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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- 421AnchorageFrance
Petite île du Bindy
4.3Anchorage in the rade de Brest near the entrance of the anse de Poulmic, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from the northerly sector.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
422AnchorageFrancePlage de Menasina Ouest
4.3Anchorage off Menasina beach on the west coast of Corsica, between Cargèse and the Gulf of Sagone.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 423AnchorageFrance
Plage de Port Navalo
4.3Sand anchorage off the beach of Port-Navalo on the western tip of the Rhuys peninsula, at the mouth of the Golfe du Morbihan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
424AnchorageFranceBaie du chapus
4.3Shallow mud anchorage in the channel between the mainland at Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and the south-east coast of Île d'Oléron, crossed by the viaduct to Oléron.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
425AnchorageFranceCala Di Castagna
4.3Small anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, between Porto Pollo and the Gulf of Ajaccio. Mixed sand, rock and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 426AnchorageMartinique
Embouchure de la Roxelane
4.3Anchorage off the mouth of the Roxelane, at the north end of Saint-Pierre in the Fort district, on the north Caribbean coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
427AnchorageFranceÎle de Boed
4.3Anchorage on the north side of the Île de Boëdic, a small private island in the Golfe du Morbihan south of Séné.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 428AnchorageMartinique
La Charmeuse
4.3Anchorage off the La Charmeuse district, south of Le Prêcheur village, on the north Caribbean coast.
- Sheltered NE, E
429AnchorageFranceLe Mimbeau
4.3Sand-spit anchorage at the tip of Cap Ferret, inside the Bassin d'Arcachon, largely drying at low water, with sand holding and shelter from W, NW and SW winds.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 430AnchorageFrance
Treac'h Salus
4.3Sand-bottom anchorage on the north-east side of Île de Houat in the Mor Braz, Morbihan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
431AnchorageFranceAnse de la Salis
4.3Sandy cove between the Cap d'Antibes and the ramparts of old Antibes, on the Côte d'Azur.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
432AnchorageFranceBaie de la Forêt
4.3Anchorage in the Baie de la Forêt near Fouesnant in Finistère, sand bottom, sheltered from SW to NW winds.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 433AnchorageFrance
Baie de la Moutte
4.3Open roadstead west of Bandol between the Pointe de la Cride and Île Rousse, on the Provence coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
434AnchorageFranceBaie De Saint Jean De Luz
4.3Anchorage of around 15 berths on sand inside the Baie de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, protected by three seawalls built between 1864 and 1895.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
435AnchorageFranceBaleine Nord
4.3Anchorage off the north side of Île de la Baleine, south Brittany coast, west of Trévignon.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 436AnchorageFrance
Borgo Cove
4.3Sand anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, off the commune of Borgo, south of Bastia.
- Sheltered W, SW
437AnchorageFranceCavallo South
4.3Anchorage on the south side of Île Cavallo in the Bouches de Bonifacio, sand and algae bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 438AnchorageMartinique
Cayes Pariades
4.3Reef anchorage behind Cayes Pariades, 1.6 miles east of Le Vauclin harbour on the Atlantic coast. Sand and rock bottom, sheltered only from north-east through south-east by the reef.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
439AnchorageFranceÎles Logoden
4.3Anchorage between the two Logoden islets in the Golfe du Morbihan, off Arradon, south Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered S, SE
- 440AnchorageMartinique
Îlet Long
4.3Anchorage under Îlet Long, off Le François on the Atlantic coast.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 441AnchorageFrance
Plage de Portigliolo
4.3Long sandy anchorage on the south shore of the Golfe de Valinco in Corsica, between Propriano and the Capu di Senetosa.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
442AnchorageFranceQuerqueville
4.3Anchorage in the west roadstead of Cherbourg, off Querqueville, mud and kelp bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
443AnchorageFranceSaint Jacut-sur-mer
4.3Anchorage off the Saint-Jacut peninsula between the bay of Arguenon and the bay of Lancieux, on the north coast of Brittany west of Saint-Malo.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, W
- 444AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse du Souffleur, Port-Louis
4.3Anchorage off the Anse du Souffleur beach, just south of Port-Louis on the north-west coast of Grande-Terre, sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 445AnchorageMartinique
Grande Anse des Salines
4.3Anchorage off Grande Anse des Salines, a sand beach of more than a kilometre between Pointe Pie and Pointe des Salines, 5 km south of the Sainte-Anne bourg.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
446AnchorageFranceÎle aux Moines
4.3Anchorage off the largest island of the Golfe du Morbihan, between Port-Blanc and Arradon, south Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 447AnchorageFrance
la Plage des Américains
4.3Sand anchorage on the east shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, north of the Cap Ferret peninsula, opposite the village of Le Canon.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
448AnchorageFrancePlage de la Châtaigneraie
4.3Anchorage on the French shore of Lake Geneva off the Ripaille estate, just west of Thonon-les-Bains, rock bottom.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
449AnchorageFrancePlage des Salins
4.3Long sand beach on the eastern shore of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, 2.7 nm east of the town harbour.
- Sheltered W, NW
- 450AnchorageFrance
Pointe de la Paume
4.3Anchorage at the Pointe de la Paume on the Esterel shore between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar, in the western Gulf of La Napoule.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW