Best anchorages and harbours in Languedoc-Roussillon

Le Cap D”Agde

Roadstead anchorage off the Cap d'Agde resort, Hérault, western Mediterranean. Sand bottom, shelter from the north-west only.

• Sheltered NW

Poihes

Canal du Midi halte in the village of Poilhes, in the Hérault between Béziers and Capestang, on the long pound that runs level from Fonseranes to the Malpas tunnel.

Anse la Galère

Cove on the étang de Bages-Sigean south of Narbonne, mooring prohibited, bottom of sand, rock, weed and mud.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

APAM

Association port on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Aigues-Mortes, Gard, between the Camargue and the medieval ramparts of the walled town.

Bages

Small harbour on the étang de Bages-Sigean, a coastal lagoon south of Narbonne in Occitanie, connected to the Mediterranean through the grau de la Nouvelle.

Charles de Gaulle

Anchorage on the north shore of the Étang de Thau, off the village of Bouzigues in Hérault, Occitanie.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Coudalere

Marina on the Étang de Leucate at Le Barcarès, on the Roussillon coast south of Perpignan.

Crique

Small cove on the Cote Vermeille between Banyuls-sur-Mer and Cerbere, last stretch of rocky coast before the Spanish border in the Pyrenees-Orientales.

• Sheltered W, SW, S

La Coudalère

Mooring on mud inside the marina basin of La Coudalere at Le Barcares, on the Languedoc coast.

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

Les Eaux Blanches

Shallow light-craft area on the étang de Thau at Sète, on the lagoon side of the Languedoc coast.

LesCanalous

Canal boat hire base on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Carnon, commune of Mauguio, Hérault.

Marine Palumbo

River marina on the Hérault at Agde, on the left bank just upstream from the old town.

Peyriac de Mer

Single-berth village quay on the étang de Bages-Sigean, commune of Peyriac-de-Mer, Aude.

Plage de la Vielle Nouvelle

Sand anchorage off the long beach south of Gruissan, between the Étang de l'Ayrolle and the Mediterranean, in Occitania.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Plage du Lazaret

Anchorage off the Lazaret beach on the Sète lido, sand bottom, sheltered from most quarters except southerly winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Plage le Bourdigou

Open anchorage off the Bourdigou beach on the Roussillon coast, between Le Barcares and Sainte-Marie-la-Mer.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Pont tournants

Anchorage on rock bottom just outside the swing bridges of Le Grau-du-Roi, at the mouth of the canal linking the sea to Aigues-Mortes.

Port à sec - Sète

Dry stack storage facility in Sète, Hérault, on the étang de Thau and canal system linking the Mediterranean to the Canal du Midi.

Port Cassafiere

Inland canal marina at Portiragnes on the Canal du Midi side of the Hérault coast, south-west of Agde.

Port de Colombiers

Canal du Midi port at Colombiers, Hérault, between the Malpas tunnel and the Fonseranes flight of locks.

Port Grégau

Secondary basin of La Grande-Motte marina on the Gulf of Lion coast of Occitanie, used mainly as an annex to the main harbour.

Port jean gau

Small municipal port on the right bank of the Orb river at Valras-Plage, Occitanie, named after the French solo circumnavigator Jean Gau.

Port Mahon

Shallow pontoon on the étang de Bages-Sigean, commune of Sigean, Aude.

Port Nautica

Marina on the Leucate lagoon at Le Barcarès, on the Occitan coast north of Perpignan.

Torreilles-Plage

Open sand anchorage off the Roussillon coast between Port Barcarès and Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Sheltered W