Phare de la Coubre

The lighthouse is a tower Coubre truncated 64 meters high. It clarifies and secures access to the Gironde estuary passes by Great Western, facilitating the circumvention of sectors Coubre bench and the bench of the Poor, in which lie many wrecks.

In many sinister reputation, the bench of the Poor, located off the Wild Coast, is strongly discouraged to boating, because of the presence of shoals variables beyond the datum and wrecks, breaking, strong eddies and currents. In transit from the estuary to the north, it is best to avoid these areas off the North Matelier.

Lighthouse highest Charente coast, it is enhanced since the celebration of its centenary in 2005 of a museum that traces the life of the lights in the Gironde estuary.