Best anchorages and harbours in Atlantic coast

Plage de l'arnèche

Anchorage in the Gironde estuary off Meschers-sur-Gironde, mud bottom, sheltered from N to E.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Plage de Trehervé

Anchorage off a mud-bottomed beach on the Rhuys peninsula, near the entrance of the rivière de Pénerf, in Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Plage des Carrés

Mooring field off the plage des Carrés at Pornic, on the Jade coast of Loire-Atlantique, sand bottom, sheltered from N, NE and E winds.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Plage du galon d’or

Open anchorage off the long sand beach of Galon d'Or on the west coast of Île d'Oléron, south of Saint-Trojan-les-Bains.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Plage du Veillon

Anchorage off the sandy Veillon beach at the mouth of the Payré estuary, south of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire in Vendée.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Plage Nord de Taussat

Anchorage on the northeast shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, off Taussat-les-Bains in Gironde.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Point du Jour

Anchorage on the Garonne river at Lormont, on the right bank opposite Bordeaux, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Pointe du Bec

Rocky anchorage off Pornichet on the southern Brittany coast, just east of the Baie de La Baule.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Pont du Brault

Anchorage on the Sevre Niortaise near the Brault road bridge, at the eastern edge of the Baie de l'Aiguillon in Vendee.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE

Pontaillac

Sand anchorage off the Plage de Pontaillac in Royan, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary, Charente-Maritime.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

ponton canal

Freshwater pontoon on the Canal des Landes at La Teste-de-Buch, linking the Arcachon basin to Lac de Cazaux-Sanguinet.

Ponton Plaisance

Waiting pontoon on the Charente river just downstream of Rochefort's locked marina, for boats holding off outside the lock window.

Port "Les Sandres" - Gastes

Lake port on the west shore of the Biscarrosse et Parentis lake, at Gastes in the Landes.

Port Adhoc Bayonne-Anglet

Dry storage and service yard on the Adour at Anglet in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, near the Bayonne estuary.

Port Charly

Sand anchorage off Le Croisic peninsula, on the southern Loire-Atlantique coast.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Port de Biganos

Tidal oyster port at the mouth of the Leyre on the eastern shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, with 153 berths.

Port de Cavernes

Small river port on the right bank of the Dordogne at Saint-Loubès, about 15 km upstream of Bordeaux, used by local motor boats and as a halt on the Gironde estuary route.

Port De L'Aiguillon

Tidal harbour on the right bank of the Lay estuary, on the north side of the Baie de l'Aiguillon, in the Vendée.

Port de l’écluse

Small freshwater harbour on the lake of Biscarrosse-Parentis, in the Landes, near the canal linking to the lake of Cazaux.

Port de l’Estey

Small freshwater harbour on the eastern shore of Lac de Cazaux-Sanguinet, in the Landes. Main port of the commune of Sanguinet.

Port de la belle étoile

Small Gironde estuary port at La Belle Étoile, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, between the Bec d'Ambès and the Médoc shore.

Port de la Pierre Percée

River port on the Loire between Ancenis and Champtoceaux, on the right bank, Pays de la Loire.

Port De La Teste

Tidal port on the south shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, at the mouth of the Craste de Nézer.

Port de Lérat

Small drying harbour on the rocky coast north of Piriac-sur-Mer, on the Guérande peninsula in Pays de la Loire.

Port de Navarrosse

Freshwater marina on the Étang de Cazaux-Sanguinet at Biscarrosse, in the Landes forest south of Arcachon.

Port de Rivedoux Plage

Drying harbour on the east coast of the Île de Ré, facing the pont de l'Île de Ré, in Charente-Maritime.

Port des Brochets

Drying tidal harbour on the north shore of the Baie de Bourgneuf, commune of Bouin in the Vendée marshes.

Port des Champs

Small drying harbour at the edge of the Bouin polders, on the east side of the Baie de Bourgneuf.

Port du Bec

Oyster harbour on the north side of the Baie de Bourgneuf, commune of Beauvoir-sur-Mer, known for its timber jetties.

Port du fort de socoa

Marina of 156 berths at the western end of Saint-Jean-de-Luz bay, below the Fort of Socoa, in Ciboure on the Basque coast.