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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- 631AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlet Fajou
4.1Mooring zone at Îlet Fajou, near the barrier reef of the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, in the core of the Guadeloupe national park.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 632AnchorageFrance
Les Abysses
4.1Anchorage on the north-west coast of Martinique off Le Prêcheur, below Mont Pelée, where the bottom shelves away very steeply close to shore.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 633AnchorageFrance
Palagaccio
4.1Anchorage on the east coast of Cap Corse, just north of Bastia.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 634AnchorageGuadeloupe
Plage Bosco
4.1Anchorage 1.2 nm south of Deshaies harbour, off the shore known as Plage Bosco, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 635AnchorageFrance
Plage de Loto
4.1Shallow sand anchorage on the Agriates coast 3.7 NM NW of Saint-Florent, opposite a 700 m white-sand beach inside a Conservatoire du Littoral estate.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
636AnchorageFranceEygoires - Lac de Serre-Poncon
4.1Anchorage on the lac de Serre-Ponçon in Hautes-Alpes, an artificial Alpine reservoir of around 2,800 hectares and France's second largest dam lake.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 637AnchorageFrance
Île Dumet
4.1Rocky islet 3 NM off Piriac-sur-Mer in the bay of Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique. Forain anchorage on the south side.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 638AnchorageFrance
Pointe de l'Armorique
4.1Anchorage off the headland that separates the anse du Moulin Blanc from the Elorn estuary, on the south shore of the rade de Brest.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 639AnchorageFrance
Saint Jean de Monts
4.1Open roadstead off the long sandy beach of Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Vendée coast south of the Baie de Bourgneuf.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 640AnchorageFrance
Baie de Nichiareto
4.1Sand-bottom anchorage in the Revellata peninsula area, west of Calvi, Haute-Corse. Protection from NE, E, S and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
641AnchorageFranceÎles Brescou
4.1Buoy field south of the Île de Brescou, the only volcanic island of the French Mediterranean coast, off Cap d'Agde.
- Free
- Sheltered S
642AnchorageFranceLa Corderie
4.1Main anchorage of Île-de-Bréhat, on the west side of the island between Bréhat and Île Logodec, Côtes-d'Armor. Much of it dries at low water.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
643AnchorageFrancePlage de Trévignon
4.1Sand anchorage off the beach immediately W of the Pointe de Trévignon, on the south Finistère coast of the commune of Trégunc.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
644AnchorageFrancePortsall
4.1Drying harbour and sand anchorage on the north coast of Finistère, Brittany, between the Aber Benoît and Le Conquet.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 645AnchorageFrance
San-Giuliano
4.1Sandy roadstead off the long beach of San-Giuliano, on the eastern coast of Corsica between Bastia and Solenzara.
- Sheltered W
646AnchorageFranceAnse à la Truelle
4.1Sheltered cove on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, south of Granville in Normandy.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
647AnchorageFranceAnse de Cacalu
4.1Anchorage on the south side of the Îles Sanguinaires chain, west of Ajaccio, off the south coast of the island of Mezu Mare.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
648AnchorageFranceAnse des Fosses
4.1Cove on the east side of the Cap Ferrat peninsula, just south of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 649AnchorageFrance
Enez Croaz-Hent
4.1Anchorage in the archipelago off Plouguerneau in north Finistère, sand bottom, sheltered from E, SE, S and SW.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
650AnchorageFranceÎle Berder
4.1Anchorage on 31 visitor buoys off Île Berder in the Golfe du Morbihan, opposite Larmor-Baden.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 651AnchorageFrance
Île de Sein
4.1Sand anchorage off the Île de Sein, a low island 4 NM west of the Pointe du Raz in Finistère, Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
652AnchorageFranceLe Béal
4.1Anchorage off the Île Sainte-Marguerite, in the Lérins archipelago off Cannes.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 653AnchorageFrance
Plage des Dames
4.1Anchorage off Plage des Dames on the west coast of Finistère, between Porspoder and Lanildut.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
654AnchorageFrancePlage du Kelenn
4.1Sand mooring off the Plage du Kelenn in Carantec, at the entrance of the bay of Morlaix in northern Finistère.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
655AnchorageFrancePlaža Lumio
4.1Sand-bottom anchorage on the north shore of the Bay of Calvi, off the village of Lumio, Balagne coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 656AnchorageFrance
Anse de l'Arinella Est
4.1Small sandy cove on the east coast of Cap Corse, north of Macinaggio, open to the north and east.
- Sheltered SE, S
- 657AnchorageFrance
Canche
4.1Tidal anchorage in the Canche estuary between Le Touquet and Étaples, on the Côte d'Opale.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
658AnchorageFranceHavre Barneville
4.1Tidal haven at the mouth of the Gerfleur, between Barneville and Carteret on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
659AnchorageFranceîle holavre
4.1Anchorage off Île Holavre, a small islet in the Golfe du Morbihan north of the Île aux Moines, near Arradon.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
660AnchorageFranceLa Landriais
4.1Mooring field of about 25 buoys on the right bank of the Rance maritime, opposite Le Minihic-sur-Rance in Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S