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Arcachon basin: the anchorages

The basin empties by two thirds at low water and its entrance channels move every year: enter between one hour before and two hours after high water, in low swell, and never at night on a first visit. Inside, Île aux Oiseaux and its stilt huts, the Arguin bank facing the Pilat dune, Cap-Ferret, and the harbours of Arcachon, La Vigne and Andernos.

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HarbourArcachon, France
Arcachon
3.0
Marina of 2 600 berths at the south edge of the Arcachon basin in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the largest pleasure port on the French Atlantic coast.
- Up to 20 m
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AnchorageFrance
Île aux Oiseaux
4.0
Low sand and marsh island in the middle of the Bassin d'Arcachon, known for its two cabanes tchanquées on stilts.
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AnchorageFrance
Banc d'Arguin
5.0
Sand anchorage on the eastern edge of the Banc d'Arguin, a shifting sandbank at the mouth of the bassin d'Arcachon, opposite the Dune du Pilat.
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AnchorageFrance
Cap Ferret
Anchorage off the inner shore of the Cap Ferret peninsula, Bassin d'Arcachon, Gironde.
- Buoys
5
HarbourFrance
Port de la Vigne
3.5
Small tidal oyster-farmers harbour on the Cap Ferret peninsula, Bassin d'Arcachon, Gironde.
- Up to 9 m
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HarbourAndernos-les-Bains, France
Ostréïcole Andernos-les-Bains
3.0
Oyster-farming harbour on the north shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, at Andernos-les-Bains in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- Up to 6 m
7
AnchorageFrance
Pilat Plage
Anchorage off the beach at the foot of the dune du Pilat, on the Atlantic side of the Arcachon bay entrance, in Gironde.
- Buoys
8
AnchorageFrance
Claouey
Shallow anchorage on the west shore of Arcachon Bay, off the village of Claouey at the northern end of the Cap Ferret peninsula.
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HarbourTaussat, France
Port de Fontainevieille
2.2
Tidal harbour on the east shore of Arcachon Bay, between Taussat and Cassy, with a fuel berth on site.