Best anchorages and harbours in Côte Fleurie and Alabaster Coast

Courseulles-sur-Mer

Tidal marina at the mouth of the Seulles river on the Calvados coast, 750 berths, max draught 1.8 m.

Ouistrahem

Tidal harbour at the mouth of the Canal de Caen à la mer in Calvados, Normandy, combining a marina basin, a ferry terminal and the lock giving access to Caen 15 kilometres inland.

Halte de plaisance de Rouen

River halt for pleasure craft on the Seine at Rouen, on the left bank below the Pont Guillaume-le-Conquérant.

• Sheltered N, E, S, W

La Dives

River anchorage at the mouth of the Dives estuary, between Cabourg and Houlgate in Normandy.

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

Bassin Vauban

Enclosed dock in central Le Havre, next to the Bassin du Commerce, in Normandy at the mouth of the Seine estuary.

Le canal du retour

Drying anchorage in the old port of Berville-sur-Mer on the south bank of the Seine estuary in Normandy, which empties at low water and suits boats able to take the ground.

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

Chantier Des Torpilleurs

Boatyard and pontoon on the Canal de Tancarville at Tancarville, Seine estuary, Normandie, at the foot of the Pont de Tancarville.

Chantier Naval JPL

Boatyard on the Caen canal at Ouistreham, in Normandy, offering haul-out and refit services for pleasure craft.

Écluse des Poses "quais"

Lock and quays at Poses-Amfreville on the Seine, the last lock before the tidal estuary, 160 km upstream of Le Havre.

Fécamp

Roadstead off Fécamp on the Côte d'Albâtre in Normandy, at the foot of chalk cliffs rising to 110 metres.

• Free
• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Port Privé Du Val St Martin

Private river port on the Seine at Les Andelys, Eure, on the left bank facing the cliff of Château Gaillard.

Port du Havre - Antifer

Deep-water oil terminal of Port du Havre on the Pays de Caux coast, north of Étretat. Not a leisure harbour.

Mesnil Val

Mooring off a pebble beach at the foot of chalk cliffs on the Alabaster Coast, between Le Tréport and Criel-sur-Mer in Seine-Maritime.

• Sheltered E, S, SE

Cabane

Anchorage on the north side of the Seine estuary, sand bottom, 4.9 nm N of Le Havre.

• Sheltered E, S, SE

cabourg

Anchorage on mud off the beach of Cabourg on the Côte Fleurie in Calvados, Normandy.

Côte Fleurie

Open roadstead off the Côte Fleurie between Deauville and Trouville in Normandy, sand bottom, water available ashore at Deauville 1.4 NM east.

Honfleur

Historic harbour at the mouth of the Seine in Normandy, on the south bank of the estuary opposite Le Havre, with yachts locked into the Vieux Bassin and the Bassin de l'Est.

Honfleur - Bassin De L'Est

Tidal wet basin on the south bank of the Seine estuary in Honfleur, Normandy. Overflow basin for visiting yachts when the Vieux-Bassin is full.

La Manneporte

Open anchorage off the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux, Normandy, between Fécamp and the oil terminal of Antifer.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW

Le havre Les alluvions

Small harbour on the right bank of the Seine estuary at Tancarville, in the shadow of the Tancarville suspension bridge, Normandy.

Les Echos De BRUNEVAL

Beach anchorage under the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux in Normandie, 0,8 nm north of the Port du Havre-Antifer oil terminal.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Luc sur mer

Open roadstead off Luc-sur-Mer on the Calvados coast, between Courseulles and Ouistreham.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Port a sec Fécamp

Dry stack storage for 180 motor boats, on the basin of Fécamp in Seine-Maritime, alongside the main marina.

Saint Aubin les Elbeuf

River port of 70 berths on the Seine, between Rouen and the Poses lock, in Normandy.

Yport

Open roadstead off the village of Yport, on the Alabaster Coast between Fécamp and Étretat in Seine-Maritime.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE