Best anchorages and harbours in South Brittany

Mouillage près du port d’Arzal

Anchorage on the Vilaine river, just downstream of the Arzal-Camoël dam and lock at the head of the Vilaine estuary in Morbihan.

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

Ban-Gâvres

Small anchorage with 8 spots off the fishing village of Gâvres at the entrance to the Lorient roadstead, sand bottom, sheltered from W through SE.

• Paid
• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Port de Kerdruc Nevez

Small wet harbour on the right bank of the Aven estuary, in the commune of Névez, 1.2 NM upstream from Port Manec'h.

Pont L'Abbé

Mooring on buoy in the Pont-l'Abbé river, south Finistère, on the Pays Bigouden coast.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, S

Anse Bénodet - Ouest

Anchorage west of Bénodet at the mouth of the Odet in Finistère, sand bottom, sheltered from N and NE winds.

• Sheltered N, NE

Anse du Pérello

Rocky cove on the coast of Ploemeur, Morbihan, west of Lorient and the approach to the Blavet.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Anse du Ter

Sheltered anchorage on the west bank of the Lorient roadstead, Morbihan, opposite La Base.

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

Le Logeo

Harbour of 155 berths on the south shore of the Golfe du Morbihan, in the commune of Sarzeau, facing the Île aux Moines.

Toul-Bihan

Rocky cove on the west coast of the presqu'île de Quiberon, south Brittany. Anchoring prohibited.

• Sheltered NE, E

Porh Puns

Rock-bottom anchorage on the Gâvres peninsula inside the Rade de Lorient, with water point ashore.

• Sheltered E, SE

Cale De Vielle Roche

Mooring buoys on the Vilaine estuary just upstream of the Arzal dam, mud bottom with shelter on most points of the compass.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Ponton du Blair

Two-berth pontoon off Baden, on the western shore of the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany.

Île aux Chevaux

Anchorage off a small islet in the Gulf of Morbihan, sand and rock bottom.

• Sheltered W, SW

Kercabellec

Drying harbour on the Mesquer estuary, in the salt-marsh hinterland of Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique.

La poire

Anchorage on sand and weed south of Penmarc'h, at the western tip of the pays Bigouden in southern Finistère. Shelter from NW to NE winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Anse de Desvenel

Sandy anchorage on the Cap Sizun coast in western Brittany, a few miles north of Audierne.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Port Mélite

Small cove anchorage on the northern coast of Île de Groix, Morbihan, Brittany, 0.8 NM E of Port-Tudy.

• Free
• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Pointe du Blair

Anchorage on the west side of the Golfe du Morbihan, off Locmariaquer, with room for about 70 boats on sand and weed.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Toulhars

Small drying harbour at Larmor-Plage on the west side of the Lorient roadstead, Morbihan, south Brittany.

Damgan plage

Visitor buoys off the plage de Damgan in the Morbihan, south Brittany, on mud holding.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Merquel

Small buoy field off the Pointe de Merquel at Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique, north of the Traict de Mesquer salt marshes.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Cap-Coz

Buoy field off the sand spit of Cap-Coz in Fouesnant, south Finistère, inside the Baie de la Forêt between Concarneau and Bénodet.

• Paid
• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Lomener

Sand anchorage off the village of Lomener on the Ploemeur coast, west of Lorient in south Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Plage de Dourveil

Sand anchorage off Plage de Dourveil on the Trévignon coast, Finistère Sud, sheltered from NW through E.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Île - Tudy

Anchorage in the Anse de Bénodet off the Île-Tudy peninsula, opposite Loctudy, at the mouth of the Pont-l'Abbé river in southern Finistere.

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

Anse de Toulindag

Anchorage of about 40 buoys in the Golfe du Morbihan, off the north shore west of Arradon.

• Paid
• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Mouillage au large de Piriac-sur-Mer

Sand anchorage off Piriac-sur-Mer on the Guérande peninsula, southern Brittany approaches.

• Sheltered E, SE

Rosbras

Mooring area on the Aven river in Brittany, with about 200 berths and up to 1.5 m draught.

Port Gwenn

Anchorage on the southern coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, mixed sand and rock, sheltered from the north.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Lanséria

Buoy mooring field off the coast near Kercabellec, northern entrance of the Traict de Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE