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Where to shelter from the mistral in the Var
11 places · Var
The mistral blows from the north-west, often 35 knots, sometimes for three days. The anchorages that hold: Toulon roadstead and Saint-Mandrier, the bay of Bormes and Le Lavandou, Porquerolles on a mooring, Port-Man at Port-Cros, Cavalaire and Pampelonne bay which stays flat in this wind, Les Canebiers at Saint-Tropez. Get in early: the gusts come down the valleys without warning.
1HarbourToulon, FranceToulon Vieille Darse
4.2Marina of 560 berths inside the old naval harbour of Toulon, on the south coast of Provence.
- Up to 55 m
2HarbourSaint Mandrier, FranceSaint Mandrier
4.3Marina of 790 berths on the southern shore of the bay of Toulon, on the Saint-Mandrier peninsula in the Var.
- Up to 20 m
3HarbourBormes-les-Mimosas, FranceBormes-les-Mimosas
4.5Marina of 950 berths in the bay of Le Lavandou on the Var coast, at the foot of the Massif des Maures.
- Up to 35 m
4HarbourLe Lavandou, FranceLe Lavandou
4.4Large marina of 1021 berths on the Var coast facing the Îles d'Hyères, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and Cap Nègre.
- Up to 40 m
5AnchorageFrancePorquerolles
3.6Buoy field of 31 moorings in the bay of Porquerolles village, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros.
- Water
- Buoys
- Up to 12 m
- 6AnchorageFrance
Baie de Port Man
4.2Deep bay on the north-east tip of Port-Cros, inside the national park and one of the most sheltered anchorages on the island.
7HarbourCavalaire-sur-Mer, FranceCavalaire
4.2Marina of 1200 berths in the bay of Cavalaire, between Cap Cavalaire and Cap Lardier, Var coast.
- Up to 30 m
- 8AnchorageFrance
Plage de Pampelonne
3.8Open anchorage off a 4.5 km sandy beach on the south-east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Cap du Pinet and Cap Camarat.
9AnchorageFranceBaie des Canebiers
3.7Bay on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, 1.3 NM east of the harbour, 31 listed berths on sand, rock and posidonia.
- Up to 20 m
- 10AnchorageFrance
Brégançon
2.3Anchorage off the Fort de Brégançon on the Bormes-les-Mimosas coast, Var, with sand, rock and posidonia on the bottom.
11HarbourFrancePort de l'Ayguade - Hyères
4.5Marina on the east coast of the presqu'île de Giens, in the commune of Hyères, Var, on the Rade d'Hyères facing the île de Porquerolles.
- Up to 9 m
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