Best anchorages and harbours in Languedoc-Roussillon

Plage de la Vielle Nouvelle

Sand anchorage off the long beach south of Gruissan, between the Étang de l'Ayrolle and the Mediterranean, in Occitania.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Plage du Lazaret

Anchorage off the Lazaret beach on the Sète lido, sand bottom, sheltered from most quarters except southerly winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Plage le Bourdigou

Open anchorage off the Bourdigou beach on the Roussillon coast, between Le Barcares and Sainte-Marie-la-Mer.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Pont tournants

Anchorage on rock bottom just outside the swing bridges of Le Grau-du-Roi, at the mouth of the canal linking the sea to Aigues-Mortes.

Port à sec - Sète

Dry stack storage facility in Sète, Hérault, on the étang de Thau and canal system linking the Mediterranean to the Canal du Midi.

Port Cassafiere

Inland canal marina at Portiragnes on the Canal du Midi side of the Hérault coast, south-west of Agde.

Port de Colombiers

Canal du Midi port at Colombiers, Hérault, between the Malpas tunnel and the Fonseranes flight of locks.

Port Grégau

Secondary basin of La Grande-Motte marina on the Gulf of Lion coast of Occitanie, used mainly as an annex to the main harbour.

Port jean gau

Small municipal port on the right bank of the Orb river at Valras-Plage, Occitanie, named after the French solo circumnavigator Jean Gau.

Port Mahon

Shallow pontoon on the étang de Bages-Sigean, commune of Sigean, Aude.

Port Nautica

Marina on the Leucate lagoon at Le Barcarès, on the Occitan coast north of Perpignan.

Torreilles-Plage

Open sand anchorage off the Roussillon coast between Port Barcarès and Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Sheltered W