Harbours and anchorages near La Baule

Les Portes de l'Atlantique - Port à Sec

Dry-stack marina on the south bank of the Loire estuary at Le Migron, commune of Frossay, between Paimbœuf and Nantes.

Préfailles

Open anchorage off Préfailles on the Pointe Saint-Gildas, south side of the Loire estuary in Pays de la Loire.

• Sheltered N, NE

Poudrantais

Anchorage off Pointe du Poudrantais on the west shore of the Vilaine estuary, south Brittany, near Pénestin.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

La Gravette

Drying tidal harbour on the Jade coast at La Plaine-sur-Mer, at the northern entrance to the Bay of Bourgneuf.

Pornic

Anchorage in the bay of Pornic, Loire-Atlantique, off the Côte de Jade on the southern shore of the Loire estuary.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Kervoyal

Sand and mud anchorage off Kervoyal beach in Damgan, on the south coast of Morbihan between the Vilaine estuary and the Rivière de Penerf.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Paimboeuf

River port on the left bank of the Loire estuary, about 15 nautical miles downstream of Nantes and 10 miles upstream of Saint-Nazaire.

Anse de Toulin

Sandy anchorage off the Côte d'Amour, just south of Le Pouliguen harbour entrance in the bay of La Baule.

• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Anse de Trébézy

Anchorage on the north shore of the Loire estuary, west of Saint-Nazaire, mud bottom, sheltered from NW, N and W winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Pornichet

Marina of 1150 berths on the Baie de La Baule south of the Loire estuary, one of the largest marinas on the French Atlantic coast.

Baie du Pouliguen

Sand anchorage in the bay of La Baule, between Le Pouliguen to the W and Pornichet to the SE, on the Guerande peninsula.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Port de Gourmalon

Marina of 350 berths in Pornic on the south Brittany coast of Loire-Atlantique, on the north shore of the Baie de Bourgneuf.

Anse Gavy

Buoy mooring on the Saint-Nazaire side of the Loire estuary, near the Pointe de Chémoulin.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Mouillage près du port d’Arzal

Anchorage on the Vilaine river, just downstream of the Arzal-Camoël dam and lock at the head of the Vilaine estuary in Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Île du Pilier Nord

Anchorage on the north side of Île du Pilier, a small rocky island off Noirmoutier, 2.7 NM west of L'Herbaudière.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Cale De Vielle Roche

Mooring buoys on the Vilaine estuary just upstream of the Arzal dam, mud bottom with shelter on most points of the compass.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Kercabellec

Drying harbour on the Mesquer estuary, in the salt-marsh hinterland of Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique.

Comberge

Small drying harbour on the south coast of the Pays de la Loire, between Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef and Pornic, a short hop from the Île du Pilier anchorages.

Damgan plage

Visitor buoys off the plage de Damgan in the Morbihan, south Brittany, on mud holding.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Merquel

Small buoy field off the Pointe de Merquel at Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique, north of the Traict de Mesquer salt marshes.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Mouillage au large de Piriac-sur-Mer

Sand anchorage off Piriac-sur-Mer on the Guérande peninsula, southern Brittany approaches.

• Sheltered E, SE

Lanséria

Buoy mooring field off the coast near Kercabellec, northern entrance of the Traict de Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Pointe de Pen-Bron

Anchorage off the sand spit of Pen-Bron at the entrance to the Traict du Croisic, opposite the fishing harbour of Le Croisic in Pays de la Loire.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW

Saint-Guérin

Anchorage in the ria of Pénerf, southern Brittany, on the west bank opposite the village of Saint-Guérin, in Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW

Plage du Grand Traict

Open anchorage off the sandy beach of Grand Traict on the Guérande peninsula, between Pornichet and Le Croisic, on the southern Loire-Atlantique coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Bassin de St Nazaire

Locked commercial basin at the mouth of the Loire in Saint-Nazaire, used as a transit stop by yachts entering the river on their way upstream to Nantes.

Pointe du Bec

Rocky anchorage off Pornichet on the southern Brittany coast, just east of the Baie de La Baule.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Port Saint-Michel

Open anchorage off the south coast of the Le Croisic peninsula, Loire-Atlantique.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Criée du Croisic

Working fish auction quay on the north side of the Le Croisic harbour channel, in southern Brittany.

Port Charly

Sand anchorage off Le Croisic peninsula, on the southern Loire-Atlantique coast.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S