The local public company of the port development of the county council of st jean de luz and ciboure (SPL)
In 2023, the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, owner of the mixed fishing-marina port of Saint-Jean-de Luz and Ciboure wanted to take over and outsource large renovation work, maintenance and renewal of infrastructures, water bodies, public buildings and equipment of the port that were formerly managed fully or partly by the fishing and marina sales representatives.
The service remains under the port police authority who have set up a 24-hour service for the capitainerie (the harbour master’s office), with the following contact details:
Tél : 06 71 92 51 47 – Email :
> Download the rules and regulations for the police and port operations of Saint Jean de Luz and Ciboure
For their part, The Town Federation of the Bay of Saint Jean de Luz and Ciboure, isauthorized to temporarily use the anchorage and light equipment zones of the Nivelle river and the bay. It was renewed by the government in 2023, it’s committed to installing permanent anchorages in the bay of SJL-C (Saint Jean de Luz and Ciboure) and to revise the anchorages of the Nivelle river.
The government, coastal and sea management, in Anglet remains under police authority.
The contact details are as follows:
Tél : 05 59 52 59 70 – Email :
> Download the police rules and regulations of the Anchorage and Light Equipment areas (ZMEL)
> Download the rules and regulations of the Anchorage and Light Equipment areas (ZMEL) management : Règlement-de-police-ZMEL-SJL-Ciboure
In order to have an overview of all the activities carried out in these different zones which are interdependent in the way they operate, the Pyreenees department (64) and the Town Federation of Saint Jean de Luz and Ciboure therefore decided to create the LOCAL PUBLIC COMPANY OF THE PORT DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF ST JEAN DE LUZ AND CIBOURE (SPL) in October 2022.
It is within this framework, from the 1st of January 2023, the SPL took over :
- The activity previously developed by the Management Association of the Fishing Auction of St Jean de Luz Port, namely the management of the initial launch of the fishing products onto the market on the conceded site and on the operating basis that they have organised outside of the port of Saint Jean de Luz and Ciboure as well as the development of the production and the distribution of industrial ice .
- The upkeep and maintenance of the port of Saint Jean de Luz and Ciboure (public equipment) which were taken care of by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bayonne .
- The cleaning service of the administrative fishing buildings which fell to the Interdepartmental Committee of Maritime Fishing and Marine Breeding of the Pyreenees Atlantiques and the Landes Region. (CIDPMEM 64/40).
- The management of the marina and the anchorage and light equipment zones of the Nivelle river and of the bay managed by the Town Federation of the Bay of Saint Jean de Luz and Ciboure .
- The development of the anchorage and light equipment zones of the bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure and the Nivelle river .