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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- 451AnchorageFrance
Rade de Saint-Martin
4.3Roadstead off Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré in Charente-Maritime. Anchoring prohibited in the marked zones of the harbour approach.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 452AnchorageMartinique
Anse Céron
4.3Black sand cove north of Le Prêcheur, reached by road, on the north Caribbean coast.
- Sheltered E, SE
453AnchorageFranceAnse des Fossettes
4.3Cove on the south-eastern side of the Cap Ferrat peninsula, between Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Beaulieu-sur-Mer in the Alpes-Maritimes.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
454AnchorageFranceBadia de Portbou
4.3Bay on the Franco-Spanish border on the Côte Vermeille, sand and rock bottom, sheltered from SW, W and NW.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 455AnchorageFrance
Baie de Centuri
4.3Open bay on the west coast of Cap Corse, at the northern tip of Corsica. Mixed sand, rock and seagrass bottom, sheltered from E, SW, S and SE.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
456AnchorageFranceBaie de Loia
4.3Anchorage in the Bay of Txingudi on the Franco-Spanish border, opposite Hendaye, with a mixed rock and sand bottom.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 457AnchorageFrance
Île-de-Sein
4.3Anchorage off Île de Sein, west of the Pointe du Raz in Finistère, on sand, sheltered from S and SW winds.
- Sheltered S, SW
458AnchorageFranceîlot Tiboulen
4.3Small rocky islet at the NW tip of the Frioul archipelago off Marseille, inside the Calanques national park.
- Sheltered S
- 459AnchorageFrance
Krellou
4.3Open anchorage on the north Finistère coast, between Locquirec and Pointe de Primel, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 460AnchorageFrance
Pietra
4.3Rocky anchorage off the west coast of Corsica, 6.5 NM north-west of Ajaccio and Port Charles Ornano.
- Sheltered N
461AnchorageFrancePlage de Boulouris
4.3Anchorage off the beach at Boulouris, on the Esterel coast between Saint-Raphaël and Agay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 462AnchorageFrance
Plage des Sables Rouges
4.3Anchorage off the SE coast of the Île de Groix, Morbihan, facing a beach where the sand contains garnets that give it its red colour.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
463AnchorageFrancePlage du Layet
4.3Sand anchorage off Plage du Layet at Cavalière, on the Var coast between Le Lavandou and Cap Nègre.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
464AnchorageFrancePort Yorc'h
4.3Small sand-bottomed cove on the east coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, about 1.8 nm south-east of Le Palais.
- Free
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
465AnchorageFranceTal er Hah
4.3Sand anchorage on the south-east coast of Île de Houat, a short hop from Port de Saint-Gildas.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 466AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse de la Guérite
4.2Anchorage just off the Port-Louis marina on the north-west coast of Grande-Terre, sand and rock bottom in about 7 metres.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
467AnchorageFranceAnse du phare
4.2Sand anchorage on the south coast of Finistère between Concarneau and Trévignon, with good shelter from the easterly sector.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 468AnchorageMartinique
Anse Latouche
4.2Cove between Le Carbet and Saint-Pierre, on the north Caribbean coast, below the former Anse Latouche estate.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
469AnchorageFranceBaie de Sainte-Anne
4.2Anchorage off the pink granite coast of Ploumanac'h, sand bottom, 0.6 nm NW of the harbour entrance.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 470AnchorageFrance
Calanque Seynerolles
4.2Small rocky inlet on the eastern flank of La Ciotat bay, just south of the Port Vieux.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
471AnchorageFranceErsa
4.2Anchorage off the commune of Ersa at the northern tip of Cap Corse, opposite the Île de la Giraglia.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
472AnchorageFranceFort Sainte-Marguerite
4.2Buoy field of 28 moorings on the north side of Île Sainte-Marguerite, the larger of the Îles de Lérins, facing Cannes across the Baie de Cannes.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
473AnchorageFranceÎle Saint-Riom (Nord)
4.2Anchorage off the north side of Île Saint-Riom in the Bay of Paimpol, Côtes-d'Armor, northern Brittany.
- Sheltered E, SE
- 474AnchorageFrance
St Goustan
4.2Visitor moorings on the river Auray at the foot of the old Saint-Goustan quarter, mud bottom, fully sheltered from all winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 475AnchorageFrance
Anse de Lesconil
4.2Sand anchorage off the pays Bigouden coast in south Finistère, in the approaches to the fishing port of Lesconil.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
476AnchorageFranceCarnac - plage
4.2Anchorage off the Grande Plage of Carnac in Quiberon Bay, south Brittany. Sand bottom over a wide gently shelving beach.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
477AnchorageFranceÎle du Grand Ribaud
4.2Anchorage on algae and posidonia seabed off the Île du Grand Ribaud, at the south-west tip of the Giens peninsula near Hyères.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
478AnchorageFranceÎle du Pilier
4.2Anchorage off the Île du Pilier, a small granite island northwest of Noirmoutier in the Bay of Biscay.
- Sheltered W, SW
479AnchorageFranceMouillage de Jova
4.2Anchorage in the bay of Bonporteau, west of Cavalaire-sur-Mer, sheltered from the mistral blowing down from the north and east.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
480AnchorageFrancePlage de Carro
4.2Small sand-bottom anchorage off Carro at the entrance to its fishing harbour, on the Cote Bleue west of Marseille, with room for only a few boats.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E