Best anchorages and harbours in South Brittany

Plage de Cap-Coz

Open anchorage on sand off Cap-Coz beach, north side of the Bay of La Forêt, Fouesnant, south Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Plage de Manec’h

Sand anchorage at the mouth of the Aven and Bélon rivers, next to Port-Manec'h in southern Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Domois Bay

South-facing cove on the ocean side of Belle-Île-en-Mer, between Port-Coton and Pointe du Skeul.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Anse du Conguel

Sandy anchorage on the southern tip of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Doëlan

Narrow ria on the south Brittany coast between Lorient and Concarneau, with 25 visitor buoys laid by the commune of Clohars-Carnoët.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Baie des Trépassés

Wide sand bay between the Pointe du Raz and the Pointe du Van at the western tip of Finistère, open to the west.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE, S

Étel

Tidal harbour of around 400 berths on the Ria d'Étel, south Morbihan, entered across a shifting sand bar.

Groix

Small annex berthing on the île de Groix off the Morbihan coast, alongside the main harbour of Port-Tudy.

Le Blavet Stomac

River anchorage on the Blavet, 1.8 NM S of Hennebont and upstream of Lorient, in Brittany.

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

Plage du Ster

Sand-bottom anchorage on the south coast of the Pays Bigouden, sheltered from NW through NE, exposed to the Atlantic swell from the S.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Port du Crouesty

Large purpose-built marina at the southern tip of the Rhuys peninsula in Morbihan, just outside the entrance to the Gulf of Morbihan. 1432 berths over five basins.

La Chambre

Buoy and sand anchorage of La Chambre in the Iles de Glenan, off south Finistere, between Ile Saint-Nicolas and Ile du Loc'h.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage de la Croix

Anchorage in the bay of Concarneau in southern Brittany, sand bottom, just outside the Ville Close.

Plage de Port Navalo

Sand anchorage off the beach of Port-Navalo on the western tip of the Rhuys peninsula, at the mouth of the Golfe du Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Île de Boed

Anchorage on the north side of the Île de Boëdic, a small private island in the Golfe du Morbihan south of Séné.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Treac'h Salus

Sand-bottom anchorage on the north-east side of Île de Houat in the Mor Braz, Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Baie de la Forêt

Anchorage in the Baie de la Forêt near Fouesnant in Finistère, sand bottom, sheltered from SW to NW winds.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Baleine Nord

Anchorage off the north side of Île de la Baleine, south Brittany coast, west of Trévignon.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Îles Logoden

Anchorage between the two Logoden islets in the Golfe du Morbihan, off Arradon, south Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered S, SE

Île aux Moines

Anchorage off the largest island of the Golfe du Morbihan, between Port-Blanc and Arradon, south Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Piriac-sur-Mer

Marina on the presqu'île guérandaise north of La Turballe, 830 berths behind a breakwater, in a village labelled Petite Cité de Caractère.

Plage des Sables Rouges

Anchorage off the SE coast of the Île de Groix, Morbihan, facing a beach where the sand contains garnets that give it its red colour.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Port Yorc'h

Small sand-bottomed cove on the east coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, about 1.8 nm south-east of Le Palais.

• Free
• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Tal er Hah

Sand anchorage on the south-east coast of Île de Houat, a short hop from Port de Saint-Gildas.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Anse du phare

Sand anchorage on the south coast of Finistère between Concarneau and Trévignon, with good shelter from the easterly sector.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Port - Tudy

Main harbour of Île de Groix, on the north coast of the island off Lorient in south Brittany. About 350 berths across an outer basin and a lock-gated inner basin.

St Goustan

Visitor moorings on the river Auray at the foot of the old Saint-Goustan quarter, mud bottom, fully sheltered from all winds.

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

Anse de Lesconil

Sand anchorage off the pays Bigouden coast in south Finistère, in the approaches to the fishing port of Lesconil.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Carnac - plage

Anchorage off the Grande Plage of Carnac in Quiberon Bay, south Brittany. Sand bottom over a wide gently shelving beach.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Guidel

River marina on the Laïta estuary between Morbihan and Finistère, 220 berths upstream of the Guidel-Plages bar.