Best anchorages and harbours in North Finistère and Iroise

Île Stagadon

Anchorage off Île Stagadon, in the archipelago north of L'Aber Wrac'h, north Finistère. Sand bottom, shelter from N and NW.

• Sheltered N, NW

Île noire

Anchorage behind Île Noire in the Bay of Morlaix, northern Brittany, between Carantec and the Plougasnou peninsula.

• Sheltered NE, E

Gorrequer

Small mooring field with 3 buoys in the Rade de Brest, on the north shore of the Anse de Moulin Mer, Brittany.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW

Postermen

Anchorage in the Rade de Brest north of the Crozon peninsula, sand and mud holding, useful shelter from westerly weather.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Penn ar créac'h

Buoy mooring in the Aber Benoît, on the north Finistère coast of Brittany, inside one of the long rias that cut into the Pays des Abers.

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

Pointe du Menhir

Rocky anchorage off the Crozon peninsula in Brittany, just north of Morgat in the baie de Douarnenez.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Ménez Perroz

Mooring in the ria of the Aber Wrac'h, north-west Finistère, close to the village of Perroz.

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

Plouescat

Small drying harbour on the north coast of Finistère, Brittany, serving the commune of Plouescat in the Bay of Kernic.

Île Louët

Single mooring buoy off the islet of Louët in the baie de Morlaix, Brittany, beside the Château du Taureau.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Pointe du Cosmeur

Anchorage off the Pointe du Cosmeur in the Bay of Morlaix, northern Brittany, with sand and mud holding.

• Sheltered SW

Porsmilin

Anchorage off Plage de Porsmilin in Locmaria-Plouzané, on the north shore of the Rade de Brest, western Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Anse de Saint - Hernot

Sand anchorage on the east side of the Cap de la Chèvre, Presqu'île de Crozon, Finistère.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Plage sud ouest île Callot

Anchorage off the south-west beach of Callot island, at the entrance to the bay of Morlaix in northern Finistere.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Trez Bihan

Sandy cove on the south shore of the Crozon peninsula in Finistère, inside the Bay of Douarnenez.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Kervili

Anchorage in the Aber-Wrac'h estuary, on the north coast of Finistère in Brittany.

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

Porz Kernok

Drying harbour on the east side of Île de Batz, off Roscoff in north Finistère, the main anchorage of the island.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Baie de Daoulas

Anchorage in the Baie de Daoulas, a sheltered branch of the Rade de Brest in Finistère, on mud holding.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Plage Ganaoc'h

Anchorage on the Aber-Benoît off Saint-Pabu, on the north coast of Finistère in Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW

Anse du Caro

Small cove on the south shore of the rade de Brest, between Le Moulin Blanc and the Pointe de l'Armorique, with a water tap ashore.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Les amis du Passage

Anchorage in the inner roadstead of Brest, off the Moulin Blanc area, west Finistère.

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

Plougasnou - Terenez

Anchorage off the hamlet of Térénez on the north Finistère coast, sand bottom, 8 moorings available.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Argenton

Anchorage off the village of Argenton in Landunvez, north Finistère, between Le Conquet and Portsall, opposite the Île d'Yoc'h.

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

Porsisquin

Small cove in the Anse de Poulmic, on the south shore of the rade de Brest opposite the Presqu'île de Plougastel.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Anse de Morgat

Sandy anchorage in the bay of Morgat on the Crozon peninsula, western Brittany, well sheltered from the west to north-east.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Penn ar Roc’h

Exposed rocky anchorage on the Finistère coast of Brittany, sheltered only from NW and W.

• Sheltered NW, W

Aber Benoît

Five visitor buoys in the Aber Benoît, the northern ria of the Pays des Abers on the north-west coast of Finistère.

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

Anse de l'Auberlac'h

Mud-bottom cove on the south shore of the rade de Brest in Brittany, sheltered from NW through E.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Anse du Fret

Sandy cove on the north side of the Presqu'île de Crozon in the Rade de Brest, western Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Anse de Pen-Hir

Open anchorage at the foot of the Pointe de Pen-Hir, on the Crozon peninsula in western Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Penn Al Lann

Single-boat anchorage off the Pointe de Penn al Lann, east of Carantec in the Bay of Morlaix.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW