09:30 CEST from Îles de Lérins. Mid-morning, after the rest day at the Lérins.
Arrive
About 16:20 CEST at Sanremo. In the late afternoon, with about 4 hours 45 minutes of daylight in hand (sunset 21:04 CEST).
Tides
Range about 0.2 m: no practical effect
Wind
Light; sea breezes in the afternoon. Easterlies on the nose
Boat
35 to 38 ft sailing yacht, 1.9 m draught, 6 kn under sail, 5.5 kn under engine
Crew
Skipper and 3 crew, 2 watches of 2
Track and waypoints 1 to 6, with ports of refuge as squares.
Go or no-go
Decide at 08:30 CEST. Go only if all of these hold:
No easterly above force 5.
Sanremo berth confirmed.
Visibility 2 nm or more.
If the weather is wrong, stay at the Lérins or in Cannes. Nice, Monaco and Menton are on the way.
Route and waypoints
Waypoints are planning positions in open water, checked against a 1:10m coastline to be at least 1 nm off land except at the harbour ends. Distances and courses are calculated from them. Plot every one on the current chart before use. Courses are true.
#
Waypoint
Latitude
Longitude
Course
Leg nm
Total nm
ETA
Notes
0
Lérins buoy field (Anse Sainte-Anne)
43°31.6′N
007°03.0′E
09:30 CEST
Slip the buoy before 12:00.
1
East of Sainte-Marguerite
43°31.0′N
007°05.5′E
108°T
1.9
1.9
09:59 CEST
Out of the no-anchoring zone.
2
South of Cap d'Antibes
43°31.8′N
007°09.5′E
075°T
3.0
4.9
10:29 CEST
1.2 nm off.
3
South of Cap Ferrat
43°39.3′N
007°20.0′E
045°T
10.7
15.6
12:16 CEST
1.2 nm off.
4
Off Monaco
43°43.0′N
007°27.5′E
056°T
6.6
22.2
13:21 CEST
1.2 nm off.
5
Off Bordighera
43°46.0′N
007°41.0′E
073°T
10.2
32.4
15:03 CEST
Italy. 1.5 nm off.
6
Sanremo approach
43°48.2′N
007°47.5′E
065°T
5.2
37.6
16:06 CEST
South of the harbour. Check on the chart
7
Portosole, Sanremo
43°48.9′N
007°47.6′E
006°T
0.7
38.3
16:20 CEST
Position approximate. Check on the chart
Tides and time
Îles de Lérins · Wed 2 Jun · CEST (UTC+2)
LW
01:17
0.2 m
HW
06:52
0.3 m
LW
13:46
0.1 m
HW
19:58
0.3 m
From the La Figueirette station.
Sanremo · Wed 2 Jun · CEST (UTC+2)
LW
01:46
0.1 m
HW
07:25
0.2 m
LW
14:16
0.0 m
HW
20:32
0.2 m
From the Imperia station.
Wednesday 2 June 2027. Tides. The range here is 0.1 to 0.3 m: tides make no practical difference. Wind and air pressure move the sea level more than the tide does.
Sanremo uses the Imperia station.
Tide times are predictions made for this plan from the TICON-4 harmonic constants (DGFI-TUM) with the Neaps tide predictor, because the official 2027 tables were not yet published when it was written. Tested against the official APDL table for Leixões on 23 July 2026, the predicted times were within 8 minutes and the heights 0.1 to 0.2 m lower. Heights are above lowest astronomical tide. Check every time against the official 2027 table before sailing.
Daylight. Sunrise at Îles de Lérins 05:54 CEST. Sunset at Sanremo 21:04 CEST.
Weather
The Riviera in June. Mostly light winds, sea breezes from the south in the afternoon, and calm nights.
Easterlies are the bad-weather wind here, with swell into the harbours.
Forecasts to check
Météo-France marine forecasts, meteofrance.com/meteo-marine: coastal zones Frontière espagnole to Port-Camargue, Port-Camargue to Saint-Raphaël, and Saint-Raphaël to Menton. Special bulletins (BMS côte) are issued for force 7 and above.
Italian forecasts: Aeronautica Militare Meteomar and gale warnings (avviso di burrasca), meteoam.it. Forecast area Mar Ligure. Zone names and issue times: Check the pilot book
NAVTEX Roma: 518 kHz, station R, at 0250, 0650, 1050, 1450, 1850 and 2250 UTC. Cagliari: 518 kHz, station T. Check the times on the receiver.
Italian coast radio VHF weather broadcasts: Check the pilot book
Hazards
Busy water. Large yachts, ferries and tenders off Antibes, Nice and Monaco. Keep a lookout and 1 nm off the capes.
France to Italy. Both in Schengen and the EU: no passport control. Rules for foreign yachts arriving in Italy could not be checked. Check the pilot book
Swimming zones. Italian bathing-season ordinances keep boats a set distance from beaches. The distance at Sanremo could not be checked. Check on the chart
Ports of refuge
Port
From the route
Use it when
Notes
Cannes, Port Pierre Canto
Start
Within the first hour
VHF 9, 24 h.
Monaco
1 nm from waypoint 4
Weather turns
Check the pilot book
Menton
2 nm from waypoint 4
Weather turns
Check the pilot book
Pilotage
Leaving the Lérins
Slip the buoy and leave the no-anchoring zone to the east.
Head north-east round Cap d'Antibes.
Entering Sanremo
Approach from the south, by the Capo dell'Arma light (Fl(2) 15s) to the east.
Call Portosole for a berth. VHF, phone and depths: Check the pilot book
Lights on the way
La Garoupe (Antibes)
Fl(2) 10s, about 32 M
Cap Ferrat
Flash every 3 s
Capo dell'Arma
Fl(2) 15s, 50 m, 24 M
Sanremo south mole
LFl R 5s, 11 m, 8 M
Communications
Lérins buoy field office
VHF 9 · +33 4 93 94 37 71
CROSS weather, Pic de l'Ours
VHF 64
Emergency at sea (CROSS)
VHF 16, DSC 70 · telephone 196, free, 24 h
Emergency at sea, Italy (Guardia Costiera)
VHF 16, DSC 70 · 1530
Emergency on land
112
Contingencies
Easterly rises. Stop at Monaco or Menton.
Person overboard. Shout, point, throw the danger buoy, press MOB, DSC distress alert, Mayday on 16.
Before leaving
Forecasts read and logged before the go or no-go time
French notices to mariners (PING) and Italian notices to mariners (Avvisi ai naviganti) checked for the route
Waypoints entered and checked against the chart
Ship's log started in UTC
Crew briefing: route, watches, safety gear, MOB, fog
Sanremo berth booked
Italian courtesy flag ready
Fuel for 7 hours under engine, plus a reserve
Water, food and hot drinks for 8 hours
Lifejackets with crotch straps, jackstays rigged, harnesses
Liferaft, grab bag, flares in date, handheld VHF
Radar, AIS and navigation lights tested
Passports, boat papers and insurance aboard
Sources
Lérins: cannes.com.
Lights in Italy: Wikipedia, List of lighthouses in Italy (characteristics, heights, ranges); check against the Italian Navy list of lights (Elenco dei fari).
Tides: predictions from TICON-4 harmonic constants (Hart-Davis, Dettmering and Seitz, DGFI-TUM, 2025, doi 10.17882/109129) with Neaps (openwaters.io). Check against the Instituto Hidrográfico 2027 tables.
Sunrise and sunset: calculated (NOAA method).
Lights: The Lighthouse Directory (Rowlett), ibiblio.org/lighthouse, Portugal pages revised August 2024. Cross-check with the IH List of Lights, volume I.