Anchorage

Calanque de Podestat

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

Small rocky calanque on the southern coast of Marseille inside the Parc national des Calanques, between Les Goudes and Callelongue.

Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the S, between the mainland and the Îles de Riou. Rock bottom, holding is poor, drop on patches of sand between rocks and dive on the anchor. Shelter from N through NE to NW; fully exposed to S winds and SE swell. Untenable in mistral gusts that wrap around Cap Croisette.

Practical

No services. Anchoring rules of the Parc national des Calanques apply: mooring on Posidonia seagrass is prohibited, no buoys installed at Podestat. Nearest refuges are Port des Goudes 1.7 NM W and Port de la Madrague 1.9 NM NW.

Ashore

Coastal footpath from the head of the calanque joins the GR 51-98 sentier du littoral towards Callelongue 1.5 km E and Les Goudes 2 km W. No road access, no shops, no water source on shore.

History

The Parc national des Calanques was created in 2012 as France's first peri-urban national park, covering 8 500 hectares of land and 43 500 hectares of marine area between Marseille and La Ciotat.