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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- 781AnchorageFrance
Rade de Santa Maria
3.9Bay on the north-east tip of Cap Corse, in northern Corsica, just south of the Îles Finocchiarola.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
- 782AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse du Bourg, Terre-de-Haut
3.9Mooring field off the village of Terre-de-Haut in the bay of Les Saintes, the archipelago's main stop, 21 miles south of Pointe-à-Pitre.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 783AnchorageMartinique
Le Marin, mouillage ouest
3.9Mooring-buoy field on the west side of the Le Marin bay, 0.45 miles south-west of the marina and next to the Carenantilles yard. Sand and mud, sheltered from every sector except the south and south-east.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
784AnchorageFrancePlage du Coz-Pors
3.9Anchorage off the Coz-Pors beach at Trégastel on the Côte de Granit Rose, Côtes-d'Armor, among pink granite chaos.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
785AnchorageFrancePort Blanc
3.9Anchorage in the Golfe du Morbihan off Baden, facing the Île aux Moines ferry slip, mud and algae bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
786AnchorageFranceRade de l'île d'aix
3.9Large anchorage on mud between the Île d'Aix and the Fort Boyard, in the Pertuis d'Antioche off the Charente-Maritime coast.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
787AnchorageFranceSaint-Pierre Lopérec
3.9Sheltered drying anchorage in the Rivière d'Auray, upstream of Locmariaquer in the Golfe du Morbihan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 788AnchorageFrance
Baie Algajo south
3.9Sandy anchorage in the south of the Baie d'Algajola, Balagne coast of Corsica, between Calvi and L'Île-Rousse.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
789AnchorageFranceBaie de Gatseau
3.9Sand anchorage off the Pointe de Gatseau, at the southern tip of Ile d'Oleron.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
- 790AnchorageFrance
Baie de San Ciprianu Sud
3.9Anchorage on sand in the southern part of the bay of San Ciprianu, on the east coast of Corsica north of Porto-Vecchio.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
791AnchorageFranceGrève de Blainvillais
3.9Buoy field of 15 moorings at the Îles Chausey, the tidal archipelago off Granville, sand bottom, sheltered from NW through S.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
792AnchorageFrancePornichet
3.9Open roadstead anchorage off the beach of Pornichet, at the western end of the baie de La Baule, southern Brittany coast.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
793AnchorageFranceViviers
3.9Anchorage in the rade de Brest, off the Daoulas estuary, Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 794AnchorageMartinique
Anse Mitan
3.9Sandy cove at Les Trois-Îlets, south of Pointe du Bout, on the south shore of Fort-de-France bay.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
795AnchorageFranceBaie de la Palud
3.9Mooring buoy in the Baie de la Palud on the north shore of Port-Cros, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros, Var. Weedy bottom, protection from W, SW, S and SE winds.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
796AnchorageFranceCavalaire
3.9Zone de mouillage organisée of 85 buoys in the bay of Cavalaire-sur-Mer on the Var coast, sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
- 797AnchorageMartinique
Baie des Flamands
3.9Anchorage in Baie des Flamands, off the Fort-de-France waterfront, between Pointe Simon and Fort Saint-Louis.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 798AnchorageFrance
Golfe de Girolata Nord
3.9Anchorage in the northern part of the Golfe de Girolata, west coast of Corsica, within the Scandola nature reserve perimeter.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
- 799AnchorageMartinique
Îlet Oscar
3.9Anchorage under Îlet Oscar, off Le François on the Atlantic coast, next to the Baignoire de Joséphine.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 800AnchorageFrance
Le Mimbeau
3.9Sand spit anchorage at the northern tip of the Cap Ferret peninsula, inside the Bassin d'Arcachon in Gironde, drying at low water.
- Free
- Sheltered E, SE, SW, W
- 801AnchorageFrance
Marine de Morsiglia
3.9Anchorage on the west coast of Cap Corse, 0.3 nm south of Centuri and below the village of Morsiglia, in northern Corsica.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
802AnchorageFrancePlage de l'Arnérault
3.9Sand-bottom anchorage off the north coast of the Île de Ré, just east of La Flotte.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
803AnchorageFrancePort Goulphar
3.9Narrow rocky inlet on the south coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, below the cliffs of Bangor, on the Côte Sauvage.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
804AnchorageFranceAnse de Fabrégas
3.9Cove on the south coast of the Six-Fours-les-Plages commune, between Cap Sicié to the west and the Saint-Mandrier peninsula to the east.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 805AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Figuera
3.9Cove on the west Corsican coast north of the Gulf of Ajaccio, with a mixed bottom of sand, rock and Posidonia.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
806AnchorageFranceÉcluse De La Garenne Aval
3.9Waiting mooring downstream of the Garenne lock on the Seine in Normandy. Bottom of mud and weed, sheltered from NW, N and NE.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 807AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlet du Gosier
3.9Anchorage off Îlet du Gosier and its red and white lighthouse, on the south coast of Grande-Terre, 2.4 miles east of Marina Bas-du-Fort.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 808AnchorageFrance
La Corderie - Île de Bréhat
3.9Regulated buoy and drying-out zone on the west side of Île de Bréhat, between the main island and Île Logodec, over sand and mud; free anchoring is no longer allowed.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
809AnchorageFranceLa Mare Règue
3.9Rock and sand anchorage on the Estérel coast between Agay and Le Poussaï, in the red porphyry cliffs west of Cannes.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
- 810AnchorageFrance
Luzeronde
3.9Anchorage off the sand beach of Luzéronde on the north coast of the Île de Noirmoutier, west of L'Herbaudière.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE