Mouillage

Etang de Thau

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Shelter: S
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Forbidden

Anchoring prohibited zone in the Étang de Thau lagoon, Occitanie, set aside for the shellfish tables that cover much of the lagoon.

Water
Pontoon
Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Lagoon entered from Sète via the Canal de la Peyrade or from the south through the Pisse-Saumes pass. Shellfish tables are marked on the SHOM chart 7327 and must be given a wide berth. Sand bottom where anchoring is allowed, only open from the south.

Practical

No services on this anchorage itself. Water available nearby. Closest harbour shelters are Les Quilles 1.6 NM east and Mèze 2 NM north-west.

Ashore

Mèze oyster and mussel farms sell direct on the quay. Walking loop around the lagoon shore from Mèze toward Bouzigues, about 4 km, passes the Musée de l'Étang de Thau dedicated to shellfish farming.

History

The Étang de Thau has been farmed for oysters and mussels since the 1920s, when the first tables were installed off Bouzigues. It is the largest shellfish farming lagoon in Occitanie at around 7 500 hectares.