Best anchorages and harbours in South Brittany

île holavre

Anchorage off Île Holavre, a small islet in the Golfe du Morbihan north of the Île aux Moines, near Arradon.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

La Marle

Buoy mooring on the Marle river, a tidal arm of the Gulf of Morbihan just south of Vannes.

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

Pointe de Brehuidic

Mooring buoys off the Brehuidic headland in the Golfe du Morbihan, mud bottom, well sheltered on most bearings.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Port de la Roche Bernard

River port of 563 berths on the Vilaine, 8 nautical miles upstream from the Arzal dam, in Morbihan, Brittany.

Anse du Guip

Anchorage on the east coast of the Île aux Moines in the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany. Sand bottom, open to the east.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Plage des pirates

Anchorage off a small sand beach on the Rhuys peninsula, south Brittany, near Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Rade du Guet

Anchorage with 6 moorings in the bay of Douarnenez, just north of the port of Tréboul, south-western Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Anse de Saint-Nicolas

Sand anchorage on the south shore of the Crozon peninsula in the Bay of Douarnenez, Brittany.

• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Port Aux Moines

Drying harbour of 117 berths on the south coast of the Rhuys peninsula at Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, Morbihan.

Port de l'Argol

Mooring field of around 135 buoys at Port de l'Argol, the main harbour of Île d'Hoedic in the Morbihan, southern Brittany, sand bottom, open to the north and northeast.

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

Sainte marine

Port on the west bank of the Odet estuary, opposite Bénodet in Finistère, Brittany.

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

Tréac'h er Baron

Anchorage on the north coast of Houat, Morbihan, over patchy sand and rock.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Côte d'Heno

Anchorage on the northeast coast of Île de Groix, off Port-Tudy, sand bottom.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Île des Poulains

Anchorage off the Pointe des Poulains at the north-west tip of Belle-Île-en-Mer, on sand and rock.

• Sheltered SW, S

Anse de Stole

Sandy anchorage off Lomener, on the Morbihan coast between Lorient and Plœmeur in southern Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Les Trois Tourtes

Anchorage on the Odet river in Finistère, mud bottom, sheltered from all sectors except S.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW

Plage du Béniguet

Sandy anchorage off the north-west coast of Île de Houat, in the Mor Bras between Quiberon and Belle-Île.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Le Pouldu - Laïta

Anchorage in the Laïta estuary at Le Pouldu on the Finistère and Morbihan border, 250 berths on sand.

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

Portz chudell - West

Anchorage on the west side of the Île-aux-Moines approach, Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany. Sand and rock bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Stêr-Vraz

Deep inlet cutting into the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, just west of Sauzon. The name means "big estuary" in Breton.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Port Blanc

Anchorage in the Golfe du Morbihan off Baden, facing the Île aux Moines ferry slip, mud and algae bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered W, SW, S

Saint-Pierre Lopérec

Sheltered drying anchorage in the Rivière d'Auray, upstream of Locmariaquer in the Golfe du Morbihan.

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

Pornichet

Open roadstead anchorage off the beach of Pornichet, at the western end of the baie de La Baule, southern Brittany coast.

• Free
• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Kerners-Bilouris

Buoy mooring field of about 380 moorings on the south side of the Rhuys peninsula, in the bay of Kerners between Arzon and Sarzeau, inside the Gulf of Morbihan, run by the port of Arzon.

Port Goulphar

Narrow rocky inlet on the south coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, below the cliffs of Bangor, on the Côte Sauvage.

• Free
• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Pen-Mané

Marina of 150 berths in Locmiquélic, on the east bank of the Lorient harbour, facing the city across the Blavet estuary.

Pointe de port Ladron

Anchorage off the south-east shore of Île d'Arz, inside the Golfe du Morbihan, mud bottom with good holding.

• Sheltered W, SW, S

Port du Bélon

Tidal estuary port on the Bélon river at Riec-sur-Bélon in southern Finistère, between the Aven and the Laïta. The river gives its name to the Belon flat oyster, Ostrea edulis.

Rade du Croisic

Outer roadstead east of the Le Croisic peninsula in Loire-Atlantique, used as a waiting anchorage off the entrance to the Traict.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Auray - Saint-Goustan

River port of 154 berths on the Loc'h river at Auray, 7 nautical miles upstream from the Gulf of Morbihan.