Anchorage

Plage du Veillon

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

Anchorage off the sandy Veillon beach at the mouth of the Payré estuary, south of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire in Vendée.

Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the south-west, keeping clear of the drying sands of the Payré estuary. Sand bottom, good holding in settled weather. Shelter from NW, N, NE and E winds. Fully exposed to the south-west, where Atlantic swell rolls straight in. Anchor outside the bathing zone during the summer season.

Practical

No services at the anchorage. Port Bourgenay marina 1.1 NM to the NW for berths, water, diesel and provisions. Jard-sur-Mer 3.5 NM to the east as an alternative port of refuge.

Ashore

Sandy beach 3 km long, one of the longest on the Vendée coast. Dinosaur footprints from the Jurassic visible on the foreshore at low water near the Pointe du Payré. Coastal path GR 364 follows the cliffs to the Pointe du Payré and the forest of the Veillon. Talmont-Saint-Hilaire and its medieval castle 4 km inland.