Anchorage

Grand-Cale - Porquerolles

4.3FranceVar

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

Anchorage on the south coast of Porquerolles, within the Parc national de Port-Cros, between Calanque de l'Oustaou de Diou and the south-eastern headland of the island.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the S in clear water. Sand bottom, holding improved by using the eco-moorings laid by the national park where available. Shelter from NW through NE, fully exposed to southerlies and the Mediterranean swell. Porquerolles village and harbour are 1 NM to the NW, Port Auguier 3.8 NM to the NW.

Practical

No services on site. Water, fuel and berths at Porquerolles harbour. Anchoring on posidonia seagrass meadows is prohibited by the national park across Hyères roads.

Ashore

Coastal footpath reaches Calanque du Brégançonnet and the Sémaphore du Bon Renaud in about 45 minutes on foot. Plage Notre-Dame, one of the longer beaches on the island, sits 2 km to the NE by track.

History

Porquerolles was bought by the French state in 1971 and integrated into the Parc national de Port-Cros, which had been founded in 1963 as one of the earliest national parks in France.