Best anchorages and harbours in North Brittany

Porz Leien

Anchorage on the north coast of the Île de Batz, facing the Channel, in the Finistère archipelago off Roscoff.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Launay

Anchorage in the baie de Paimpol in Côtes-d'Armor, north-east of the access channel to Paimpol. Sand bottom, sheltered from NW, W and SW.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Port Lyvet

River marina of 258 berths on the Rance, at the upstream entrance of the Chatelier lock, about halfway between Saint-Malo and Dinan.

Plage du Guerzido

Anchorage off Guerzido beach on the south coast of the Île de Bréhat, in the archipelago north of Paimpol.

• Sheltered NW, N

Anse de Porsmoguer

Sandy cove on the Iroise coast of Plouarzel, west Finistère, between Pointe de Kermorvan and Pointe de Corsen.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Les Carniquets

Drying sand anchorage in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, off the Normandy coast north of Granville.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW

Perros Guirec

Marina of 577 berths at Perros-Guirec on the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany, facing the Sept-Îles archipelago.

Port de Ploumanac'h

Tidal harbour at the mouth of the Traouïéros valley, within the Côte de Granit Rose classified site, commune of Perros-Guirec in Côtes-d'Armor.

Plage du Corréjou

Anchorage off the Corréjou beach in the bay of Camaret-sur-Mer, on the west side of the Crozon peninsula, Finistère.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Plage Ile Renote

Anchorage off Île Renote at Trégastel, on the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany. Sand bottom, sheltered from W to SE winds.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Anse des Sévignés

Anchorage on the Côte d'Émeraude between Cap Fréhel and Saint-Cast, Côtes-d'Armor.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Pointe du Térénéz

Mooring field of 16 buoys off the Pointe du Térénez in the Rade de Brest, on the north shore of the Aulne estuary, mud bottom.

• Free
• Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW

Porzmeur

Anchorage on the north shore of the rade de Brest, sand bottom, shelter from NE, E and SE winds.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Daoulas

Drying harbour at the head of the Daoulas river, a ria on the south shore of the Rade de Brest in Finistère.

Île Callot

Anchorage off Île Callot, a tidal island linked to Carantec by a causeway that covers at high water, in the Bay of Morlaix.

• Sheltered SW, W

Ile de brehat west

Anchorage off the west side of Ile de Brehat, in the Cotes-d'Armor, north Brittany.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Roscoff

Rock-bottom anchorage off Roscoff, north Finistère, Brittany, exposed to W, SW and S winds.

• Sheltered W, SW, S

Anse de Camaret

Anchorage in the bay of Camaret-sur-Mer on the Crozon peninsula, west Finistère, between the Pointe du Toulinguet and the Sillon de Camaret shingle bank.

• Free
• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W

Ports Darland

Mooring marked as prohibited in the Molène archipelago off western Brittany, inside the Parc naturel marin d'Iroise.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Brest Moulin Blanc

Large marina on the north shore of the rade de Brest, Finistère, with 1460 berths and 3 m maximum draught.

Porz Coz

Mud-bottomed anchorage on the north shore of the Rade de Brest, opposite the Île Ronde, in Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Trégarvan

River anchorage on the Aulne estuary off the village of Trégarvan, in the Finistère, Brittany.

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

Toull an trebez

Sandy anchorage in the Aber Wrac'h estuary, north Finistère, about 1.4 NM NW of the port of L'Aber-Wrac'h.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

La Chambre - Île Logodec

Small buoyed anchorage with 4 moorings off Île Logodec, south of the Bréhat archipelago, in the passage known as La Chambre.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW

Île Molène

Anchorage off Île Molène in the Molène archipelago, west of Le Conquet in the Iroise Sea.

• Paid
• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Roche Cardin

Anchorage on sand off Roche Cardin in the Chausey archipelago area west of Granville, sheltered only from SW winds.

• Sheltered SW

Pempoul

Mud-bottom anchorage off Pempoul beach at Saint-Pol-de-Leon, on the bay of Morlaix in northern Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW

Port diben

Fishing and leisure harbour on the commune of Plougasnou, on the east side of the bay of Morlaix in northern Finistère, facing the Île Noire and the Château du Taureau.

Mouillage de la Pointe du Château

Anchorage at the Pointe du Château in the rade de Brest, on the south shore of the Daoulas estuary in Finistère.

• Sheltered NE, E

Port De Faou

Drying harbour at the head of the ria of Le Faou, in the inner rade de Brest, western Brittany.