Plage du Débarquement (Le Dramont)
Plage du Débarquement is a 500 m beach of sand and pebbles at Le Dramont, where more than 20,000 GIs of the US 36th Division came ashore on 15 August 1944; a landing barge and a memorial stand on the esplanade above. Offshore sits the Île d'Or with its red-stone tower, and some of the pebbles are blue esterellite from the old Dramont quarries.
WhatBeach, Saint-RaphaëlFrench Riviera
WhenJune to October17° in Nov
Getting there Car On foot
CostPublic shoreFree
AccessDogs not allowed.
- 14°J
- 13°F
- 14°M
- 15°A
- 17°M
- 21°J
- 23°J
- 24°A
- 22°S
- 20°O
- 17°N
- 15°D
Expect the sea at about 24 °C in August and 13 °C in February, going by the 1991 to 2020 averages. The swimming season runs from June to October.
Getting in
- Access
- 500 m of sand, pebbles and lawn at Le Dramont, lifeguarded in season with toilets nearby. A nature base next to the beach hires paddleboards, kayaks and canoes, and the coastal path continues to Cap Dramont, part of the Esterel state forest. Saint-Raphaël marks the 300 m line of its lifeguarded zones with large yellow buoys and asks swimmers to stay inside it.
- Parking
- Car park near the beach, paid in season.
- Also here
- Kayak, Paddleboard, Snorkelling, Coastal walk
Cost and facilities
- Entry
- Free, public shore
- Official site
- esterel-cotedazur.com
- Facilities
- ToiletsLifeguard in seasonParkingKayak hire