Sémaphore du cap Béar, Vessel traffic service station in Port-Vendres, France.

The Sémaphore du Cap Béar is a vessel traffic service station located on a coastal promontory near Port-Vendres on the French Mediterranean coast. The facility monitors maritime movement using both traditional observation equipment and contemporary electronic systems to assist navigation in these waters.

The station was established in 1861 as part of a network of coastal observation posts that transformed maritime communication across the Mediterranean. Visual signaling methods allowed ships to receive critical navigation information from shore-based operators.

The semaphore is a French Navy navigation service post, not a site open to visitors. Its name comes from Mount Béar and Cap Béar on the Côte Vermeille. In July 2015, three suspects were arrested for planning to behead a senior officer stationed here; they were sentenced to nine years in prison in 2018.

The semaphore is an active French Navy post on Mont Béar, about 80 m above sea level and roughly 300 m west of the Béar lighthouse; it is not open to visitors. The site lies below Fort Béar, some 700 m away and at about 205 m, and is reached from Port-Vendres by the coastal road and paths of the Côte Vermeille. The chain-link fence and the mast's antennas are visible from outside.

The semaphore is an active French Navy post, not a visitor site, and stands about 300 metres west of the Béar lighthouse and roughly 700 metres from Fort Béar, which sits higher at about 205 metres. In 2015 three men were arrested over a plan to kill a senior officer here; they were sentenced to nine years in 2018.