Best anchorages and harbours in South Brittany

Berchis plage

Anchorage off Berchis beach in the Golfe du Morbihan, near Larmor-Baden, on a weed bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Bo

Anchorage on the Aven river between Port-Manec'h and Rosbras, southern Finistère. Mud bottom, good holding.

Cap Coz

Drying harbour on the Fouesnant peninsula in southern Finistère, at the entrance of the Anse de Penfoulic and close to Port-la-Forêt.

Chantier Caudard

Boatyard on the Vannes channel near Conleau, at the northern edge of the Gulf of Morbihan in southern Brittany.

Chantier naval du Lindin

Boatyard and service pontoon on the south shore of the Golfe du Morbihan, at Le Lindin near Sarzeau, in the commune of Sarzeau on the Rhuys peninsula.

chez Yves

Sheltered mooring in the Ria d'Étel on the south coast of Brittany, between Magouër and Port Niscop.

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

Club Nautique Ploërmel Brocéliande

Freshwater mooring on the Lac au Duc near Ploërmel, Morbihan, in eastern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Conleau

Small harbour on the Île de Conleau at the mouth of the rivière de Vannes, at the entrance to the Golfe du Morbihan.

Criée du Croisic

Working fish auction quay on the north side of the Le Croisic harbour channel, in southern Brittany.

Dolmen du Gorneveze

Anchorage in the upper Gulf of Morbihan near the Ile d'Arz, on mud bottom in a very sheltered basin.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Glénans

Loctudy base of the Glénans sailing school, on the Pont-l'Abbé estuary in south Finistère, Brittany.

Hennebont

River port on the Blavet at Hennebont, 4.5 nm upstream from Lorient in south Brittany.

Île de Bechit

Anchorage near Île de Béchit in the Gulf of Morbihan, southern Brittany, inside the closed inland sea that holds Île d'Arz and Île aux Moines.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Kerroch le Dolmen

Anchorage off Kerroch, on the western shore of the Baie de Quiberon near Carnac, Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

La Baie des Curés

Anchorage on the south coast of Île de Groix off the Morbihan coast, with a sand and rock bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

La vilaine

River anchorage on the Vilaine between the Arzal dam and La Roche-Bernard, rock bottom, protected from W to SE winds.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Le Blavet

River anchorage on the Blavet estuary upstream of Lorient, mud bottom, protected from N and NW.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N

Le Bois Bas

Anchorage in the Golfe du Morbihan, south Brittany, on the channel between Île aux Moines and the north shore.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Le Passage

Sheltered anchorage in the golfe du Morbihan, at the narrows of Le Passage between Arradon and Île-aux-Moines.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Le Rohaliguen

Buoy field of 31 moorings off Rohaliguen, on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer in Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Le Rohaliguen

Rocky anchorage on the south coast of the Rhuys peninsula in southern Brittany, just east of the fishing port of Saint-Jacques, commune of Sarzeau.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Le Traon

Buoy mooring on mud in the Rivière d'Auray, Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E

Locmalo

Anchorage off the hamlet of Locmalo, on the western shore of the Gâvres peninsula at the entrance to the Lorient roadstead, Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Logéo West - Le Poul

Mooring field on buoys off Le Logeo, on the western shore of the Gulf of Morbihan, sand bottom.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Lomener

Small harbour at Lomener in Ploemeur, on the Morbihan coast west of Lorient.

Lorient Port à sec

Dry stack marina of 280 spaces at Lorient La Base, on the west bank of the Ter, in the former submarine base of Keroman.

Magouer

Small harbour on the west bank of the ria d'Étel at Plouhinec, facing the town of Étel across the channel in Morbihan.

Magouër

Mooring field of 31 buoys on the west bank of the Étel river, opposite the village of Étel in Morbihan.

• Paid
• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Montertelot

River mooring on the Nantes-Brest canal in Morbihan, between the locks of Montertelot and Le Roc-Saint-André.

• Sheltered SW

Mouillage du Fort Bloqué

Buoyed anchorage off Fort Bloqué, between Guidel-Plages and Ploemeur on the Morbihan coast west of Lorient.

• Sheltered NE, E