Whilst Camaret-sur-mer was a pleasure . . . to leave, Morgat is exactly what we had imagined Camaret should be.

The busy marina has a single visitor’s pontoon with around 6 finger berths on one side, the remainder being available to lie alongside or raft to those already there. 

There is not much depth of water at low tide in the marina, especially on a spring tide and the bay outside has even less.  As the tide dropped away we were a little concerned to see the depth gauge drop to 1.3 metres but it was enough for us. Just.

Morgat is a lovely small seaside town with cafés, restaurants, a boulangerie and a small but well-stocked Corsair supermarket.

There are many caves along the steep coast either side of here.  A walk along the old customs pathway offered fantastic views of them and the surrounding coastline. This was not a walk for anyone with vertigo, a liking for sensibly laid footpaths or health & safety regulations!

We took the rib out one evening to have a close-up look at some of the caves.

Not having local knowledge of either the caves or the numerous rocks at their entrances, we were cautious about entering them.  Some had had large rock falls inside and we didn’t think being cocooned was a good idea.

We looked into several caves from their entrances and nudged just inside one for a closer look before setting off back to the marina via a blast around both the local bays.  We then noticed a large cave with what appeared to be an easy entrance and went to investigate.

Unlike the others, this cave had no rocks or boulders to negotiate outside its entrance.  The swell was only very slight so we ventured in,

It was difficult to keep the rib still enough to take a really good picture, the flash was of no use in a cave this big and we had to rely on a long exposure, hence the slightly blurred image.