Informations
This union aims to provide services tailored to the needs of boaters, maritime professionals, and visitors, by pooling technical and human resources to improve hospitality, safety, and the quality of facilities.
Each port or site in the network offers a full range of services: careening areas with launching ramps, cranes to facilitate lifting operations up to 6 tons, waste disposal sites dedicated to marine waste, terminals for drinking water and electricity (220V or 380V), as well as modern sanitary facilities with hot showers and Wi-Fi.
Fuel supply, often tax-exempt, is available at several strategic locations, allowing navigators to refuel easily and safely.
The main site is the floating basin of La Tremblade, which offers over a hundred berths on floating pontoons, a secure parking area accessible through a maritime gate, a fixed crane, and all the services required for comfortable navigation.
The other traditional drying ports, such as those of Arvert, Chaillevette, Étaules, L'Éguille-sur-Seudre, or Mornac-sur-Seudre, retain their authentic charm while offering suitable facilities, with operational ramps at both low and high tides, and berths equipped with water and electricity.
The Seudre estuary stretches for about twenty kilometers in its maritime section, where freshwater and saltwater mix with the tides, creating a remarkable natural environment shaped by salt marshes and oyster refining ponds, home to the renowned Marennes-Oléron oysters, which benefit from a protected geographical indication and a red label.
This unique territory is a truly living landscape made up of canals, mudflats, reed beds, and oyster-farming basins, which visitors can explore on foot, by bike along the Vélodyssée, by kayak, paddleboard, or by boat from Mornac.
The region also offers a variety of tourist activities such as rides on the Train des Mouettes, a steam locomotive that winds through the oyster-farming marshes, as well as visits to oyster huts and the Cité de l’Huître, a living museum dedicated to this local industry.
Hiking trails and cycling paths run along both shores, allowing nature and heritage lovers to fully immerse themselves in the area, while the annual Seudre ascent in August celebrates the river’s history and the region’s maritime wealth.
Administratively, the joint union of the ports of the Seudre estuary is based in the former La Tremblade train station, where it welcomes users and ensures technical coordination, with a telephone service and teams dedicated to infrastructure maintenance and development.
Thus, the Port Estuaire Seudre forms a dynamic and integrated network, combining maritime tradition, sustainable development, tourism promotion, and support for local economic activities, offering a unique and efficient environment for all actors in marine and recreational boating.