Mouillage

Ersa

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Shelter: W, E, SW, S, SE
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Anchorage off the commune of Ersa at the northern tip of Cap Corse, opposite the Île de la Giraglia.

Water
Pontoon

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the N between Cap Corse and the Giraglia, watching the strong tidal stream in the bouches de Bonifacio de Cap Corse and the libeccio chop that builds from the W. Sand bottom, good holding. Shelter from W and E, and from S round through SE. Exposed to N and NE wind.

Practical

Forain anchorage with a water point ashore at Barcaggio, no other services. Barcaggio lies 0.1 nm to the SW as the closest landing, Centuri is 3.5 nm to the SW with a small fishing port and restaurants.

Ashore

Tour d'Agnello, a 16th century Genoese tower, stands on the headland east of Barcaggio. The sentier des douaniers runs along the Cap Corse coast from Macinaggio to Centuri through the Site classé de la pointe du Cap Corse.

History

The Giraglia lighthouse, on the islet 1 nm offshore, was built in 1848 and marks the northern tip of Corsica for vessels transiting between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea.