Mouillage

Carnac - plage

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Shelter: NW, N, NE, W
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Anchorage off the Grande Plage of Carnac in Quiberon Bay, south Brittany. Sand bottom over a wide gently shelving beach.

Mooring buoys
Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the south across Quiberon Bay. Keep clear of the Men er Roué and Les Grays rocks to the west of the beach. Sheltered from NW through N to NE and from W, exposed to southerly winds which build a short steep chop across the bay. Anchor off the beach according to draft, bottom shallows slowly.

Practical

No services at the anchorage. Port de Carnac 0.4 NM to W with water, diesel, visitor berths and chandlery. All shops, restaurants and supermarket along Boulevard de la Plage within 300 m of any landing point by dinghy.

Ashore

Grande Plage of Carnac, 2 km of sand with beach clubs and lifeguards in season. Carnac megalithic alignments of Ménec, Kermario and Kerlescan at 2 km inland, over 3 000 standing stones erected between 4500 and 2500 BC. Musée de Préhistoire de Carnac on Place de la Chapelle.

History

The Carnac alignments form the largest Neolithic megalithic site in the world. They were first described scientifically by James Miln and Zacharie Le Rouzic in the late 19th century and are currently on the French tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage inscription as part of the Megaliths of Carnac and the shores of Morbihan.