Corcubion - General Info
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Description:
The Ria of Corcubion is located in the province of A Coruña, Galicia, tucked just inside Finisterre. It is well worth exploring as you round this notorious Cape for its sheltered anchorages and good holding.
The Ria itself is long and narrow. Corcubion is a busy fishing town on the western shore of the Ria, very pretty, with traditional Galician galleried houses overlooking the pleasant promenade along the seafront. There is an excellent market in the center and good bars and restaurants.
The town of Cee at the head of the Ria can be reached from Corcubion by bicycle, foot, bus or dinghy. It has a very large supermarket in a shopping center, hardware stores, and a much larger fresh produce market.
Cruiser Highlights:
Good protection and holding; several protected anchorages; easy supplies; uncrowded and pretty.
Entrance Notes and Cautions:
Pilotage in this Ria is complex, in particular in bad weather and poor visibility.
Be aware of the headland at Pta Galera where there is a rock awash at low springs, further out than those marked on the chart by approx. 30m.
Position:
42° 54.98’N, 09° 10.50’W (ria entrance)
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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.