Phare de Goury

Always surrounded by a white swell, more or less strong, the Goury lighthouse sits at the very end, in Auderville. Fifty meters high, it was put into service in 1837. Previously, in a single year, twenty-seven ships had sunk in the area. Facing it, the Raz Blanchard, one of the strongest tidal currents in Europe. Between Cape de la Hague and the island of Alderney, the so-called Rout Passage is known to all sailors for its violent storms and the strength of its currents. A brutal world as opposed to the poetic world of Prévert, the neighbor across the street. “The Raz Blanchard is a hostile world,” says Cédric, a lobster fisherman. There are always waves, even on windless days. »

Seeing a storm off the port of Goury remains an incredible spectacle. The waves raise bars of foam which turn the sea white. When it calms down, the landscapes retain just as much force.