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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- 541AnchorageFrance
Plage De La Madrague
4.2Anchorage off the sandy beach of La Madrague, a cove on the western side of the Baie des Lecques, between La Ciotat and Bandol.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 542AnchorageFrance
Plage du Lavandou
4.2Sandy anchorage off the main beach of Le Lavandou, on the Var coast between Cap Bénat and Cap Nègre.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
543AnchorageFranceplouezoc'h
4.2Anchorage off Plouezoc'h on the east bank of the Morlaix river, northern Brittany, sand bottom, room for 2 boats.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 544AnchorageFrance
Anse Rossa
4.2Sand-bottom cove on the west coast of Corsica, in the Gulf of Valinco area south of Ajaccio.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S
- 545AnchorageGuadeloupe
Baie Cercelle
4.2Mud-bottom anchorage in Baie Cercelle, in the southern part of the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, the wide bay between Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 546AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Morgiou Sud
4.2Anchorage at the southern entrance of the Calanque de Morgiou, within the Parc national des Calanques between Marseille and Cassis.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
547AnchorageFranceGorges du Loup
4.2Rocky inlet on the south coast of Porquerolles island, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros, rock bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, NW
- 548AnchorageGuadeloupe
Plage de Gadet
4.2Anchorage off Plage de Gadet, 1.5 nm north of Deshaies between Grande Anse and Plage de la Perle, sand bottom, sheltered from NE round to S.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
549AnchorageFrancePort de la Redonne
4.2Anchorage off the small harbour of La Redonne-Ensuès on the Côte Bleue, inside the Parc marin.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 550AnchorageFrance
Anse de Lesconil
4.2All-round sheltered mud-bottom anchorage in south Finistère, Brittany, 0,2 NM north of Lesconil fishing harbour.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 551AnchorageFrance
Anse Saint-Jean
4.2Sandy cove at the head of the Baie de La Forêt in south Finistère, between Beg-Meil and the entrance to Port-La-Forêt.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 552AnchorageFrance
Baie de Bon-Porte - Pointe du Canadel
4.2Sand anchorage on the Var coast at the Baie de Bon Porté off l'Escalet, on the Ramatuelle peninsula just north of Cap Taillat, between Cavalaire and Saint-Tropez.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 553AnchorageFrance
Beg Salus
4.2Open anchorage on rock and algae bottom on the Breton coast, 0.7 NM south-west of the port of Saint-Gildas.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
554AnchorageFranceCalanque de l'Escondelle
4.2Cove on the western flank of Île de Pomègues, Frioul archipelago, facing the open sea off Marseille.
- Sheltered E, SE, S
555AnchorageFranceÎle du Grand-Rouveau
4.2Anchorage off the Île du Grand-Rouveau, a rocky islet west of the Embiez archipelago in the Var, topped by a 19th century lighthouse.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, SE
- 556AnchorageFrance
La Gracieuse
4.2Sand-spit anchorage on the east side of the Golfe de Fos, at the tip of the Gracieuse sand bar, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W
557AnchorageFranceLa Vigne
4.2Anchorage on the north shore of Cap Ferret, inside the Bassin d'Arcachon, sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 558AnchorageGuadeloupe
Malendure - Centre
4.2Anchorage off the middle of Malendure beach at Pigeon, Bouillante, facing the Îlets Pigeon 0.7 nm offshore. Sand and weed bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 559AnchorageFrance
Montureux-lès-Baulay
4.2River anchorage on the Petite Saône near Montureux-lès-Baulay, a farming village in Haute-Saône on the upper navigable reach above Port-sur-Saône.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
560AnchorageFrancePaluden
4.2Buoy mooring field on the upper Aber-Wrac'h river, about 2 nm inland from the village of L'Aber-Wrac'h in Finistère.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
561AnchorageFrancePlage de Château Serein
4.2Coastal anchorage on the Côte d'Émeraude in northern Brittany, 2.5 NM west of Saint-Cast Port d'Armor, mixed sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW
- 562AnchorageFrance
Pointe de la Varde
4.2Open anchorage off the rocky headland between Saint-Malo and Rothéneuf, on the Côte d'Émeraude in Brittany.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 563AnchorageFrance
Porto d'Arone
4.2Open cove on the west coast of Corsica, south of the Capo Rosso peninsula, roughly 4.5 nm north of Cargèse.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
564AnchorageFranceSaint-Martin de Ré
4.2Anchorage off Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the north coast of the Île de Ré, in the Pertuis Breton, Charente-Maritime.
- Paid
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 565AnchorageFrance
Abbartello
4.2Anchorage on the north shore of the Golfe de Valinco in Corsica, between Porto Pollo and Propriano, on sand.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 566AnchorageMartinique
Havre du Robert - Îlet Madame
4.2Anchorage under Îlet Madame, one of the ten islets of Le Robert harbour, reached only by sea.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
567AnchorageFranceKorejou
4.2Anchorage off the Plouguerneau coast in north Finistère, Brittany, sand bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
568AnchorageFrancel'Anse Collat
4.2Small anchorage on the leeward coast of Martinique, south of Fort-de-France bay, with sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 569AnchorageMartinique
Le Carbet nord
4.2Anchorage north of Le Carbet village, on the Caribbean coast between Saint-Pierre and Bellefontaine.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 570AnchorageGuadeloupe
Petit-Canal
4.2Anchorage off Petit-Canal on the eastern shore of the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, mud and weed bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE