Anchorage

Plage de Manec’h

Shelter: NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Sand anchorage at the mouth of the Aven and Bélon rivers, next to Port-Manec'h in southern Finistère.

Water
Pontoon
Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Entry from the W between the Pointe de Beg Morg and the Pointe de Kerhermen. The Aven has an entrance sill and the water shoals quickly, with the deepest point only about +0.1 m at the marker buoy, so anchor south-east of the shoal, just beyond the buoys and outside the yellow marks. Sand bottom, sheltered from almost every quarter except directly from the S, and it rolls in south-westerlies over 15 knots. Holding is good on sand. Keep clear of the swimming zone off Port-Manec'h beach and of the mooring field belonging to the SNSM station.

Practical

Water available. Port-Manec'h lies 0.1 NM to the SW with about 18 visitor buoys managed by the commune of Névez, a slipway and a small grocery. A pontoon is open for a shower and a quick run to the grocery for bread, though the harbour master limits it to about half an hour; reserve bread for an early arrival. Rosbras, 1.1 NM upriver to the N on the Aven, offers a riverside pontoon.

Ashore

GR34 coastal path passes above the cove, linking Port-Manec'h to Raguénez beach to the W and to the Bélon oyster beds to the E. Trégunc and Pont-Aven, the village that drew Gauguin and the Pont-Aven school, are within cycling distance at 6 and 4 km respectively.

Key facts

Type: Anchorage
Coordinates: 47.80315, -3.73685 (47°48.19'N 3°44.21'W)
Country: France
Shelter: Sheltered from north-west, north, north-east, west, east, south-west winds
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed
Services: Water, Pontoon, Beach
Boaters' rating: 4.4/5
Updated: October 15, 2026