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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L’Épine
3.4Anchorage off the village of L'Épine on the west coast of Île de Noirmoutier, Pays de la Loire.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
92AnchorageFranceZone mouillage du Traict
3.4Buoy field in the Traict du Croisic tidal lagoon, just north of Le Croisic harbour, on the southern Loire-Atlantique coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 93AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Coudepont
3.4Mud-bottom anchorage off the northern tip of Île d'Aix, in the Pertuis d'Antioche between La Rochelle and the Charente estuary.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
94AnchorageFranceMouillage de Charron
3.4Tidal anchorage off the mudflats of Charron, north of La Rochelle at the mouth of the Sèvre Niortaise in Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
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Le Grand Traict
3.4Tidal 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
96AnchorageFrancePointe du Croisic
3.4Rocky anchorage off the tip of the Le Croisic peninsula, south Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
97AnchorageFrancePornichet
3.3Mooring 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
- 98AnchorageFrance
Jetée Des Ileaux
3.3Anchorage 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
99AnchorageFrancePréfailles
3.3Open anchorage off Préfailles on the Pointe Saint-Gildas, south side of the Loire estuary in Pays de la Loire.
- Sheltered N, NE
100AnchorageFrancePlage des Dames
3.3Anchorage of around 53 places off the Plage des Dames on the north-east shore of the Île de Noirmoutier.
- Paid
- Sheltered S, SW, W
- 101AnchorageFrance
Zone De La Sableyre
3.3Anchoring zone on the east side of the bassin d'Arcachon, off Taussat and Cassy.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
102AnchorageFranceHaut Pyla
3.3Anchorage at the foot of the Dune du Pilat, the tallest sand dune in Europe at 102 m, southern entrance of the Bassin d'Arcachon.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 103AnchorageFrance
Poudrantais
3.3Anchorage off Pointe du Poudrantais on the west shore of the Vilaine estuary, south Brittany, near Pénestin.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 104AnchorageFrance
mobilhome
3.3Anchorage inside the Arcachon basin, on the west shore off the Cap Ferret peninsula, New Aquitaine.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 105AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Petite Corniche
3.2Anchorage off the south coast of the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, at the foot of the coastal path known as the Sentier de la Corniche.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
106AnchorageFranceAnse de Loubye
3.2Shallow cove between Rivedoux-Plage and La Flotte on the north coast of Île de Ré, six mooring spots on sand.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N
107AnchorageFrancePornic
3.2Anchorage in the bay of Pornic, Loire-Atlantique, off the Côte de Jade on the southern shore of the Loire estuary.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
108AnchorageFrancePlage des Sableaux
3.2Anchorage off the Plage des Sableaux on the east coast of Noirmoutier island, Vendée, 16 berths on sand.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
109AnchorageFranceMouillage de l'Untxin
3.2Anchorage in the Bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure, off the mouth of the Untxin river, sheltered by the Artha, Sainte-Barbe and Socoa breakwaters.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 110AnchorageFrance
Kervoyal
3.2Sand and mud anchorage off Kervoyal beach in Damgan, on the south coast of Morbihan between the Vilaine estuary and the Rivière de Penerf.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
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La Patache
3.1Anchorage off the northwest tip of Île de Ré, near the hamlet of La Patache and the Phare des Baleines.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 112AnchorageFrance
Plage des Saumonards
3.1Anchorage off the east coast of Île d'Oléron, behind the Forêt des Saumonards, facing Fort Boyard, Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
113AnchorageFrancePlage du Gros Jonc
3.0Open roadstead off the south-west coast of the Île de Ré in Charente-Maritime, facing the Pertuis d'Antioche.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 114AnchorageFrance
Anse de Toulin
3.0Sandy anchorage off the Côte d'Amour, just south of Le Pouliguen harbour entrance in the bay of La Baule.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
- 115AnchorageFrance
Anse de Trébézy
3.0Anchorage 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
- 116AnchorageFrance
Anse de Ker Châlon
3.0Sand anchorage on the north-east coast of the Île d'Yeu, 0.4 NM south-east of Port Joinville, close to the town and the Plage de Ker Châlon.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
- 117AnchorageFrance
Banc du Tourlinguet
3.0Sandbank at the entrance of Arcachon Bay, Gironde, where anchoring is prohibited by maritime regulation.
- Sheltered NW, N
118AnchorageFranceBaie du Pouliguen
2.9Sand anchorage in the bay of La Baule, between Le Pouliguen to the W and Pornichet to the SE, on the Guerande peninsula.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
119AnchorageFranceAnse du Saillant
2.9Mud-bottom anchorage on the east side of Île d'Aix in Charente-Maritime, inside the Pertuis d'Antioche.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 120AnchorageFrance
Anse Gavy
2.8Buoy mooring on the Saint-Nazaire side of the Loire estuary, near the Pointe de Chémoulin.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE