Corcubion - Docking
Anchorages
Head of the Ria:
There are various anchoring spots available in and around the town of Corcubion over sand/mud and stone.
Playa de Quenje south of the town has space to anchor outside the moorings with the best protection from SW to NW winds. There is a restaurant on the beach.
There is also space south and north of the main quay, off the town. Anchoring to the south has more depth (8-10m), north of the quay the depth shallows (3-4m) and the holding tends not to be quite as good.
Good protection in a northerly can be found by anchoring in the NE corner of the Ria, between the commercial dock and Pta. Fornelos.
Fuel is available at the fishing harbor where you can come alongside the main dock.
Elsewhere:
It is worth exploring the anchorages to the east of the Ria around Pta. Galera (see notes above in cautions). Cruisers report Playa Gures and Ezaro village as good overnight anchorages in firm sand. A nice excursion at Ezaro is to take the dinghy up the river to see the waterfall.
Last updated: September 2019
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It seems that most yachts keep on going once around Finisterre. This is a pity as Corcubion and the nearby bays are worth exploring and offer good holding and interest ashore.
Corcubion itself is an attractive small town with a useful small market, supermarket and bakers plus some good fish restaurants. There is also a hypermarket in Cee only about 15 minutes away on foot. The holding in mud where we anchored next to a pilot boat is excellent.
The bay to the east of the entrance to Corcubion ria is also worth a look. We anchored off the quiet Playa Gures for a night and off Ezaro village for another both in good firm sand . Just beware of the headland at Pta Galera as we just missed a rock which would be awash at low springs but is further out than those marked by 30 metres or so.
At Ezaro it is worth taking the dinghy up the river a few hundred yards to see the impressive waterfall.
Best of all we had all the anchorages to ourself with not another cruising boat to be seen.
We love Corcubion and have anchored there twice now, the last time for 5 days. It is on the ‘reverse Camino’ from Santiago to Finisterre, which pilgrims walk to see the ‘end of the earth’. There is a good butcher and small grocery store, but neighbouring Cee – a short bike ride or 20-min walk away – has a giant supermarket inside a mall, good hardware store, and a fresh produce/fish/meat market. The sailing club restaurant is quite good and popular.