Best anchorages and harbours in North Brittany

La Gravelouse

Buoy field off the beach of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Émeraude, west of Dinard, sand and algae bottom.

• Sheltered W, S, SE

La Grève Blanche

Buoy mooring off the pink granite beach of La Grève Blanche in Trégastel, northern Finistère coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, S

La Mauvaise

Anchorage off the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in the Chausey archipelago waters, sand bottom, sheltered from NW winds only.

• Sheltered NW

La Palme

Anchorage on the west coast of the Crozon peninsula, sand and rock bottom, shelter from N and NE winds.

• Sheltered N, NE

la source

Sand anchorage off Saint-Briac-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Émeraude, between Saint-Malo and the estuary of the Frémur.

La Vache

Sand-bottom anchorage in the Chausey archipelago off the Normandy coast, west of Granville.

Le Cremiou

Unsheltered mooring off the northern coast of Finistère, between Plouescat and Plouguerneau.

• Sheltered E, SE, S

Le Loup

Anchorage in the Jaudy estuary leading to Tréguier, on the Trégor coast of northern Brittany.

• Sheltered N

Le Minihic-sur-Rance

Anchorage in the Rance estuary upstream of Saint-Malo, mud bottom, between Dinard and Dinan.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Le moulin neuf

Mooring area on the Rance maritime estuary near La Richardais, between Dinard and the Chatelier lock, mud bottom.

Le Pouldu

Anchorage off Le Pouldu, at the mouth of the Laita river between Finistere and Morbihan, southern Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Le Rieul

Mooring on buoys off the plage de Longchamp at Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, Côte d'Émeraude, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Maison blanche

Anchorage in the rade de Brest, on the south shore between Pointe de l'Armorique and the entrance to the Élorn, in Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Mouillage de Kermagen

Three-buoy anchorage in the Trieux estuary between Lézardrieux and the Île-de-Bréhat, northern Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Mouillage de Le Puits

Sand-bottom anchorage in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, sheltered from NE and E winds.

• Sheltered NE, E

Pen Vir

Anchorage off the Trieux estuary in the Côtes-d'Armor, west of the Île de Bréhat archipelago in northern Brittany.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Penn énez

Buoyed mooring area off Penn Enez, in the estuary of the Aber Wrac'h, north Finistère.

• Sheltered SW, S

Plage de Keremma

Open anchorage off the Keremma dunes on the north Finistère coast, sand bottom, sheltered from S to SW winds but fully exposed to the north swell.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Plage de Kerfissien

Buoyed mooring off the beach of Kerfissien on the north coast of Finistere, between Cleder and Plouescat.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Plage de l'Avant port

Anchorage off the north side of Binic on the bay of Saint-Brieuc, Cotes-d'Armor.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Plage de la pointe

Buoy mooring on the Rance river in Ille-et-Vilaine, off the village of Saint-Suliac upstream from the Rance tidal barrage.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Plage de Tibidy

Anchorage off Tibidy beach in the anse de Poulmic, rade de Brest, facing the Île Tibidy.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Plage du Moulin

Sand anchorage 0,5 nm south of Saint-Quay-Portrieux in the baie de Saint-Brieuc, Brittany.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Plage du Port

Buoy field off the north Finistère coast near Roscoff, sand bottom, open to westerly swell.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Plage Saint-Enogat

Open anchorage off the beach of Saint-Énogat on the west side of Dinard, facing the bay of Saint-Malo.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Pointe de la Chaine

Anchorage off the Pointe de la Chaine on the eastern side of the baie de Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, northern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W

Porspaul

Open anchorage in the cove of Porspaul at Lampaul-Plouarzel, on the Iroise coast of Finistère.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Port Laurent

Anchorage on the Rance estuary near La Richardais, between Saint-Malo and Dinard.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Porz ar Birnec

Small anchorage on the Trieux estuary, between Paimpol and Loguivy-de-la-Mer, north Brittany.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Porz Kerid

Anchorage in the rade de Brest on the south shore of the Elorn estuary, mixed sand, rock and weed, sheltered from NW to NE.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE