=> Tourism record :
Port-Vendres
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(Pyrénées-Orientales) | |||||
Port-Vendres |
N 42° 31' 21" E 03° 06' 56" |
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Forecast area | LION | ||||
Published on 17 August 2004
by Roland Woerner ![]() Updated on 25 October 2007 |
Charts | SHOM 7008, 6843, 7002 Navicarte 511 |
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Distances | Collioure 1,5M - Banyuls-sur-mer 4M - Saint Cyprien 7M - Port-La-Nouvelle 30M - Cap d’Agde 49M - Sète 59M - Cassis 115M - Calvi 255M - Bonifacio 285M - Espagne: Cadaquès 19,5M - Port de la Selva 12,6M - Barcelona 100M
To calculate the distance between 2 harbours in this Guide, click on Distances, on top of this page |
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Approach | Harbour master | Quai F. Joly. Open HS 8h-21h; LS 8h-12h/14h-18h
T/F: 04 68 82 08 84 port-vendres.plaisance@perpignan.cci.fr |
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by Day | Sail to the cap Béar then turn starboard at 1M. Wide fairway. | Harbour VHF | VHF 9 | ||
by Night | Sail to the cap Béar (at 500m from the entry) then aim the 193°-200° line (to verify). Well marked entry. | Rescue | CROSS MED Toulon: T: 04 94 61 71 10 Sémaphore du cap Béar: T: 04 68 82 01 22 VHF 16 |
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Dangers | The cap Béar, that one must sail by quite near to enter in Port-Vendres, is one of the most windy headland of France. Be very careful by strong wind. NW winds create a spalshing swell. | Forecast svces | At the harbour office | ||
Lights | ![]() Cap Bear, Fl(3)W.15s 80m 30M ![]() E jetty Oc(3)R.12s 20m 11M. W jetty (fort du Fanal) Oc.G.4s 29m 8M |
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The Harbour | |||||
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Access | Large and safe entry. Accessible even by strong E wind. Difficult by strong NE wind. | |||
Draught | <7-8m | ||||
Description | 230 berths, of whixch 20 for visitors. Call first to get a berth. Price: 17 to 30 euros depending on the size (2007). | ||||
Services | Water, electricity. Toilets at the harbour office (10 showers, 8 WC). Laverie. | ||||
Heavy svces | Lift (150t), travellift (10t, 25t). Shipchandlers. | Anchorage | The yacht harbour is located in the middle of the town, at the end of the harbour. Pontoons are well protected from the winds. | ||
the Place | |||||
Victualling | Fuel station at the left angle before the yacht harbour. Call by VHF the harbour office.
Supermarket at 5 mn in the height of the town. All shops by the harbour. |
Rental svces | |||
Various svces | Some small shops.
"Le Swann" (old cinema converted in garden) is a pleasant halt, at 100m from the harbour. |
Setting | A welcoming old harbour. |
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Some websites about Port-Vendres :Port-Vendres |