Harbour

Port du Grau d'Agde

2.4Grau d'Agde, FranceLanguedoc-Roussillon

Maximum length: 100 m
VHF channel: 9
Maximum draught: 1.5 m

Small river harbour of 100 berths on the Hérault estuary, on the left bank facing La Tamarissière, in Occitanie.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the sea through the buoyed Hérault channel between the two jetties. Maximum draught 1.5 m, watch for silting after easterly gales. Speed limit 3 knots inside the river. VHF 9.

Practical

Around 100 visitor and resident berths along wooden pontoons. Water and electricity on the pontoons. Capitainerie run by the commune of Agde. Fuel station on the quay. Bakery, supermarket and restaurants within 300 m.

Ashore

Beach of Le Grau d'Agde at the river mouth, 400 m walk. Forest of La Tamarissière on the opposite bank, pedestrian ferry across the Hérault in season. Town of Agde and its black basalt cathedral Saint-Étienne 4 km upriver.

History

Le Grau d'Agde is the sea outlet of the Hérault, used by fishermen from Agde since the Middle Ages. Agde itself was founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea around 525 BC under the name Agathe Tyche.