Best anchorages and harbours in North Brittany

Plage de Nantois

Sand-bottom anchorage off Plage de Nantois on the north coast of Brittany, between Le Val-André and Dahouët in the Baie de Saint-Brieuc.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Pointe de l'Armorique

Anchorage off the headland that separates the anse du Moulin Blanc from the Elorn estuary, on the south shore of the rade de Brest.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

La Corderie

Main anchorage of Île-de-Bréhat, on the west side of the island between Bréhat and Île Logodec, Côtes-d'Armor. Much of it dries at low water.

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

Portsall

Drying harbour and sand anchorage on the north coast of Finistère, Brittany, between the Aber Benoît and Le Conquet.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE

Anse à la Truelle

Sheltered cove on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, south of Granville in Normandy.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Enez Croaz-Hent

Anchorage in the archipelago off Plouguerneau in north Finistère, sand bottom, sheltered from E, SE, S and SW.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Plage des Dames

Anchorage off Plage des Dames on the west coast of Finistère, between Porspoder and Lanildut.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Plage du Kelenn

Sand mooring off the Plage du Kelenn in Carantec, at the entrance of the bay of Morlaix in northern Finistère.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

La Landriais

Mooring field of about 25 buoys on the right bank of the Rance maritime, opposite Le Minihic-sur-Rance in Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered W, SW, S

Mouillage du Yaudet

Mud-bottom mooring in the estuary of the Léguer near Lannion, Brittany, below the hamlet of Le Yaudet.

• Sheltered N, NE, SW, S, SE

Binic

Wet basin marina on the Baie de Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, with 350 berths and 2.5 m maximum draught.

Île Logodec

Sand-bottom anchorage off Ile Logodec in the Brehat archipelago, northern Brittany, sheltered from the western sector.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Grève de Penn al Lann

Anchorage in the rade de Brest, off the southern shore between Rostiviec and Moulin-Mer, in Finistere.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Lanvéoc

Anchorage off Lanvéoc on the south shore of the rade de Brest, Crozon peninsula, Finistère.

• Free
• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Morgat

Marina of 732 berths in the Bay of Morgat, on the south side of the Crozon peninsula in Finistere.

Rivière de Penzė

Ria mooring on the Penzé river west of Roscoff, sheltered in all directions except the north quadrant.

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

Bodic

Anchorage on the Trieux estuary in northern Brittany, just downstream of Lézardrieux, off the Bodic lighthouse.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE

Port D'Erquy

Fishing and yachting port on the Côte de Penthièvre in Brittany, sheltered by the red sandstone headland of Cap d'Erquy.

Taden

Halt on the fluvial Rance between the Châtelier lock and Dinan, on the right bank at the Plaine de Taden.

Anse de Camfrout

Anchorage in the Aulne estuary, rade de Brest, off the village of Le Faou and the entrance of the rivière du Faou.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Penn vale

Sand-bottom anchorage on the north coast of Brittany in the Côtes-d'Armor, in the waters off Penvénan and the Port-Blanc archipelago.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Aneret

Anchorage on the southern side of the Chausey archipelago, 8.3 NM west of Granville in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Anse Pommelin

Anchorage on the west side of the Trieux estuary in the Côtes-d'Armor, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from west and south, open to the east.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Plage de Kergalec

Anchorage off plage de Kergalec in the rade de Brest, Brittany, mud bottom, sheltered from NW, N, NE, W and E winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Port Fluvial D'évran

Small halt of 4 berths on the Canal d'Ille-et-Rance at Évran, between Dinan and Rennes in Côtes-d'Armor.

Île des Hebihens

Tidal anchorage off the Île des Hébihens in the Baie de la Fresnaye, between Saint-Cast-le-Guildo and Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer, Côtes-d'Armor.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Baie de Beninou

Anchorage in the Iroise sea off the Finistère coast of Brittany, mixed sand and weed bottom, sheltered from E to SW.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW

Hérel - Granville

Marina of 1000 berths at Granville, on the Normandy coast facing the Chausey archipelago, 8 NM east of the islands.

Île Millau

Anchorage off Île Millau in the bay of Trébeurden, on the Côte de Granit Rose, north Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Saint-Cast - Port d’Armor

Marina of 1005 berths on the Côte d'Émeraude, on the east side of the Saint-Cast peninsula between Cap Fréhel and the Rance estuary.