Harbours and anchorages near Noirmoutier

Plage des Souzeaux - Anse Rouge

Anchorage on the north coast of Noirmoutier island, between the Souzeaux beach and the Plantier point, with around 200 moorings on mud bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered SW, S

Île du Pilier

Anchorage off the Île du Pilier, a small granite island northwest of Noirmoutier in the Bay of Biscay.

• Sheltered W, SW

Saint Jean de Monts

Open roadstead off the long sandy beach of Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Vendée coast south of the Baie de Bourgneuf.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E

Les Evens

Open anchorage on sand off the Côte d'Amour between Pornichet and La Baule, Loire-Atlantique.

Pornichet

Open roadstead anchorage off the beach of Pornichet, at the western end of the baie de La Baule, southern Brittany coast.

• Free
• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Luzeronde

Anchorage off the sand beach of Luzéronde on the north coast of the Île de Noirmoutier, west of L'Herbaudière.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Anse du Boucau

Cove on the north-east side of Île d'Houat in the Mor Braz, south Brittany, opposite the village of Saint-Gildas and Port Saint-Gildas.

• Paid
• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

La Linière

Sand anchorage on the north coast of Noirmoutier island, between L'Herbaudière and Noirmoutier-en-l'Île.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

L’Épine

Anchorage off the village of L'Épine on the west coast of Île de Noirmoutier, Pays de la Loire.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Le Grand Traict

Tidal lagoon north of Le Croisic and Guérande, on the south coast of Brittany, used as a waiting anchorage by shoal-draught boats.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Pornichet

Mooring field off Pornichet on the Baie de La Baule, Loire-Atlantique, at the western end of the Côte d'Amour.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE

Jetée Des Ileaux

Anchorage off the east coast of Noirmoutier island, in the bay between the jetty and the Gois causeway, on mud.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Préfailles

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

• Sheltered N, NE

Plage des Dames

Anchorage of around 53 places off the Plage des Dames on the north-east shore of the Île de Noirmoutier.

• Paid
• Sheltered S, SW, W

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

Plage des Sableaux

Anchorage off the Plage des Sableaux on the east coast of Noirmoutier island, Vendée, 16 berths on sand.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

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

Anse Gavy

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

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE

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

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

Le Gois échouage

Drying anchorage on mud in the Baie de Bourgneuf along the Passage du Gois, the tidal causeway linking Noirmoutier to the mainland, in the Pays de la Loire.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Île du Pilier

Sand anchorage off the Île du Pilier, a granite islet 2.7 NM northwest of L'Herbaudière on Noirmoutier, Vendée.

• Sheltered SW, S

Parc Fromentine

Sand-bottom anchorage in the Goulet de Fromentine, off the Vendée coast, near the bridge to Île de Noirmoutier.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Les Formes

Mud-bottom anchorage in the Baie de Bourgneuf, southern Loire-Atlantique, sheltered from NW and W.

• Sheltered NW, W

La Nor

Anchorage in the baie de Bourgneuf, Pays de la Loire, mud bottom with good holding, open to westerly weather.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Plage des Carrés

Mooring field off the plage des Carrés at Pornic, on the Jade coast of Loire-Atlantique, sand bottom, sheltered from N, NE and E winds.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Le Cormier

Anchorage on the Jade coast near Pornic, sand and rock bottom, shelter from NE through E and from SW through SE.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Pointe du Bec

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

• Sheltered N, NE, E