Anchorage

Baie de Sanary

4.6FranceVar

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Shelter: N, NE, NW
Seabed: rock
Anchoring: Allowed

Rocky anchorage in the bay off Sanary-sur-Mer, Var coast, sheltered from northerly winds and open to the south.

Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the south-west between the Île du Grand Rouveau and the Île de Bendor. Rocky bottom, holding variable. Protected from N, NE and NW, exposed to S and SE swell. The inner harbour lies 0.2 NM north-east.

Practical

No services on the anchorage. Port de Sanary-sur-Mer at 0.2 NM offers water, fuel, and all shore facilities. Port Méditerranée 0.9 NM to the south-east is a secondary option.

Ashore

Daily morning market on the quay in Sanary, one of the largest on the Var coast. Tour Romane on the seafront, a twelfth-century watchtower now housing a diving museum. Coastal path from the port toward the Pointe de la Cride, about 2 km.

History

Sanary-sur-Mer was the base of Commandant Cousteau, Philippe Tailliez and Frédéric Dumas, who developed the Aqua-Lung diving equipment here in the 1940s. The town also hosted German-speaking exiled writers, including Thomas Mann and Bertolt Brecht, between 1933 and 1940.