Best anchorages and harbours in North Brittany

Plage du Groa

Rocky anchorage off the west side of the Île de Bréhat archipelago, in the Côtes-d'Armor.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Port Picain

Drying harbour on the north coast of the Cancale peninsula, Ille-et-Vilaine, facing the Îles Rimains and Granville bay.

Anse de la Touesse

Sandy cove on the west side of the Baie du Mont Saint-Michel, south of Cancale in Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Anse des Rivières

Buoy mooring on the Rance estuary between La Richardais and Dinard in Brittany.

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

Arcades

Anchorage of 60 moorings on sand in the bay of Perros-Guirec, on the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Au Petit Sud De L Ile Meulon.

Anchorage off the south side of Île Melon, an uninhabited islet 300 m off the Porspoder coast in the Chenal du Four, north Finistère.

Baie de Lannion

Open bay on the north coast of Brittany between Trébeurden and Locquémeau, at the mouth of the Léguer estuary leading to Lannion.

• Sheltered SW

Beach Pors Rand

Anchorage off plage de Pors Rand on the north coast of Paimpol peninsula in Côtes-d'Armor, facing the Bréhat archipelago.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Beg vilin

Anchorage on the Trégor coast between Port Blanc and the Jaudy estuary leading to Tréguier, Côtes-d'Armor.

• Sheltered NW, W, E

Brehat

Main harbour of Bréhat on the southern tip of the island, 22 pontoon berths plus visitor moorings, 3 nm offshore from the Paimpol coast in northern Brittany.

Spot Iroise du Moulin Blanc

Enclosed kayak and paddle base inside the port du Moulin Blanc in Brest, Finistère, run by the Canoë Kayak Club Brestois next to the Adonnante High Level Sports Centre.

Brigognan - Caouloc

Sand anchorage in the rocky shoreline of Brignogan-Plages on the north coast of Finistère, in the Pays Pagan.

• Sheltered E

Camping de Vigneux

Buoy mooring on the Rance estuary off Vigneux, between Plouër-sur-Rance and Saint-Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Sheltered E

Centre Nautique La Richardais

Sailing centre on the left bank of the Rance estuary at La Richardais, just upstream of the Rance tidal power station, opposite Dinard.

Chantier des Abers

Boatyard on the Aber Benoit in north Finistère, near the village of Saint-Pabu.

Coat trédrez

Buoy field of 31 moorings off the hamlet of Coat Trédrez on the north Brittany coast, east of the Léguer estuary.

• Paid
• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Coatéozen

Sand-bottom anchorage near the mouth of L'Aber Ildut in the Finistère, sheltered from N through SE, open to the W.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Douane

Anchorage of 120 moorings on sand in the inner bay of Perros-Guirec, Côte de Granit Rose.

• Paid
• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Havre de la Vanlée

Drying tidal estuary on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, between Bréville-sur-Mer and Bricqueville-sur-Mer, north of Granville.

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

île d’Er

Anchorage on sand and rock off the north coast of Brittany, between Port-Blanc and the approaches to Tréguier.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE

Île Illiec

Sand-bottom anchorage off Port-Blanc on the Côtes-d'Armor pink granite coast, roughly 1 nm NE of the harbour.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Île Lemenez

Anchorage off the small island of Lémenez in the Bay of Paimpol, between Loguivy-de-la-Mer and the Bréhat archipelago.

• Sheltered NE

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.

Landrellec

Small tidal harbour on the Côte de Granit Rose at Pleumeur-Bodou, Côtes-d'Armor, facing the Île Grande channel.

Le Cremiou

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

• Sheltered E, SE, S