Best anchorages and harbours in Languedoc-Roussillon

Balaruc Suttel

Small harbour on the north shore of the Étang de Thau at Balaruc-les-Bains, the largest French thermal spa town.

Gruissan Port à sec

Dry stack storage at Gruissan, in the Aude department of Occitanie, adjoining the Port de Gruissan marina. Around 250 spaces.

Camping De La Tamarissière

Sandy anchorage off the Tamarissière beach, on the right bank of the Hérault mouth at Agde, Occitanie.

• Sheltered NW

Fitou

Rocky-bottom anchorage on the Languedoc coast between Leucate and the Fitou lagoon, roughly 2 nm west of Port Leucate.

• Sheltered N, NW

Halte Fluviale de Carnon

Short-stay river pontoon at Carnon on the Canal du Rhône à Sète, between the Étang de l'Or and the sea.

Lagune

Sand-bottom anchorage off the Camargue coast near Port Camargue, sheltered from NE and E, exposed to S and W winds.

• Sheltered NE, E

Le Grau-du-Roi Cove

Sand and rock anchorage off the Petite Camargue, south of Le Grau-du-Roi and Port Camargue.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage de la bergerie

Open roadstead off the Languedoc lido between Sète and Palavas, south-east of Frontignan, Hérault.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Rive Droite

Anchorage on the right bank of the Grau-du-Roi to Aigues-Mortes canal, 0.2 NM south of the fortified town, in Occitanie.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Sarcelles

Sand and mud anchorage off the Frontignan coast in the Gulf of Lion, Hérault.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Port La Nouvelle - Robine - quai temporaire

Temporary quay on the Canal de la Robine at Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude, used by pleasure craft entering or leaving the canal from the Mediterranean.

Poihes

Canal du Midi halte in the village of Poilhes, in the Hérault between Béziers and Capestang, on the long pound that runs level from Fonseranes to the Malpas tunnel.

Le Grand Travers La Grande-Motte

Open-coast anchorage off the Grand Travers beach, between Carnon and La Grande-Motte in the Hérault, on the Mediterranean side of the Étang de l'Or.

Etang de Thau

Anchoring prohibited zone in the Étang de Thau lagoon, Occitanie, set aside for the shellfish tables that cover much of the lagoon.

• Sheltered S

Ile de Thau

Anchorage off the Île de Thau islet, just outside Sète harbour on the Étang de Thau side, Occitanie.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Le Cap D”Agde

Roadstead anchorage off the Cap d'Agde resort, Hérault, western Mediterranean. Sand bottom, shelter from the north-west only.

• Sheltered NW

Marseillan Ville

Anchorage off the town of Marseillan on the western shore of the Étang de Thau lagoon, Hérault.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Mouillage de Ancien pont de la Peyrade

Occitan anchorage on mud bottom, sheltered from NE to SE winds, 0.5 NM north of the Sterne Voiles dry port.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Plage de Cerbère

Pebble-and-sand bay at the last French village before the Spanish border, on the Côte Vermeille in Roussillon.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Anse la Galère

Cove on the étang de Bages-Sigean south of Narbonne, mooring prohibited, bottom of sand, rock, weed and mud.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

APAM

Association port on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Aigues-Mortes, Gard, between the Camargue and the medieval ramparts of the walled town.

Bages

Small harbour on the étang de Bages-Sigean, a coastal lagoon south of Narbonne in Occitanie, connected to the Mediterranean through the grau de la Nouvelle.

Charles de Gaulle

Anchorage on the north shore of the Étang de Thau, off the village of Bouzigues in Hérault, Occitanie.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Coudalere

Marina on the Étang de Leucate at Le Barcarès, on the Roussillon coast south of Perpignan.

Crique

Small cove on the Cote Vermeille between Banyuls-sur-Mer and Cerbere, last stretch of rocky coast before the Spanish border in the Pyrenees-Orientales.

• Sheltered W, SW, S

La Coudalère

Mooring on mud inside the marina basin of La Coudalere at Le Barcares, on the Languedoc coast.

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

Les Eaux Blanches

Shallow light-craft area on the étang de Thau at Sète, on the lagoon side of the Languedoc coast.

LesCanalous

Canal boat hire base on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Carnon, commune of Mauguio, Hérault.

Marine Palumbo

River marina on the Hérault at Agde, on the left bank just upstream from the old town.

Peyriac de Mer

Single-berth village quay on the étang de Bages-Sigean, commune of Peyriac-de-Mer, Aude.