Best anchorages and harbours in Languedoc-Roussillon

ZMEL Canadells

Small buoy field of 3 moorings in the anse des Canadells, just north of Cerbère near the Spanish border.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Halt Palavas-les-Flots

Small canal halt in Palavas-les-Flots on the Lez, Occitanie, with 4 berths.

Lagune

Sand-bottom anchorage off the Camargue coast near Port Camargue, sheltered from NE and E, exposed to S and W winds.

• Sheltered NE, E

Port Barcarès

Marina on the Roussillon lido between the sea and the Salses-Leucate lagoon, 1400 berths with the Lydia beached liner as its landmark.

Palavas-les-Flots

Open roadstead off the beach of Palavas-les-Flots on the Languedoc coast, sand bottom, exposed to the south.

• Sheltered NW, N

Roquille

Sand-bottom anchorage off La Roquille beach near Cap d'Agde, Occitanie, sheltered from NW through SW winds and open to the E.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Agde - quai visiteurs

Visitor quay on the Hérault river in the centre of Agde, between the Canal du Midi junction and the sea, in western Hérault.

Le Grau-du-Roi Cove

Sand and rock anchorage off the Petite Camargue, south of Le Grau-du-Roi and Port Camargue.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage du Lydia

Anchorage off the beach of Le Barcarès, on the Roussillon coast, named after the ship Lydia beached on the sand since 1967.

• Sheltered NW, W

Héliopolis

Sand anchorage off the Héliopolis naturist quarter of Cap d'Agde, western Mediterranean coast of France.

• Sheltered NW, W

Cap de Tourre

Anchorage in the étang de Thau, on the north shore near Mèze, Occitanie.

• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Port La Nouvelle - Robine - quai temporaire

Temporary quay on the Canal de la Robine at Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude, used by pleasure craft entering or leaving the canal from the Mediterranean.

Rio Aude

Open anchorage off the mouth of the Aude river, between Narbonne-Plage and Valras-Plage on the Languedoc coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SW, W

Orb

Prohibited anchoring zone at the mouth of the Orb river on the Occitan coast, near Sérignan-Plage.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Le Grand Travers La Grande-Motte

Open-coast anchorage off the Grand Travers beach, between Carnon and La Grande-Motte in the Hérault, on the Mediterranean side of the Étang de l'Or.

Balaruc Suttel

Small harbour on the north shore of the Étang de Thau at Balaruc-les-Bains, the largest French thermal spa town.

Le Mole cove

Sand-bottom anchorage in the Anse du Môle near Cap d'Agde, Occitanie, sheltered from NW through SW winds and open to the E and SE.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Sarcelles

Sand and mud anchorage off the Frontignan coast in the Gulf of Lion, Hérault.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Camping De La Tamarissière

Sandy anchorage off the Tamarissière beach, on the right bank of the Hérault mouth at Agde, Occitanie.

• Sheltered NW

Halte Fluviale de Carnon

Short-stay river pontoon at Carnon on the Canal du Rhône à Sète, between the Étang de l'Or and the sea.

Rive Droite

Anchorage on the right bank of the Grau-du-Roi to Aigues-Mortes canal, 0.2 NM south of the fortified town, in Occitanie.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Fitou

Rocky-bottom anchorage on the Languedoc coast between Leucate and the Fitou lagoon, roughly 2 nm west of Port Leucate.

• Sheltered N, NW

Plage de la bergerie

Open roadstead off the Languedoc lido between Sète and Palavas, south-east of Frontignan, Hérault.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Etang de Thau

Anchoring prohibited zone in the Étang de Thau lagoon, Occitanie, set aside for the shellfish tables that cover much of the lagoon.

• Sheltered S

Mouillage Lafarge

Anchorage off Sète in Occitanie, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from N through SE winds and exposed from SW to NW.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Marseillan Ville

Anchorage off the town of Marseillan on the western shore of the Étang de Thau lagoon, Hérault.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Ile de Thau

Anchorage off the Île de Thau islet, just outside Sète harbour on the Étang de Thau side, Occitanie.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

St Pierre Port Sud

Anchorage on sand south of Port Saint-Pierre on the Gruissan coast, Occitanie, sheltered from NW through SW winds.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Mouillage de Ancien pont de la Peyrade

Occitan anchorage on mud bottom, sheltered from NE to SE winds, 0.5 NM north of the Sterne Voiles dry port.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Plage de Cerbère

Pebble-and-sand bay at the last French village before the Spanish border, on the Côte Vermeille in Roussillon.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S