Best anchorages and harbours in Languedoc-Roussillon

Avant Port Du Cap d'Agde

Outer anchorage off the Cap d'Agde marina, on the volcanic headland of Mont Saint-Loup in Herault, Occitanie.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Leucate Plage

Sandy roadstead off Leucate beach in Occitanie, sheltered from N, W and NW winds.

• Sheltered N, W, NW

Port de Sérignan - l'Orb

River port of 400 berths on the lower Orb, 2 km inland from the river mouth, commune of Sérignan in Hérault.

Port nautic service

Private yard and pontoon on the right bank of the Hérault at Le Grau d'Agde, 500 metres from the river mouth.

Carnon

Open anchorage off the beach of Carnon, between La Grande-Motte and Palavas-les-Flots on the Occitan coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

La Grand Motte

Prohibited anchoring zone off the beach of La Grande-Motte on the Occitan coast. Sand bottom, water point ashore via the harbour.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Marseillan Marine

Anchorage on the Étang de Thau off Marseillan, weed bottom, sheltered from SW, W and NW winds.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Mauguio

Anchorage off the Mauguio coast in Languedoc, immediately south of Carnon marina and the etang de l'Or lagoon.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Port de Narbonne la nautique

Inland marina of 387 berths on the étang de Bages-Sigean, 5 km south of Narbonne, Aude.

Port de Narbonne plage

Marina on the Languedoc coast at Narbonne-Plage, 576 berths behind a sandy shoreline south of the Aude estuary.

Valenti

Buoy mooring on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales, inside the Cerbère-Banyuls marine reserve.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Vias

Stretch of coast off Vias in Hérault where anchoring is prohibited, between Portiragnes and the mouth of the Hérault at Le Grau d'Agde.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Villeneuve-lès-Béziers Town Quay

Town quay on the Canal du Midi at Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, Hérault, between the Portiragnes lock and the Béziers flight.

Marseillan Plage

Open roadstead off the beach of Marseillan Plage, on the Languedoc lido between the étang de Thau and the Mediterranean, sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NW

Théâtre de la mer

Anchorage off the Théâtre Jean Vilar open-air amphitheatre on the eastern seafront of Sète, Hérault.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Halt Palavas-les-Flots

Small canal halt in Palavas-les-Flots on the Lez, Occitanie, with 4 berths.

Plage de Frontignan

Sand anchorage off Frontignan-Plage on the Golfe du Lion coast, Occitanie, sheltered from NW through NE.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Ponton De Balladuc Dit La Piscine

Small pontoon on the étang de Thau at Balaruc-les-Bains, with 4 berths and up to 2.3 m draught.

Port Barcarès

Marina on the Roussillon lido between the sea and the Salses-Leucate lagoon, 1400 berths with the Lydia beached liner as its landmark.

Quai Commandant Méric

River quay on the Hérault in Agde, about 4 km upstream from the sea entrance at Le Grau d'Agde, Occitanie.

Agde - quai visiteurs

Visitor quay on the Hérault river in the centre of Agde, between the Canal du Midi junction and the sea, in western Hérault.

Anse de la Mauresque

Rocky cove on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Collioure, at the foot of the coastal cliffs of the Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Sheltered SW, W

Cap de Tourre

Anchorage in the étang de Thau, on the north shore near Mèze, Occitanie.

• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Étang de Leucate

Coastal lagoon north of Perpignan, shared between Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales, linked to the sea by the grau de Leucate.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Héliopolis

Sand anchorage off the Héliopolis naturist quarter of Cap d'Agde, western Mediterranean coast of France.

• Sheltered NW, W

Palavas-les-Flots

Open roadstead off the beach of Palavas-les-Flots on the Languedoc coast, sand bottom, exposed to the south.

• Sheltered NW, N

Plage du Lydia

Anchorage off the beach of Le Barcarès, on the Roussillon coast, named after the ship Lydia beached on the sand since 1967.

• Sheltered NW, W

Port du Grau d'Agde

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

Orb

Prohibited anchoring zone at the mouth of the Orb river on the Occitan coast, near Sérignan-Plage.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Rio Aude

Open anchorage off the mouth of the Aude river, between Narbonne-Plage and Valras-Plage on the Languedoc coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SW, W