Harbours and anchorages near Belle-Île-en-Mer

Port du Palais

Main harbour of Belle-Île-en-Mer, 245 berths at the foot of the Vauban citadel, on the island's north coast facing the Morbihan mainland.

Plage des pirates

Anchorage off a small sand beach on the Rhuys peninsula, south Brittany, near Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Tréac'h er Baron

Anchorage on the north coast of Houat, Morbihan, over patchy sand and rock.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Port de l'Argol

Mooring field of around 135 buoys at Port de l'Argol, the main harbour of Île d'Hoedic in the Morbihan, southern Brittany, sand bottom, open to the north and northeast.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE

Port Aux Moines

Drying harbour of 117 berths on the south coast of the Rhuys peninsula at Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, Morbihan.

Île des Poulains

Anchorage off the Pointe des Poulains at the north-west tip of Belle-Île-en-Mer, on sand and rock.

• Sheltered SW, S

Plage du Béniguet

Sandy anchorage off the north-west coast of Île de Houat, in the Mor Bras between Quiberon and Belle-Île.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Stêr-Vraz

Deep inlet cutting into the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, just west of Sauzon. The name means "big estuary" in Breton.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Portz chudell - West

Anchorage on the west side of the Île-aux-Moines approach, Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany. Sand and rock bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Saint-Pierre Lopérec

Sheltered drying anchorage in the Rivière d'Auray, upstream of Locmariaquer in the Golfe du Morbihan.

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

Port Goulphar

Narrow rocky inlet on the south coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, below the cliffs of Bangor, on the Côte Sauvage.

• Free
• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Plage du Fogeo

Sandy beach anchorage on the W side of the Presqu'île de Rhuys, just S of Port du Crouesty at the entrance to the Golfe du Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Port Guen

Cove on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, just east of Le Palais, with room for about 10 boats on sand.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Port-Haliguen - Quiberon

Marina of 1300 berths on the east side of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, inside the Baie de Quiberon.

La Trinité-sur-Mer

Marina of 1250 berths on the estuary of the Crac'h river, between Carnac and the Gulf of Morbihan in southern Brittany.

Treac'h er Gorlé

White sand anchorage on the north-east coast of Île d'Houat, Morbihan, sheltered from winds from SE through S to SW.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Beg Run er Vilaine

Anchorage off the west shore of the Vilaine estuary, just north of the Pointe de Penlan, near Saint-Gildas-des-Bois side of the river mouth.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Îlot de Toul-Bras

Day anchorage off the eastern shore of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, between Port-Haliguen and Port-Maria.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Port Blanc

Small sandy cove on the south-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, in the commune of Bangor.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Port de Deuborh

Anchorage on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, 0.8 NM NW of Sauzon, sand bottom.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Locmariaquer

Drying harbour of 119 berths on the western shore of the entrance to the Golfe du Morbihan, opposite Port-Navalo across the narrow pass.

Réduit de Béniguet

Anchorage off Île de Béniguet, in the Chaussée de Sein archipelago west of the Brittany mainland.

• Sheltered E, S, SE

Rade de Houat

Roadstead on the south-east side of Île de Houat, used as the natural waiting area for Port Saint-Gildas.

• Sheltered NW, W

Rohu

Anchorage off the Pointe du Rohu in the golfe du Morbihan, sand and weed bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Sauzon - Avant port

Outer anchorage of Sauzon on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, the largest island off southern Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Beg er Sennerion

Small sand anchorage on Île d'Hoedic, just east of Port de l'Argol.

• Sheltered W

Sauzon

Drying harbour on the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, at the mouth of a narrow ria opening onto the Quiberon bay.

Port de la Croix

Anchorage on the north shore of the Crozon peninsula in the roadstead of Brest, Finistère, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Port Jean

Small cove on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, between Sauzon and the Pointe des Poulains, off the commune of Sauzon.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE

Pointe de Ramonette

Anchorage off the east coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, 0,3 nautical miles southeast of Le Palais, the main port of the island.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW