Harbours and anchorages near Granville

Cancale

Open roadstead off the oyster port of Cancale, facing the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel in Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Baie de Mont Saint Michel

Vast sand bay between Cancale and Granville, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list for the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel. Tidal range reaches 14 metres at equinoctial springs, among the largest in Europe.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

La Mauvaise

Anchorage off the Normandy coast north of Granville, sand bottom, sheltered from NW, N, NE and W winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Mont Saint-Michel

Tidal anchorage in the bay of Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, off the UNESCO World Heritage abbey island. Sand and mud bottom, shelter from NW through SE.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Pointe d'Agon

Sand anchorage in the Havre de Regnéville on the west coast of the Cotentin, 60 mooring buoys, sheltered from NW through SE.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Port Homard

Drying anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin, north of Granville, sand bottom among granite rocks.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Les Trois Ilets

Anchorage off the Îles Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Manche department.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S

Port Marie

Sand anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, open to westerly weather but sheltered from NW, N and NE.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Anse à la Truelle

Sheltered cove on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, south of Granville in Normandy.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Aneret

Anchorage on the southern side of the Chausey archipelago, 8.3 NM west of Granville in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Hérel - Granville

Marina of 1000 berths at Granville, on the Normandy coast facing the Chausey archipelago, 8 NM east of the islands.

Grève de Blainvillais

Buoy field of 15 moorings at the Îles Chausey, the tidal archipelago off Granville, sand bottom, sheltered from NW through S.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Les Carniquets

Drying sand anchorage in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, off the Normandy coast north of Granville.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW

Roche Cardin

Anchorage on sand off Roche Cardin in the Chausey archipelago area west of Granville, sheltered only from SW winds.

• Sheltered SW

Port Mer

Buoy mooring in the bay of Port-Mer, on the north side of the Pointe du Grouin peninsula near Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, where anchoring is discouraged.

• Paid
• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Rochers aux ânes

Sandy anchorage off the Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Normandy, named after a cluster of rocks south of Grande Île.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Picain Boys

Mooring buoy field off Port-Picain, on the east side of the Baie de Cancale in Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Basse Cancale

Small anchorage for about 5 boats off Cancale in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, eastern Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Port Picain

Drying harbour on the north coast of the Cancale peninsula, Ille-et-Vilaine, facing the Îles Rimains and Granville bay.

Havre de la Vanlée

Drying tidal estuary on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, between Bréville-sur-Mer and Bricqueville-sur-Mer, north of Granville.

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

La Mauvaise

Anchorage off the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in the Chausey archipelago waters, sand bottom, sheltered from NW winds only.

• Sheltered NW

Cale Sud Hauteville Sur Mer

Drying anchorage off the south slipway of Hauteville-sur-Mer on the Cotentin west coast, Normandy, between Granville and Agon-Coutainville.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

La Vache

Sand-bottom anchorage in the Chausey archipelago off the Normandy coast, west of Granville.

Mouillage de Le Puits

Sand-bottom anchorage in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, sheltered from NE and E winds.

• Sheltered NE, E

La Crouie

Drying harbour at the head of the Sienne estuary at Regnéville-sur-Mer, on the west coast of the Cotentin in Normandy.

Club Nautique de Regneville sur Mer

Drying anchorage in the Sienne estuary on the west coast of the Cotentin, south of Coutances in Normandy.

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

Pointe de la Chaine

Anchorage off the Pointe de la Chaine on the eastern side of the baie de Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, northern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W

Port de Cancale

Drying tidal harbour at Cancale on the eastern shore of the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.

Gonneville

Open anchorage off Gonneville-sur-Mer on the Calvados coast of Normandy, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Rocher aux mouettes

Open anchorage off the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE