Best anchorages and harbours in South Brittany

Île de Roëlan

Rock-bottom anchorage off a small islet in the Ria d'Étel, Morbihan, used at slack water.

• Sheltered W, SW

Kerhostin

Rocky cove on the west side of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, with mooring prohibited along this stretch.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Porz-Bali

Small cove on the south Finistère coast between Merrien and Doëlan, rock bottom, protected from north, east and west.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

Pors Keraign

Cluster of private mooring buoys on the west bank of the Odet estuary, at Plomelin in Finistère, Brittany.

Portivy

Small drying fishing harbour on the west side of the Quiberon peninsula in Morbihan, Brittany. It takes the ground at low water and anchoring outside the harbour is prohibited.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Anse de Kerguélen

Sand-bottomed bay on the Larmor-Plage shore of the Lorient roadstead in south Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Port De La Croix

Small drying harbour of 4 berths on the east side of Hœdic, a 2.5 km long island in the Mor Braz off southern Brittany, between Houat and Belle-Île.

Anse de Kersoz

Small sand anchorage of 5 berths in the Baie de la Forêt, half a mile south of Concarneau on the west bank of the bay.

• Paid
• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Pointe de Pen-Bron

Anchorage off the sand spit of Pen-Bron at the entrance to the Traict du Croisic, opposite the fishing harbour of Le Croisic in Pays de la Loire.

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

M'en Glaz

Buoy mooring on the rivière d'Étel in the Morbihan, inside the estuary just upstream of the barre d'Étel.

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

Anse de Coat Melen

Mooring buoys on the Aven river downstream of Kerdruc, between Pont-Aven and the open sea, Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Saint-Guérin

Anchorage in the ria of Pénerf, southern Brittany, on the west bank opposite the village of Saint-Guérin, in Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW

Anse de Kerglaye

Reach of the Aven near Rosbras, between Pont-Aven and the estuary at Port Manec'h, southern Finistere, where anchoring is restricted by shellfish beds and boats use the nearby pontoons instead.

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

POULGUEN PER

Small anchorage on the south coast of Finistère between Brigneau and the Bélon river, Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Plage des sables blancs

Anchoring-prohibited zone off the Sables Blancs beach in Carnac, baie de Quiberon, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Anse du Groasguen

Anchorage on the east bank of the Odet estuary, just south of Bénodet, southern Finistère.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, W, NW

Anse du Pô

Shallow drying cove on the west side of Carnac, in the baie de Quiberon, south Brittany. Used by oyster farmers and shoal-draught visitors.

Penvins

Small drying harbour on the pointe de Penvins, on the south coast of the Rhuys peninsula in Morbihan, Brittany.

Saint Guénolé - Penmarc'h

Fishing harbour on the Pays Bigouden coast of Finistère, at the western tip of the Penmarc'h peninsula, south Brittany.

Banastère

Mud-bottom anchorage in the bay of Banastère, on the south-west shore of the Rhuys peninsula in the Gulf of Morbihan approaches.

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

Port De Trévignon

Fishing and yachting harbour at the tip of the Trévignon peninsula, on the southern coast of Finistère in Brittany, commune of Trégunc.

Anse de Kerhervy

River anchorage on the Blavet below Hennebont, Brittany. Mud bottom, sheltered from all directions except south.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Anse de Locoal

Anchorage in the Ria d'Étel at Locoal-Mendon, southern Brittany.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Anse de Tréhennarvour

Bay on buoy mooring near La Trinité-sur-Mer in the Morbihan, sand bottom, shelter from SW winds.

• Sheltered SW

Anse des Trois-Fontaines

Buoy field on the Rhuys peninsula at the entrance to the Gulf of Morbihan, opposite Locmariaquer.

• Paid
• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Anse du Montenno

Buoy field on the Rhuys peninsula near Port Navalo, just inside the mouth of the Gulf of Morbihan.

• Paid
• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Arz

Small harbour on the Ile-d'Arz in the Golfe du Morbihan, south Brittany, about 1.5 NM east of the Ile-aux-Moines.

Ase de Gâvres

Buoy mooring off the Gâvres peninsula at the entrance to the Petite Mer de Gâvres, in the Lorient roadstead, Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Baie de l'Ours

Buoy mooring in the Baie de l'Ours on a Breton ria, mud bottom, well sheltered except from the south-east quadrant.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Beg Bran

Buoy mooring inside the Ria d'Etel in south Brittany, on mud bottom, protected from N through E winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E