Mouillage

Plage de la Calanca

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

Sand anchorage on the north shore of the Golfe de Valinco, 0.9 NM from Propriano, sheltered from N, NE, E and NW winds.

Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the south-west inside the Golfe de Valinco. Straightforward over clear water with a sand bottom; holding is good on sand. Shelter from the northern and eastern sectors under the ridge, fully open to S and SW where the libeccio funnels up the gulf and makes the roadstead untenable. No night marks.

Practical

No services on the beach. Port de Propriano, 0.9 NM SE, provides fuel, water, electricity, WCs, showers and a capitainerie on VHF 9, with all village shops within 300 m of the quays. Porto Pollo marina lies 4.5 NM west as an alternative.

Ashore

Calanca beach itself is a sand strip backed by low maquis. The town of Propriano, 0.9 NM along the coast road, offers a Friday morning market on the quays, several restaurants on the waterfront and supermarkets within 400 m. Préhistoric site of Filitosa, 17 km inland, holds Bronze Age statue-menhirs.