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East Cotentin: Cherbourg, Barfleur and Saint-Vaast
9 places · Cotentin
Cherbourg is the only Channel harbour open in any weather at any hour, behind its 4 km breakwater. To the east, Barfleur dries and Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue opens through a gate two hours either side of high water, with the Tatihou anchorage as the waiting room. The Barfleur race is crossed at slack water; beyond it the D-Day beaches begin at Utah Beach.
1HarbourCherbourg, FrancePort Chantereyne - Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
4.2Marina of 1600 berths inside the Cherbourg roadstead, Normandy, sheltered by the largest artificial harbour in the world.
- Up to 25 m
2HarbourBarfleur, FranceBarfleur
3.2Tidal harbour of 125 berths on the north-east tip of the Cotentin peninsula, in Normandy.
- Up to 15 m
3HarbourSaint Vaast la Hougue, FranceSaint Vaast la Hougue
4.5Tidal marina on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, behind the fortified island of Tatihou.
- Up to 20 m
4AnchorageFranceÎle Tatihou
4.5Anchorage off the small island of Tatihou at the entrance to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Cotentin, sand bottom, sheltered from winds from NW through N and NE to W.
- 5AnchorageFrance
Île du Large (Est)
5.0Rock-bottom anchorage on the east side of Île du Large, one of the Îles Saint-Marcouf, off the east coast of the Cotentin.
6HarbourPortbail, FrancePort-Bail-sur-Mer
4.1Tidal harbour of 330 berths on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, inside the estuary of the Ollonde river.
- Up to 16 m
7AnchorageFranceOmonville-La-Rogue
3.6Buoy field of 60 moorings in the bay of Omonville-la-Rogue, on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula west of Cherbourg.
- Buoys
- Up to 12 m
8HarbourGrandcamp Maisy, FranceGrandcamp-Maisy
3.9Tidal marina of 280 berths in the baie des Veys, western Calvados, Normandy, between Omaha Beach and Utah Beach.
- Up to 14 m
9HarbourCarentan, FranceCarentan
4.3Marina of 350 berths in the Cotentin marshes, reached by a four mile canal from the Baie des Veys in eastern Normandy.
- Up to 25 m
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