Harbours and anchorages near Lorient

POULGUEN PER

Small anchorage on the south coast of Finistère between Brigneau and the Bélon river, Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Plage des sables blancs

Anchoring-prohibited zone off the Sables Blancs beach in Carnac, baie de Quiberon, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Anse du Pô

Shallow drying cove on the west side of Carnac, in the baie de Quiberon, south Brittany. Used by oyster farmers and shoal-draught visitors.

Lorient Port à sec

Dry stack marina of 280 spaces at Lorient La Base, on the west bank of the Ter, in the former submarine base of Keroman.

Sainte Catherine - Nord

Anchorage of 27 moorings on sand off Locmiquélic, east bank of the Lorient roadstead, immediately north of the Sainte-Catherine marina.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW

Le Blavet

River anchorage on the Blavet estuary upstream of Lorient, mud bottom, protected from N and NW.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N

Locmalo

Anchorage off the hamlet of Locmalo, on the western shore of the Gâvres peninsula at the entrance to the Lorient roadstead, Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Anse de Kerhervy

River anchorage on the Blavet below Hennebont, Brittany. Mud bottom, sheltered from all directions except south.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Ase de Gâvres

Buoy mooring off the Gâvres peninsula at the entrance to the Petite Mer de Gâvres, in the Lorient roadstead, Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Lomener

Small harbour at Lomener in Ploemeur, on the Morbihan coast west of Lorient.

Hennebont

River port on the Blavet at Hennebont, 4.5 nm upstream from Lorient in south Brittany.

Mouillage du Fort Bloqué

Buoyed anchorage off Fort Bloqué, between Guidel-Plages and Ploemeur on the Morbihan coast west of Lorient.

• Sheltered NE, E

Port du Porsmoric

Small anchorage on the Laita estuary between Guidel and Le Pouldu in south Brittany, sand bottom, well sheltered on most bearings.

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

chez Yves

Sheltered mooring in the Ria d'Étel on the south coast of Brittany, between Magouër and Port Niscop.

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

Port Niscop

Small harbour on the west bank of the Étel ria, in Morbihan, just north of the Étel bar.

Magouer

Small harbour on the west bank of the ria d'Étel at Plouhinec, facing the town of Étel across the channel in Morbihan.

Magouër

Mooring field of 31 buoys on the west bank of the Étel river, opposite the village of Étel in Morbihan.

• Paid
• Sheltered SW, W, NW

La Baie des Curés

Anchorage on the south coast of Île de Groix off the Morbihan coast, with a sand and rock bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Beg Bran

Buoy mooring inside the Ria d'Etel in south Brittany, on mud bottom, protected from N through E winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Anse de Locoal

Anchorage in the Ria d'Étel at Locoal-Mendon, southern Brittany.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Rivière deBélonn

Buoy mooring in the Belon river estuary in southern Finistère, rock and mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, S

Kerroch le Dolmen

Anchorage off Kerroch, on the western shore of the Baie de Quiberon near Carnac, Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Bo

Anchorage on the Aven river between Port-Manec'h and Rosbras, southern Finistère. Mud bottom, good holding.

Port de Carnac

Marina on the river Crach in southern Brittany, on the west bank opposite La Trinité-sur-Mer, 2 km north of the Carnac alignments.