Best anchorages and harbours in North Brittany

Port de Saint Briac

Drying tidal harbour at the mouth of the Frémur river on the Emerald Coast, around 600 moorings on buoys and fore-and-aft lines.

Port de Saint-Suliac

Tidal harbour of 100 moorings on the right bank of the Rance estuary, Brittany, at the village of Saint-Suliac listed among Les Plus Beaux Villages de France.

Port du Chatelet

Tidal drying harbour on the Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer peninsula, Côte d'Émeraude, 66 berths, between the Baie de l'Arguenon and the Baie de Lancieux.

Port Du Yaudet

Drying anchorage at the mouth of the Léguer river on the commune of Ploulec'h, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.

Port Laurent

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

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Port lazo

Drying harbour in the anse de Lazo on the commune of Plouézec, 3,5 NM east of Paimpol in the Côtes-d'Armor.

Port Minic

Small tidal harbour on the west bank of the Rance estuary at Le Minihic-sur-Rance, between Dinan and Saint-Malo in Brittany.

Port Saint-Sauveur

Small harbour on the Trégor coast of northern Brittany, with 6 berths and limited draught.

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

Porzh ar Roc'h Vran

Open anchorage off the Pointe Saint-Mathieu sector in the Iroise sea, west Brittany, sand bottom, sheltered from N through NW.

• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Poulennou

Drying cove and small harbour on the north coast of Finistère, commune of Cléder, between Plouescat and Moguériec.

Roc'h Ribin

Rocky shoal off the Côte de Granit Rose in north Brittany, marked as a prohibited mooring zone. Port-Blanc lies 0.9 nm south.

• Sheltered S, SE

Roch'Hir

Rock-bottom anchorage off the Trieux estuary in northern Brittany, about 2.4 NM north of Lézardrieux.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Rostiviec

Small drying harbour on the north shore of the Daoulas river, in the Rade de Brest, commune of Loperhet.

Saint Pabu

Small tidal harbour on the Aber Benoît, north Finistère, Brittany, used mainly as a mooring field on the river.

Saint-jaguel

Mud-bottom anchorage in the ria of the Arguenon, north coast of Brittany, near Saint-Cast and Le Guildo.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Sous la Tour

Anchorage at the entrance of the Légué estuary near Saint-Brieuc in Brittany, mud bottom, sheltered from NW through N and NE and from W.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Tremazen

Coastal mooring at Landunvez on the Pays des Abers coast of north Finistère, Brittany.

Treompan

Open anchorage off the Tréompan beach on the north coast of Finistère, near Ploudalmézeau.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE