Best anchorages and harbours in Basque coast

Baie de Loia

Anchorage in the Bay of Txingudi on the Franco-Spanish border, opposite Hendaye, with a mixed rock and sand bottom.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Saint-Jean-de-Luz - Ciboure - Port Larraldenia

Marina of 81 berths in the bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure, on the Basque coast, sheltered behind the three breakwaters of the bay.

Baie De Saint Jean De Luz

Anchorage of around 15 berths on sand inside the Baie de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, protected by three seawalls built between 1864 and 1895.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Hendaye

Marina of 890 berths on the Bidassoa estuary, last French harbour on the Atlantic before the Spanish border.

Port des Gaves Réunis

Tidal river port at Peyrehorade, Landes, at the confluence of the Gave de Pau and the Gave d'Oloron, about 30 km upstream from the Adour estuary at Bayonne.

Port Maguide

Lakeside marina of 500 berths on the north shore of Lac de Biscarrosse et de Parentis, in the Landes.

Anglet - Brise-Lames

Marina of 425 berths on the right bank of the Adour estuary between Anglet and Boucau, on the Basque coast.

Moutéou

Small freshwater marina on Lake Parentis-Biscarrosse, on the commune of Parentis-en-Born in the Landes.

Mouillage de l'Untxin

Anchorage in the Bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure, off the mouth of the Untxin river, sheltered by the Artha, Sainte-Barbe and Socoa breakwaters.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Capbreton

Marina of 960 berths at the mouth of the Boudigau channel in the Landes, the only sheltered port on the 100 km sand coast between the Adour and the Arcachon inlet.

Mimizan

River port on the Courant de Mimizan, between the Atlantic beach and the Etang d'Aureilhan, in the Landes forest of New Aquitaine.

Plage Sud

Open roadstead off Mimizan-Plage on the Landes coast, south of the Arcachon basin, sand bottom.

Ponton de Lahonce

River pontoon on the Adour at Urcuit, upstream of Bayonne in the Basque Country.

Boucau near Bayonne

Estuary area at the mouth of the Adour between Boucau and Anglet, near Bayonne. Anchoring is prohibited in the navigable channel used by commercial traffic.

• Sheltered NE, W, E, SE

Port Lily

Small lake port on the Biscarrosse et Parentis lake, in the Landes, between Port Latécoère to the south and Port de l'Écluse to the north.

Sauvage

Lake anchorage on the Étang de Biscarrosse et de Parentis, in the Landes forest, New Aquitaine.

• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Anglet Montbrun

Small basin on the right bank of the Adour at Anglet, between Bayonne and the sea, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, maximum draught 1 m.

Campeole

Small freshwater port on the Biscarrosse lake in New Aquitaine, with 5 berths and a 0.4 m maximum draught for shallow craft.

Côte des Basques

Open anchorage off the Côte des Basques beach in Biarritz, Basque coast.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Craste De liboy

Anchorage on the Étang de Cazaux et de Sanguinet, on the west shore near Navarrosse, Landes.

• Sheltered E, S, SE

L'Adour Dock

Pontoon on the right bank of the Adour at Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse, in the Landes, around PK 104 upstream from Bayonne.

La Gourgue

Lake anchorage on the Cazaux-Sanguinet lake in the Landes de Gascogne, weed bottom.

• Sheltered SW

La paillote

Freshwater port on the north shore of Lac de Biscarrosse et de Parentis, in the Landes.

La plage des Aigrettes

Sand anchorage on the north shore of the Étang de Cazaux-Sanguinet in the Landes, one of the largest freshwater lakes in France.

• Sheltered N, NE

Latecoère

Lake port on the north shore of the étang de Biscarrosse-Parentis, in the Landes, named after the aviation pioneer Pierre-Georges Latécoère.

Le Port des Pêcheurs

Small fishing harbour tucked under the cliffs of Biarritz, between the Grande Plage and the Rocher de la Vierge, on the Basque coast.

Mouillage de Gauseirans

Open roadstead off the beaches of Anglet on the Basque coast, sand bottom, exposed to the Atlantic swell.

• Sheltered E

Mouillage de Larrigade

Sand-bottom anchorage on the Landes coast in New Aquitaine, sheltered from S, SW, W and NW.

• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Parentis-en-Born

Small lake port of 4 berths on the south-east shore of the Biscarrosse et Parentis lake, in the Landes.

Plage Américaine

Sand anchorage on the west shore of Lac de Cazaux et de Sanguinet, the second largest natural lake in mainland France, in the Landes de Gascogne.

• Sheltered W, SW