillan Plage

Open roadstead off the beach of Marseillan Plage, on the Languedoc lido between the étang de Thau and the Mediterranean, sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NW

Pierre Vassiliu

Anchorage on the étang de Thau off Mèze, mixed bottom of sand, mud and rock, exposed to easterly winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Anse de la Mauresque

Rocky cove on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Collioure, at the foot of the coastal cliffs of the Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Sheltered SW, W

Leucate Plage

Sandy roadstead off Leucate beach in Occitanie, sheltered from N, W and NW winds.

• Sheltered N, W, NW

Ponton De Balladuc Dit La Piscine

Small pontoon on the étang de Thau at Balaruc-les-Bains, with 4 berths and up to 2.3 m draught.

Mauguio

Anchorage off the Mauguio coast in Languedoc, immediately south of Carnon marina and the etang de l'Or lagoon.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Balaruc les bains

Anchorage on the étang de Thau off Balaruc-les-Bains, Hérault. Boats lie on good mud holding clear of the shellfish beds and cable crossings; tying up at the town and swimming-pool pontoons is prohibited.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Quai Commandant Méric

River quay on the Hérault in Agde, about 4 km upstream from the sea entrance at Le Grau d'Agde, Occitanie.

La Grand Motte

Prohibited anchoring zone off the beach of La Grande-Motte on the Occitan coast. Sand bottom, water point ashore via the harbour.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Port du Grau d'Agde

Small river harbour of 100 berths on the Hérault estuary, on the left bank facing La Tamarissière, in Occitanie.

Villeneuve-lès-Béziers Town Quay

Town quay on the Canal du Midi at Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, Hérault, between the Portiragnes lock and the Béziers flight.

Étang de Leucate

Coastal lagoon north of Perpignan, shared between Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales, linked to the sea by the grau de Leucate.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Valenti

Buoy mooring on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales, inside the Cerbère-Banyuls marine reserve.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Gruissan Port à sec

Dry stack storage at Gruissan, in the Aude department of Occitanie, adjoining the Port de Gruissan marina. Around 250 spaces.

Marseillan Marine

Anchorage on the Étang de Thau off Marseillan, weed bottom, sheltered from SW, W and NW winds.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Port de Narbonne plage

Marina on the Languedoc coast at Narbonne-Plage, 576 berths behind a sandy shoreline south of the Aude estuary.

ZMEL La Moulade

Small buoy field of 5 moorings in the Anse de la Moulade, just north of Collioure, Côte Vermeille.

• Free
• Sheltered W, SW, S