Best anchorages and harbours in France
1982 documented anchorages and harbours in France, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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361MouillageFranceBaie des Trépassés
4.4Wide 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
362MouillageFranceLe Blavet Stomac
4.4River 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
363MouillageFranceLe Petit Rhône
4.4Anchorage off the mouth of the Petit Rhône on the Camargue coast, mud bottom, 0.8 nm NW of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 364MouillageFrance
Plage de Taverna
4.4Open anchorage on a sand bottom just south of Bastia old town, east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
365MouillageFrancePort du Tinduff
4.4Mooring area in the Anse du Tinduff on the southern shore of the Rade de Brest, commune of Plougastel-Daoulas, Finistère.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 366MouillageGuadeloupe
Anse Ballet
4.3Anchorage in Anse Ballet on the west coast of Marie-Galante, sand and weed bottom, 1.7 miles north of Grand-Bourg harbour.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 367MouillageFrance
Calanque de la Tripe
4.3Small calanque on the south side of Cap Bénat in the Var, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and the Île du Levant. Bottom of sand and posidonia.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
- 368MouillageFrance
Calanque de Morgiou
4.3Calanque east of Sormiou with a small fishing port in the Calanques national park, where anchoring is limited to the sand outside a buoyed protection zone that shields the posidonia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
369MouillageFranceCanal de Pont de Vaux
4.3Inland canal linking the Saône to the town of Pont-de-Vaux in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
370MouillageFranceContesse De Guerlande
4.3Anchorage off the Côtes-d'Armor coast north-west of Saint-Quay-Portrieux, in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 371MouillageFrance
Plage de Traves
4.3Sandy anchorage off the Agriates desert coast, west side of Cap Corse, between Saint-Florent and the Plage du Loto.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 372MouillageFrance
Plage du Ster
4.3Sand-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
- 373MouillageFrance
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
374MouillageFrancePointe de Mindin
4.3Anchorage in the Loire estuary, on the south bank at Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, opposite Saint-Nazaire.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 375MouillageGuadeloupe
Anse de Leroux
4.3Cove with a beach 1.8 nm south of Deshaies on the leeward coast of Basse-Terre, sand bottom, sheltered from NE round to S.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 376MouillageFrance
Anse de Pinzuta
4.3Cove on the Désert des Agriates coast of northern Corsica, between Île-Rousse and Saint-Florent.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW
- 377MouillageFrance
Anse du Rouet
4.3Small calanque on the Côte Bleue, just east of Carry-le-Rouet inside the Parc marin de la Côte Bleue.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 378MouillageFrance
Baie de la Vierge
4.3Anchorage on the north-east side of La Ciotat bay, sand bottom, shelter from W through N to NE, exposed to southerly swell.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
379MouillageFranceCala di Giunco
4.3Sand-bottomed cove on Île Lavezzi, off the south tip of Corsica, within the Réserve naturelle des Bouches de Bonifacio.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 380MouillageFrance
Grand-Cale - Porquerolles
4.3Anchorage on the south coast of Porquerolles, within the Parc national de Port-Cros, between Calanque de l'Oustaou de Diou and the south-eastern headland of the island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 381MouillageGuadeloupe
Mouillage de la Voûte
4.3Anchorage off Saint-François on the south-east coast of Grande-Terre, sand and mud bottom, 0.5 miles south-west of the marina.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 382MouillageMartinique
Pointe Étienne
4.3Anchorage under Pointe Étienne, 500 m east of Pointe du Bout marina, Les Trois-Îlets.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
383MouillageFrancePort 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
384MouillageFrancePortu Ricciaiu
4.3Cove on the Revellata peninsula west of Calvi in Balagne, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through S.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
385MouillageFranceRay sur Saône
4.3River reach on the Saône near the village of Ray-sur-Saône in Haute-Saône. Anchoring is prohibited in the navigable channel; overnight stops are made at the halte fluviale or nearby ports.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 386MouillageFrance
Calanque de Pouars
4.3Narrow calanque on the southern coast of the Marseilleveyre massif, inside the Parc national des Calanques between Les Goudes and Morgiou.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
387MouillageFranceCalanque du Port d'Alon
4.3Rocky creek on the Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer coast, inside the Natura 2000 marine site between La Madrague and Bandol.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 388MouillageSt. Martin
Îlet Pinel
4.3Day anchorage on the south side of Pinel, an islet off Cul-de-Sac on the north-east coast, inside the Saint-Martin national nature reserve.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 389MouillageMartinique
Îlet Thierry
4.3Anchorage under Îlet Thierry, off Le François on the Atlantic coast, next to the Baignoire de Joséphine.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 390MouillageFrance
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