Best anchorages and harbours in Marseille and the Calanques

Calanque Saint-Pierre

Small bight immediately east of La Ciotat harbour. Anchoring is prohibited: moorings on buoys only during the season.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Îles du Frioul

Anchorages among the four limestone islands of the Frioul archipelago, 2.7 NM west of Marseille, within the Parc national des Calanques.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Port de Méjean

Small rocky calanque on the Côte Bleue between Marseille and Carry-le-Rouet, west of l'Estaque.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Calanque de Figuerolles

Small ochre-cliff calanque on the western side of La Ciotat, with a sand and rock bottom sheltered from the northerly quadrant.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Calanque de Morgiou Sud

Anchorage at the southern entrance of the Calanque de Morgiou, within the Parc national des Calanques between Marseille and Cassis.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Marseille - MPM

Historic harbour of Marseille run by the Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence, 3200 berths on both quays of the calanque that forms the heart of the city.

Calanque de l'Escondelle

Cove on the western flank of Île de Pomègues, Frioul archipelago, facing the open sea off Marseille.

• Sheltered E, SE, S

Calanque de Saména

Small rocky calanque on the south coast of Marseille, between La Madrague de Montredon and Les Goudes, at the gateway to the Parc national des Calanques.

• Sheltered E, SE

Calanque Saint Jean de Dieu ou de l'Oeil de Verre

Small anchorage in the Calanque Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, also called Calanque de l'Œil de Verre, between Morgiou and Sormiou on the Marseille coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Carry le Rouet

Marina of 570 berths on the Côte Bleue, 25 km west of Marseille, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Grande Calanque

Anchorage on the east side of Pomègues in the Frioul archipelago off Marseille, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

île Maire

Rocky islet off the Marseille coast at the western edge of the Calanques national park, separated from Cap Croisette by the Tiboulen channel.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW

La Gracieuse

Sand-spit anchorage on the east side of the Golfe de Fos, at the tip of the Gracieuse sand bar, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W

Port de la Redonne

Anchorage off the small harbour of La Redonne-Ensuès on the Côte Bleue, inside the Parc marin.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Port Miou

Buoy field in the Calanque de Port-Miou, the first calanque west of Cassis, inside the Parc national des Calanques.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Quai st Henri "port de commerce"

Commercial quay in the northern part of the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, in the Saint-Henri district.

Calanque de l'Erevine

Narrow limestone calanque on the Côte Bleue between Niolon and Méjean, west of Marseille, inside the Côte Bleue marine park.

• Sheltered NW, N

Calanque de Ratonneau

Anchorage on the north side of Ratonneau island in the Frioul archipelago, off Marseille, with sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Calanque Seynerolles

Small rocky inlet on the eastern flank of La Ciotat bay, just south of the Port Vieux.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Cassis

Port of 400 berths in the bay of Cassis, between Cap Canaille and the calanque of Port-Miou, within the Calanques National Park.

Île de Jarre

Uninhabited island south-east of Marseille, inside the Calanques national park, with a sand anchorage on its northern side protected from southerly winds.

• Sheltered SE, S

Ile de Jarron

Anchorage by Île Jarron in the Riou archipelago south of Marseille, within the Calanques national park.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

La Ciotat - Port vieux

Historic harbour of 700 berths in the heart of La Ciotat, at the foot of the former shipyards now converted into a superyacht refit centre.

Plage de Carro

Sand-bottom anchorage off the beach at Carro, on the Cote Bleue west of Marseille, at the western tip of the Martigues peninsula.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Port de Ferrières

Marina of 334 berths on the Ferrières basin in Martigues, opposite the Jonquières and L'Île districts on the Canal de Caronte.

Port de l'Éoube

Small cove on the east side of Île Ratonneau in the Frioul archipelago, off Marseille.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Roche de la Cheminée

Anchorage off the Frioul archipelago west of Marseille, between Pomègues and Ratonneau.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, W, NW

Le Baou Rouge

Anchorage under the red cliffs of the Calanques massif east of Marseille, inside the Parc national des Calanques.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Anse de l'Arène

Anchorage off Cassis, 0.8 NM south-east of the harbour and 1.3 NM east of Port-Miou, inside the Calanques National Park.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Débié

Anchorage on the south side of Pomègues, one of the Frioul islands off Marseille.

• Sheltered N, W, NW