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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61AnchorageFranceTrez Bihan
4.9Sandy cove on the south shore of the Crozon peninsula in Finistère, inside the Bay of Douarnenez.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
62AnchorageFranceMèze
4.8Anchorage in the northern part of the étang de Thau, 0.2 nm SE of the port of Mèze, sand bottom, sheltered from the NW mistral that blows down the lagoon.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
63AnchorageFranceRivedoux Plage
4.8Open anchorage off the east coast of the Ile de Re, just south of the Ile de Re bridge linking the island to La Rochelle.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
64AnchorageFranceBaie d'Elbo Sud
4.8Anchorage on the south side of the Baie d'Elbo, inside the Scandola nature reserve on the west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 65AnchorageMartinique
Baie des Anglais
4.8Bay on the Atlantic side of the Sainte-Anne peninsula, behind a coral reef, with a mangrove of about 70 hectares at its head. Weed and mud bottom, sheltered from every sector except the south-east. Rated 4.7 out of 5 by Navily users.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
66AnchorageFranceCalanque de la Culate
4.8Narrow rocky inlet on the Marseille coast between Les Goudes and Morgiou, inside the Calanques National Park.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 67AnchorageFrance
Punta di Saeta
4.8Anchorage in the Gulf of Saint-Florent on the western side of Cap Corse, sand bottom, about 2.6 nautical miles north-east of Saint-Florent.
- Sheltered E, SE
- 68AnchorageFrance
Vilaine
4.8River anchorage on the Vilaine above the Arzal dam, between Arzal-Camoël and La Roche-Bernard, southern Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 69AnchorageFrance
Amicale nautique des sauveteurs de Nievroz
4.8Freshwater mooring on the Rhône at Niévroz, upstream of Lyon in the Ain département, operated by the local rescue club.
- Paid
- Sheltered N
- 70AnchorageMartinique
Gros Îlet, au large
4.8Anchorage off Gros Îlet in the bay of Les Trois-Îlets, on the south side of the Baie de Fort-de-France. Weed and mud bottom, sheltered from every sector according to Navily.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
71AnchorageFrancePort Blanc
4.8Anchorage on the Cote de Granit Rose at Penvenan, sheltered by a belt of pink granite islets including Île Saint-Gildas and Île du Château Neuf.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 72AnchorageFrance
Anse de Combrit
4.8Anchorage in the Odet estuary off the Combrit shore, 1,5 NM NW of Bénodet in southern Finistère.
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
73AnchorageFranceKervili
4.8Anchorage in the Aber-Wrac'h estuary, on the north coast of Finistère in Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
74AnchorageFrancePort d Toul'Ru
4.8Mooring field of 200 buoys off Mesquer in the Baie de Pont-Mahé, Pays de la Loire, between the Pointe de Merquel and the salt marshes of Guérande.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
75AnchorageFranceSucé sur Erdre
4.8River anchorage on the Erdre north of Nantes, in a widened reach of the river classed among the protected landscapes of the Loire-Atlantique.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
76AnchorageFranceCalanque de Podestat
4.8Small rocky calanque on the southern coast of Marseille inside the Parc national des Calanques, between Les Goudes and Callelongue.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 77AnchorageFrance
Er Runio
4.8Sandy anchorage in the Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany, close to Locmariaquer, with shelter from W, SW and S.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 78AnchorageFrance
Iles de Glenans
4.8Archipelago of nine main islands 10 nm south of Concarneau, south Finistère, forming a shallow lagoon known as La Chambre.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, SW
- 79AnchorageFrance
Mouillage Port De Ville De Istres
4.8Anchorage off Istres on the western shore of the Étang de Berre, Provence, mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 80AnchorageMartinique
Pointe la Rose
4.8Anchorage under Pointe la Rose, on the south shore of Le Robert harbour, Atlantic coast.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 81AnchorageFrance
Porz Kernok
4.8Drying harbour on the east side of Île de Batz, off Roscoff in north Finistère, the main anchorage of the island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
82AnchorageFranceBaie de Daoulas
4.8Anchorage in the Baie de Daoulas, a sheltered branch of the Rade de Brest in Finistère, on mud holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 83AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlets Pigeon
4.8Two islets of about 8 ha in all, 1,100 m off Malendure beach in Bouillante, in the middle of the cœur marin of the Parc national de la Guadeloupe known as the Réserve Cousteau. Mooring buoys only.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W
84AnchorageFranceLac du Der
4.8Anchorage on Lac du Der-Chantecoq, a 4 800 ha reservoir in the Marne and Haute-Marne departments, Grand Est.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
85AnchorageFrancePlage d'Excenevex
4.8Sand-bottom anchorage off the only natural sand beach on Lake Geneva, in the Baie de Coudrée between Thonon and Yvoire.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 86AnchorageFrance
Plage de Kermorvan
4.8Sand anchorage off the isthmus beach of Kermorvan on the east side of the Quiberon peninsula in Morbihan, Brittany. Mooring with up to 80 berths on buoys, anchoring regulated.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 87AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Terrière
4.8Open anchorage off a long sand beach at La Tranche-sur-Mer, Vendée, facing the Pertuis Breton.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
88AnchorageFrancePlage Ganaoc'h
4.8Anchorage on the Aber-Benoît off Saint-Pabu, on the north coast of Finistère in Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW
89AnchorageFrancePointe du Chatelet
4.8Anchorage on the Rance maritime between Saint-Malo and Dinan, on the right bank opposite Saint-Suliac.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
90AnchorageFrancePort de la Vesse - Niolon
4.8Small calanque cut into the Côte Bleue cliffs between Niolon and Corbière, west of Marseille, with a tiny fishing hamlet at the head.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW