Best anchorages and harbours in Atlantic coast
219 documented anchorages and harbours in Atlantic coast, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 31AnchorageFrance
Plateau Cordouan
4.3Sandbank anchorage around the Cordouan lighthouse, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary between Le Verdon and the Pointe de Grave, New Aquitaine.
- 32AnchorageFrance
Plage des Souzeaux - Anse Rouge
4.3Anchorage 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
33AnchorageFranceBaie du chapus
4.3Shallow mud anchorage in the channel between the mainland at Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and the south-east coast of Île d'Oléron, crossed by the viaduct to Oléron.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
34AnchorageFranceLe Mimbeau
4.3Sand-spit anchorage at the tip of Cap Ferret, inside the Bassin d'Arcachon, largely drying at low water, with sand holding and shelter from W, NW and SW winds.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
35AnchorageFranceBaie De Saint Jean De Luz
4.3Anchorage of around 15 berths on sand inside the Baie de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, protected by three seawalls built between 1864 and 1895.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 36AnchorageFrance
la Plage des Américains
4.3Sand anchorage on the east shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, north of the Cap Ferret peninsula, opposite the village of Le Canon.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 37AnchorageFrance
Rade de Saint-Martin
4.3Roadstead off Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré in Charente-Maritime. Anchoring prohibited in the marked zones of the harbour approach.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
38AnchorageFranceBaie de Loia
4.3Anchorage in the Bay of Txingudi on the Franco-Spanish border, opposite Hendaye, with a mixed rock and sand bottom.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
39AnchorageFranceÎle du Pilier
4.2Anchorage off the Île du Pilier, a small granite island northwest of Noirmoutier in the Bay of Biscay.
- Sheltered W, SW
40AnchorageFranceBahía de Chingudi
4.2Estuary on the Franco-Spanish border at the mouth of the Bidassoa, shared between Hendaye, Hondarribia and Irun.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W
41AnchorageFrancePen Cadenic
4.2Anchorage on the north shore of the Pénerf estuary in southern Morbihan, Brittany, on the approach to the village of Le Tour-du-Parc.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 42AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Fosse
4.2Small sand-bottom anchorage on the north coast of Île d'Oléron, about 0.4 nm east of Saint-Denis-d'Oléron.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
43AnchorageFranceLa Vigne
4.2Anchorage on the north shore of Cap Ferret, inside the Bassin d'Arcachon, sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
44AnchorageFranceSaint-Martin de Ré
4.2Anchorage off Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the north coast of the Île de Ré, in the Pertuis Breton, Charente-Maritime.
- Paid
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
45AnchorageFranceLa Meule
4.1Small rocky inlet on the south coast of the Île d'Yeu, used as a fishing and visitor mooring under the white Notre-Dame-de-la-Bonne-Nouvelle chapel.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 46AnchorageFrance
Les Conches
4.1Open anchorage off the Longeville-sur-Mer beach in southern Vendée, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
47AnchorageFrancearcachon bay
4.1Sand anchorage on the north shore of the bassin d'Arcachon, off the oyster village of Le Canon on the presqu'île du Cap-Ferret.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
48AnchorageFranceLa Patache
4.1Sand anchorage off Pointe de la Patache, on the north-west tip of Île de Ré, at the outer entrance of the Fier d'Ars.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
- 49AnchorageFrance
Le vasard de Beychevelle
4.1Mud bank anchorage on the Gironde estuary off Beychevelle, in the Médoc vineyards of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E
50AnchorageFranceRivedoux Plage
4.1Drying sand and mud anchorage off Rivedoux-Plage on the east coast of Île de Ré, at the foot of the Pont de l'Île de Ré.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 51AnchorageFrance
Île Dumet
4.1Rocky islet 3 NM off Piriac-sur-Mer in the bay of Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique. Forain anchorage on the south side.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 52AnchorageFrance
Saint Jean de Monts
4.1Open roadstead off the long sandy beach of Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Vendée coast south of the Baie de Bourgneuf.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E
53AnchorageFranceL'herbe
4.0Anchorage off the oyster village of L'Herbe on the Cap-Ferret peninsula, facing the Île aux Oiseaux inside the Bassin d'Arcachon.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
- 54AnchorageFrance
Sablanceau
4.0Sand beach anchorage on the southeast shore of Île de Ré, just north of the Pont de l'Île de Ré, facing the Pertuis Breton.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 55AnchorageFrance
Anse des Broches
4.0North-facing cove on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, west of Port-Joinville.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
56AnchorageFranceLes Evens
4.0Open anchorage on sand off the Côte d'Amour between Pornichet and La Baule, Loire-Atlantique.
- 57AnchorageFrance
La Palmyre
3.9Sand anchorage off La Palmyre beach on the north shore of the Gironde estuary entrance, Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
58AnchorageFranceRade de l'île d'aix
3.9Large anchorage on mud between the Île d'Aix and the Fort Boyard, in the Pertuis d'Antioche off the Charente-Maritime coast.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
59AnchorageFranceBaie de Gatseau
3.9Sand anchorage off the Pointe de Gatseau, at the southern tip of Ile d'Oleron.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
60AnchorageFrancePornichet
3.9Open 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