Best anchorages and harbours in Cotentin
54 documented anchorages and harbours in Cotentin, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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1AnchorageFranceCancale
4.8Open roadstead off the oyster port of Cancale, facing the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel in Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
2AnchorageFranceJonville
4.7Open anchorage on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula, just north of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW
3AnchorageFranceAnse du Brick
4.6Sandy cove on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula, six miles east of Cherbourg, sheltered from westerly winds.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 4AnchorageFrance
Plage d'Urville
4.5Anchorage off the beach of Urville-Nacqueville on the north coast of the Cotentin, west of Cherbourg, with a mixed bottom of sand, rock and weed.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
5AnchorageFranceBaie de Mont Saint Michel
4.5Vast sand bay between Cancale and Granville, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list for the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel. Tidal range reaches 14 metres at equinoctial springs, among the largest in Europe.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 6AnchorageFrance
La Mauvaise
4.5Anchorage off the Normandy coast north of Granville, sand bottom, sheltered from NW, N, NE and W winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 7AnchorageFrance
Cherbourg - Petite Rade
4.4Anchorage in the Petite Rade of Cherbourg, Normandy, along the wall of Port Chantereyne marina. Anchoring is only prohibited inside the buoyed military zone; outside it boats lie on mud, with the marina 0.2 nm to the south for all services.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 8AnchorageFrance
Île du Large (Est)
4.4Rock-bottom anchorage on the east side of Île du Large, one of the Îles Saint-Marcouf, off the east coast of the Cotentin.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
9AnchorageFranceMont Saint-Michel
4.4Tidal anchorage in the bay of Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, off the UNESCO World Heritage abbey island. Sand and mud bottom, shelter from NW through SE.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 10AnchorageFrance
Pointe d'Agon
4.3Sand anchorage in the Havre de Regnéville on the west coast of the Cotentin, 60 mooring buoys, sheltered from NW through SE.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
11AnchorageFrancePort Homard
4.3Drying anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin, north of Granville, sand bottom among granite rocks.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 12AnchorageFrance
La Grande Grève
4.3Sand anchorage on the east side of the Cotentin peninsula, 0.3 nm north of Barfleur harbour and 5.3 nm from Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
- 13AnchorageFrance
Île du Large (Ouest)
4.3Rocky anchorage west of the Île du Large, one of the two Saint-Marcouf islands off the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy.
- Sheltered NE, E
14AnchorageFranceQuerqueville
4.3Anchorage in the west roadstead of Cherbourg, off Querqueville, mud and kelp bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
15AnchorageFranceLes Trois Ilets
4.2Anchorage off the Îles Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Manche department.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S
- 16AnchorageFrance
Port Marie
4.1Sand anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, open to westerly weather but sheltered from NW, N and NE.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
17AnchorageFranceÎle Tatihou
4.1Anchorage off the small island of Tatihou at the entrance to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Cotentin, sand bottom, sheltered from winds from NW through N and NE to W.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
18AnchorageFranceAnse à la Truelle
4.1Sheltered cove on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, south of Granville in Normandy.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
19AnchorageFranceHavre Barneville
4.1Tidal haven at the mouth of the Gerfleur, between Barneville and Carteret on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 20AnchorageFrance
Aneret
4.0Anchorage on the southern side of the Chausey archipelago, 8.3 NM west of Granville in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
21AnchorageFranceGrève de Blainvillais
3.9Buoy field of 15 moorings at the Îles Chausey, the tidal archipelago off Granville, sand bottom, sheltered from NW through S.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
22AnchorageFranceCôte de la Hougue
3.8Sand anchorage off the Cotentin east coast, 0.8 NM south of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue in Normandy.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
23AnchorageFranceOmonville-La-Rogue
3.7Buoy field of 60 moorings in the bay of Omonville-la-Rogue, on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula west of Cherbourg.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 24AnchorageFrance
Les Carniquets
3.6Drying sand anchorage in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, off the Normandy coast north of Granville.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 25AnchorageFrance
Île de Terre (Nord)
3.6Area north of Île de Terre off the Cotentin east coast, Normandy. Anchoring prohibited.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 26AnchorageFrance
Roche Cardin
3.4Anchorage on sand off Roche Cardin in the Chausey archipelago area west of Granville, sheltered only from SW winds.
- Sheltered SW
- 27AnchorageFrance
Port De Roubary
3.3Small drying anchorage north of Barfleur on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
28AnchorageFrancePort Mer
3.1Buoy mooring in the bay of Port-Mer, on the north side of the Pointe du Grouin peninsula near Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, where anchoring is discouraged.
- Paid
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
- 29AnchorageFrance
Anse de Saint-Martin
3.1Sand-bottomed cove on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula, between Omonville-la-Rogue and Port Racine, in the Raz Blanchard tidal stream area.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
- 30AnchorageFrance
Rochers aux ânes
2.7Sandy anchorage off the Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Normandy, named after a cluster of rocks south of Grande Île.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE