Best anchorages and harbours in North Brittany

Île Stagadon

Anchorage off Île Stagadon, in the archipelago north of L'Aber Wrac'h, north Finistère. Sand bottom, shelter from N and NW.

• Sheltered N, NW

Île noire

Anchorage behind Île Noire in the Bay of Morlaix, northern Brittany, between Carantec and the Plougasnou peninsula.

• Sheltered NE, E

Gorrequer

Small mooring field with 3 buoys in the Rade de Brest, on the north shore of the Anse de Moulin Mer, Brittany.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW

Île Tomé

Rocky islet off Perros-Guirec on the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany, anchorage on its south side.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Roc'h Gouarivinou

Open anchorage off the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany, roughly 3.8 nm north of Tréguier and 4.4 nm east of Port-Blanc.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE

Postermen

Anchorage in the Rade de Brest north of the Crozon peninsula, sand and mud holding, useful shelter from westerly weather.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Penn ar créac'h

Buoy mooring in the Aber Benoît, on the north Finistère coast of Brittany, inside one of the long rias that cut into the Pays des Abers.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Pointe du Menhir

Rocky anchorage off the Crozon peninsula in Brittany, just north of Morgat in the baie de Douarnenez.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Saint Laurent

River mooring on the Jaudy, 0.8 NM N of Tréguier on the pink granite coast of the Côtes-d'Armor.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Ménez Perroz

Mooring in the ria of the Aber Wrac'h, north-west Finistère, close to the village of Perroz.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Plouescat

Small drying harbour on the north coast of Finistère, Brittany, serving the commune of Plouescat in the Bay of Kernic.

Île Louët

Single mooring buoy off the islet of Louët in the baie de Morlaix, Brittany, beside the Château du Taureau.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Pointe du Cosmeur

Anchorage off the Pointe du Cosmeur in the Bay of Morlaix, northern Brittany, with sand and mud holding.

• Sheltered SW

Plage de la Chapelle

Anchorage on sand west of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, between the Frémur estuary and the Îles Ébihens in Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Sheltered W, NW

Porsmilin

Anchorage off Plage de Porsmilin in Locmaria-Plouzané, on the north shore of the Rade de Brest, western Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

îles Maudez

Anchorage off the small island group north-west of Bréhat, in the northern Côtes-d'Armor, on sand and algae.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Anse de Saint - Hernot

Sand anchorage on the east side of the Cap de la Chèvre, Presqu'île de Crozon, Finistère.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Plage sud ouest île Callot

Anchorage off the south-west beach of Callot island, at the entrance to the bay of Morlaix in northern Finistere.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Trez Bihan

Sandy cove on the south shore of the Crozon peninsula in Finistère, inside the Bay of Douarnenez.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Port Blanc

Anchorage on the Cote de Granit Rose at Penvenan, sheltered by a belt of pink granite islets including Île Saint-Gildas and Île du Château Neuf.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Kervili

Anchorage in the Aber-Wrac'h estuary, on the north coast of Finistère in Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Porz Kernok

Drying harbour on the east side of Île de Batz, off Roscoff in north Finistère, the main anchorage of the island.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Baie de Daoulas

Anchorage in the Baie de Daoulas, a sheltered branch of the Rade de Brest in Finistère, on mud holding.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Plage Ganaoc'h

Anchorage on the Aber-Benoît off Saint-Pabu, on the north coast of Finistère in Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW

Pointe du Chatelet

Anchorage on the Rance maritime between Saint-Malo and Dinan, on the right bank opposite Saint-Suliac.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Port-Armor

Deep-water marina at Saint-Quay-Portrieux on the Côtes-d'Armor coast, 1,030 berths accessible at all states of tide.

Anse du Caro

Small cove on the south shore of the rade de Brest, between Le Moulin Blanc and the Pointe de l'Armorique, with a water tap ashore.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Cancale

Open roadstead off the oyster port of Cancale, facing the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel in Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Les amis du Passage

Anchorage in the inner roadstead of Brest, off the Moulin Blanc area, west Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Plougasnou - Terenez

Anchorage off the hamlet of Térénez on the north Finistère coast, sand bottom, 8 moorings available.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE