Harbour

Pôle Nautisme Mer Port St Louis

Name: Pôle Nautisme Mer Port St Louis
Address: Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, FR
Telephone: 04 42 86 39 11

Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France

Type: Harbour

Main yard and pleasure port of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, at the eastern mouth of the Rhône in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Managed by the SPL Nautisme Mer et Développement.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Enter from the Golfe de Fos through the Saint-Louis sea lock, which links the Mediterranean to the Rhône via the canal Saint-Louis. The lock takes plaisance with commercial traffic; call the capitainerie before arrival. From the canal, the Pôle basins are on the south bank, immediately west of the town.

Practical

Six wet pontoons and two dry yards, combined capacity up to around 4,400 boats. Fuel berth with diesel and unleaded, open 24/7 by card. On site: travelift, boatyard, sailmaker, electronics, chandlery, and about 35 nautical businesses. Town centre and supermarket within 1 km.

Ashore

Tour Saint-Louis, a 1738 Vauban style harbour tower, in the town centre at 1 km. Plage Napoléon, long Rhône delta beach, 5 km SE by road. Parc naturel régional de Camargue begins immediately west of the town, birdwatching from the Mas-Thibert or Salin-de-Giraud routes.

History

Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône was created in 1863 around the new canal and lock built to bypass the silting Rhône mouth. The town grew as a commercial outport of Arles and turned to plaisance and catamaran refit from the 1990s as container traffic moved to Fos-sur-Mer.