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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571AnchorageFrancePointe du Canouvié
4.2Anchorage on the eastern side of Île des Embiez, sheltered from the west wind between the island and Le Brusc.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
572AnchorageFrancePorz Liboudou
4.2Small anchorage in the bay of Le Stiff on the east coast of Ouessant, western Brittany, with three free visitor buoys.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W
- 573AnchorageFrance
Saint-Mitre
4.2Anchorage on the western shore of the Étang de Berre, off Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, Provence.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
574AnchorageFranceStêr-Ouen
4.2Narrow inlet on the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, open to the north.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 575AnchorageFrance
anse de Saint-Antoine
4.1Anchorage at the mouth of the Aber Wrac'h in north Finistère, sand and mud bottom, just west of the fairway leading up to the marina.
- Sheltered W, S, SE
- 576AnchorageFrance
Anse de Stagnola
4.1Buoyed mooring field of 10 berths on the south shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio, Corsica, in the Porticcio sector.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
577AnchorageFranceAnse de Tarco
4.1Sand bay on the east coast of Corsica, between Solenzara and Sainte-Lucie-de-Porto-Vecchio, at the mouth of the Tarco stream.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
578AnchorageFranceCalanque de Ratonneau
4.1Anchorage on the north side of Ratonneau island in the Frioul archipelago, off Marseille, with sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
579AnchorageFranceÎle des Morts
4.1Anchorage near the Île des Morts at the entrance of the rade de Brest, off the presqu'île de Crozon, where anchoring between the two islands is now restricted as a military zone.
- Sheltered E, SW, W
- 580AnchorageFrance
Île des Rats
4.1River mooring on the Oise at Compiègne, Hauts-de-France, weed bottom, sheltered by the banks.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
581AnchorageFranceLa Meule
4.1Small rocky inlet on the south coast of the Île d'Yeu, used as a fishing and visitor mooring under the white Notre-Dame-de-la-Bonne-Nouvelle chapel.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 582AnchorageFrance
Les Conches
4.1Open anchorage off the Longeville-sur-Mer beach in southern Vendée, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
583AnchorageFrancePlage Saint-Clair
4.1Anchorage off Saint-Clair beach on the eastern shore of Le Lavandou, Var, with sand bottom and shelter from N, W and NW winds.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
584AnchorageFranceSainte Catherine - Sud
4.1Mooring field of 69 spots in the Lorient roadstead off Locmiquélic, sand bottom, sheltered from NE to SE.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
585AnchorageFranceAnse de Port-Blanc
4.1Small cove on the west side of the Cap d'Erquy headland, in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, sand bottom, sheltered from NE, E and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 586AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse du Mancenillier
4.1Anchorage off the Anse Champagne beach, 0.3 miles west of Marina Saint-François on the south-east coast of Grande-Terre, sand bottom in about 5 metres.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 587AnchorageFrance
Anse du Poulmic
4.1Anchorage on the south shore of the rade de Brest, Brittany, set back behind the École Navale at Lanvéoc.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
588AnchorageFranceBaie des Roches Bleues
4.1Sand-bottom bay on the south coast of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between the Pilon anchorage and Saint-Tropez harbour.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
589AnchorageFranceErbalunga
4.1Open roadstead off the village of Erbalunga on the east coast of Cap Corse, 9 km north of Bastia.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
590AnchorageFranceGolfe de Rondinara
4.1Shell-shaped bay on the south-east coast of Corsica between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio, classified site since 2010.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 591AnchorageMartinique
Îlet Lavigne
4.1Anchorage near Îlet Lavigne, in Le François bay, 1.3 km north of Marina du François.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
592AnchorageFranceLes îles Paul Ricard
4.1Anchorage between the islands of Les Embiez and Le Gaou, off Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.
- Sheltered SE, S
- 593AnchorageFrance
Plage de Balistra
4.1Anchorage of about ten boats on sand off the Plage de Balistra, south-east coast of Corsica between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 594AnchorageFrance
Plage de Trez Cao
4.1Open anchorage off the sand beach of Trez Cao, south Finistere, between Concarneau and the Pointe de Trevignon.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
595AnchorageFrancePort Belloc
4.1Anchorage with 22 moorings on sand north of Sauzon, on Belle-Île-en-Mer.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 596AnchorageFrance
Port Marie
4.1Sand anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, open to westerly weather but sheltered from NW, N and NE.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 597AnchorageFrance
Anse d‘ Alusi
4.1Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, 4.4 NM SW of Calvi, with a mix of sand and rock on the bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
598AnchorageFrancearcachon bay
4.1Sand anchorage on the north shore of the bassin d'Arcachon, off the oyster village of Le Canon on the presqu'île du Cap-Ferret.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
599AnchorageFranceCala della Chiesa
4.1Small cove on the east coast of the Îles Lavezzi archipelago, south of Bonifacio, with a sandy bottom.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
600AnchorageFranceCala di Stagnolu
4.1Sandy anchorage on the southern tip of Corsica, between Cap Pertusato and the cliffs of Bonifacio, facing the Strait of Bonifacio.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE