Best anchorages and harbours in Atlantic coast
185 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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61HarbourFranceLe Plomb
3.6Drying tidal harbour on the Pertuis Breton shore at L'Houmeau, north of La Rochelle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
62HarbourL'Épine, FrancePort de Morin
3.6Tidal harbour of 850 berths at L'Épine on the west coast of Noirmoutier, sheltered behind a sand spit at the mouth of the étier de l'Arceau.
63HarbourMontreuil-Juigné, FranceHalte Fluviale Montreuil Juigné
3.6River halt on the Mayenne between Angers and the confluence with the Loire, upstream of the écluse de l'Écluseau.
- 64HarbourL'Herbaudière, France
L'Herbaudière
3.6Fishing and yachting harbour of 600 berths on the north-western tip of Noirmoutier, first deepwater shelter south of the Loire estuary.
65HarbourSaint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, FranceSt Hilaire
3.5Shallow quay on the Vie river at Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie in Vendée, with 6 berths and 0.4 m max draught.
66Harbourarzal, FrancePort d'Arzal-Camoël
3.5Marina of 1250 berths on the Vilaine, immediately upstream of the Arzal dam, between the Morbihan communes of Arzal and Camoël.
67HarbourMarennes, FranceMarennes
3.5Tidal lock marina of 160 berths in Marennes, on the Seudre estuary in Charente-Maritime.
68HarbourArzal, FrancePonton Aval - Port d'Arzal-Camoël
3.5Downstream visitor pontoon at the Arzal-Camoel marina, just below the Arzal dam on the Vilaine estuary in southern Brittany.
69HarbourFranceClub Nautique Taussat-Cassy
3.4Small harbour on the east shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, at Taussat-les-Bains in the commune of Lanton, Gironde.
70HarbourFranceBourg sur Gironde
3.4River port of 45 berths on the right bank of the Dordogne, about 1 nm upstream of the Bec d'Ambès where the Dordogne and Garonne meet to form the Gironde estuary.
71HarbourFrancePort du Collet
3.4Tidal harbour at the northern edge of Baie de Bourgneuf, on the Loire-Atlantique coast facing Noirmoutier.
72HarbourLe Verdon-sur-Mer, FrancePort Médoc
3.4Marina at Le Verdon-sur-Mer on the left bank of the Gironde estuary mouth, 950 berths, max draught 3 m, VHF 9.
- 73HarbourLa Faute-sur-Mer, France
La Faute sur Mer
3.3Tidal harbour on the left bank of the Lay estuary, in Vendée, opposite L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer across the river mouth.
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- 75HarbourFrossay, France
Les Portes de l'Atlantique - Port à Sec
3.3Dry-stack marina on the south bank of the Loire estuary at Le Migron, commune of Frossay, between Paimbœuf and Nantes.
76HarbourTonnay-Charente, FranceTonnay-Charente
3.3Former commercial river port on the right bank of the Charente, 4 km upstream of Rochefort in New Aquitaine.
77HarbourÎle-d'Aix, FranceRade De L'île D'Aix
3.3Open roadstead east of the Île d'Aix in the Pertuis d'Antioche, between Fouras and Oléron, with sand and mud holding.
78HarbourFranceAudenge
3.3Small drying harbour on the north-east shore of Bassin d'Arcachon, in the commune of Audenge.
79HarbourLa Plaine-sur-Mer, FranceLa Gravette
3.3Drying tidal harbour on the Jade coast at La Plaine-sur-Mer, at the northern entrance to the Bay of Bourgneuf.
80HarbourBordeaux, FranceBègles
3.2River marina of 40 berths on the left bank of the Garonne at Bègles, in the southern outskirts of Bordeaux.
81HarbourLa Rive, FranceMortagne sur Gironde
3.2River port on the right bank of the Gironde estuary in Charente-Maritime, 15 nm upstream of Royan. Max draught 2 m in the basin.
82HarbourFrancePlassac
3.1River port of 40 berths on the right bank of the Gironde estuary at Plassac, in Gironde, New Aquitaine.
83HarbourAndernos-les-Bains, FranceOstréïcole Andernos-les-Bains
3.1Oyster-farming harbour on the north shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, at Andernos-les-Bains in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- 84HarbourCassy, France
Cassy
3.1Tidal harbour of 225 berths on the east shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, at Lanton, Gironde.
85HarbourFrancePort de Larros
3.1Oyster-farming port at Gujan-Mestras on the southern shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, the main shellfish harbour of the basin.
86HarbourPaimbœuf, FrancePaimboeuf
3.0River port on the left bank of the Loire estuary, about 15 nautical miles downstream of Nantes and 10 miles upstream of Saint-Nazaire.
- 87HarbourFrance
Port de Loix
3.0Tidal port in the salt marshes of Loix, Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, 50 berths.
88HarbourPornichet, FrancePornichet
3.0Marina of 1150 berths on the Baie de La Baule south of the Loire estuary, one of the largest marinas on the French Atlantic coast.
89HarbourCapbreton, FranceCapbreton
3.0Marina of 960 berths at the mouth of the Boudigau channel in the Landes, the only sheltered port on the 100 km sand coast between the Adour and the Arcachon inlet.
- 90HarbourAsques, France
Asque
2.9Small river halt on the right bank of the Dordogne at Asques, upstream of the Bec d'Ambès confluence with the Garonne, in Gironde.