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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691AnchorageFranceLa Côte Radieuse
4.0Open sand anchorage off the Roussillon coast, north of Canet-en-Roussillon, Pyrénées-Orientales.
- Sheltered W
692AnchorageFranceMortella Tower South
4.0Anchorage on sand and rock at the foot of the ruined Tour de la Mortella, 2.7 NM NW of Saint-Florent on the Agriates coast.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 693AnchorageFrance
Plage des pirates
4.0Anchorage off a small sand beach on the Rhuys peninsula, south Brittany, near Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
694AnchorageFrancePlage du Boeuf
4.0Sand anchorage off a short beach on the south side of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, west of the naval installations of Cap Cépet.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
695AnchorageFrancePlage du Racou
4.0Sand beach at the southern end of Argelès-sur-Mer, where the Côte Vermeille begins and the Albères foothills meet the sea.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
696AnchorageFrancePunta di U Puntiglione
4.0Small anchorage on the south side of the Cargèse peninsula, west coast of Corsica, with a mixed sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
697AnchorageFranceRade du Guet
4.0Anchorage with 6 moorings in the bay of Douarnenez, just north of the port of Tréboul, south-western Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
698AnchorageFranceRoute du Sel
4.0Anchorage along the western shore of the Giens tombolo between Hyères and the Giens peninsula, sand and weed bottom sheltered from N to E.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
699AnchorageFranceAnse de Saint-Nicolas
4.0Sand anchorage on the south shore of the Crozon peninsula in the Bay of Douarnenez, Brittany.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
700AnchorageFranceCap des Frères
4.0Open day anchorage at the foot of the Franqui cliffs, a rocky break on the otherwise low, sandy Aude coast between Port Leucate and Port-la-Nouvelle in Occitanie.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
701AnchorageFranceFalaises de Vaches Noires
4.0Open roadstead off the cliffs between Villers-sur-Mer and Houlgate, on the Calvados coast of Normandy. Fair-weather anchorage only.
- Sheltered S, SE
- 702AnchorageFrance
Giunchetu
4.0Sand-bottomed anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica, about 1.5 NM south-west of Île-Rousse.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 703AnchorageFrance
Grève de Penn al Lann
4.0Anchorage in the rade de Brest, off the southern shore between Rostiviec and Moulin-Mer, in Finistere.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 704AnchorageFrance
Le Baou Rouge
4.0Anchorage under the red cliffs of the Calanques massif east of Marseille, inside the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
705AnchorageFranceMarine De Davia
4.0Anchorage in the Marine de Davia cove, on the Balagne coast between Algajola and L'Ile-Rousse in Corsica.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 706AnchorageMartinique
Petite Anse des Salines
4.0Cove just north of Grande Anse des Salines, near the southern tip of Martinique. Sand bottom, sheltered from north through east to south-east, open to the south and west.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 707AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Fossette
4.0Small cove on the Corniche des Maures between Le Lavandou and Cavalière, with a mixed sand and posidonia seagrass bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
708AnchorageFrancePointe du Rix
4.0Rocky point on the north-east coast of the island of Les Embiez, facing the Brusc lagoon.
- Sheltered NE
709AnchorageFrancePointe du Trésor
4.0Anchorage along the rocky shore of the Pointe du Trésor, west of Cavalaire-sur-Mer on the Corniche des Maures.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
710AnchorageFrancePort de l'Argol
4.0Mooring field of around 135 buoys at Port de l'Argol, the main harbour of Île d'Hoedic in the Morbihan, southern Brittany, sand bottom, open to the north and northeast.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
711AnchorageFranceRade de la Badine - La Capte
4.0Open roadstead off La Capte beach on the Giens isthmus, east of Hyères, Provence.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 712AnchorageFrance
Sablanceau
4.0Sand beach anchorage on the southeast shore of Île de Ré, just north of the Pont de l'Île de Ré, facing the Pertuis Breton.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
713AnchorageFranceSainte marine
4.0Port on the west bank of the Odet estuary, opposite Bénodet in Finistère, Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 714AnchorageFrance
Tréac'h er Baron
4.0Anchorage on the north coast of Houat, Morbihan, over patchy sand and rock.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 715AnchorageFrance
Baie d'Alicastre - Plage Notre Dame
4.0Open bay on the north-east coast of Porquerolles, inside the Port-Cros national park, off Plage Notre-Dame.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 716AnchorageMartinique
Anse Noire
4.0Small cove on the west coast of Martinique, next to Anse Dufour, with the only black-sand beach of the south of the island. Sand and weed, sheltered from north-east through south. Ranked first in the area by Navily users, 4.4 out of 5.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 717AnchorageFrance
L'Île Rousse
4.0Mooring field on buoys off L'Île-Rousse in Balagne, northern Corsica, with 20 berths east of the commercial harbour.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 718AnchorageGuadeloupe
Plage de la Perle
4.0Anchorage off Plage de la Perle, 2.4 nm north of Deshaies on the north-west coast of Basse-Terre, sand bottom, sheltered from NE round to S.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 719AnchorageFrance
Lanvéoc
4.0Anchorage off Lanvéoc on the south shore of the rade de Brest, Crozon peninsula, Finistère.
- Free
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 720AnchorageFrance
Mouillage du Piton
4.0Buoy field off the east side of Cap d'Antibes, between Port Gallice and the Anse de la Garoupe, with 31 moorings.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE