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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871AnchorageFranceDieppe beach
3.8Open roadstead off the pebble beach of Dieppe, on the Normandy coast, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered SE, S
- 872AnchorageMartinique
Bouées de l'Étang Z'Abricots
3.8Field of 20 paying buoys run by the Étang Z'Abricots marina, at the head of Fort-de-France bay.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
873AnchorageFrancePlage de la Franqui
3.8Anchorage off the long sandy beach of La Franqui, on the Leucate shoreline in the Aude.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
874AnchorageFranceSagone
3.8Anchorage in the Golfe de Sagone on the west coast of Corsica, sand and mud bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 875AnchorageFrance
Anse de Perzel
3.8Sandy cove on the north side of the goulet de Brest, western Finistère.
- Sheltered NW
- 876AnchorageFrance
Baie de Lampaul
3.8Main bay of Ouessant island on its south-west side, sand bottom, with a variable number of visitor moorings laid by the Parc naturel marin d'Iroise.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
877AnchorageFranceGâvres
3.8Sand-bottom anchorage with 6 berths off the Gâvres peninsula at the entrance to the Rade de Lorient.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
878AnchorageFranceÎles de Lérins - Plateau du milieu
3.8Anchorage on the plateau between Sainte-Marguerite and Saint-Honorat islands off Cannes, sand and weed bottom, open to all sectors.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
- 879AnchorageFrance
Plage De Canetto
3.8Anchorage off a sand beach on the east side of the Golfe de Sant'Amanza, south-east Corsica between Bonifacio and Porto-Vecchio.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 880AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Pontusval
3.8Open anchorage on the north coast of Finistère, between Brignogan-Plages and Plouescat, sand bottom, protected from S and SE winds.
- Sheltered S, SE
881AnchorageFranceCap Camarat
3.8Open roadstead under the Cap Camarat lighthouse on the Ramatuelle peninsula, about 4 nm southeast of Saint-Tropez.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
882AnchorageFranceGaleria
3.8Anchorage in the baie de Galéria on the west coast of Corsica, at the mouth of the Fango river, inside the réserve de biosphère UNESCO de la vallée du Fango.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 883AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Carteau
3.8Anchorage in the Anse de Carteau on the Golfe de Fos, east of the Rhône delta in Provence.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 884AnchorageGuadeloupe
Sainte-Rose
3.8Anchorage off the fishing harbour of Sainte-Rose, on the north coast of Basse-Terre at the western entrance of the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
885AnchorageFranceAnse du Diben
3.8Small cove on the north coast of Finistère, near Plougasnou, with around 10 visitor moorings on sand.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 886AnchorageSt. Martin
Anse Marcel
3.8Anchorage in Anse Marcel, a bay on the north coast of French Saint-Martin, 0.3 NM north-west of the marina entrance.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 887AnchorageFrance
Cales - Criques de Banyuls
3.8Buoy field with 6 moorings in the coves north of Banyuls-sur-Mer, within the Réserve Naturelle Marine de Cerbère-Banyuls.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
888AnchorageFranceChâteaulin
3.8River mooring on the canalised Aulne, in the town of Châteaulin, 15 nm upstream from the rade de Brest at the start of the Nantes-Brest canal.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
889AnchorageFranceÎlot de Toul-Bras
3.8Day anchorage off the eastern shore of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, between Port-Haliguen and Port-Maria.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 890AnchorageGuadeloupe
Le Moule
3.8Anchorage off Le Moule on the Atlantic coast of Grande-Terre, sand bottom, 6.4 miles north-west of Saint-François.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 891AnchorageFrance
Marine de Luri
3.8Open anchorage off Santa Severa on the east coast of Cap Corse, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
892AnchorageFranceTregana
3.8Sand anchorage on the Plougonvelin shore of the Iroise, opposite Brest roadstead, sheltered from N to E.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 893AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Accul
3.7Anchorage in Anse Accul on the west side of Sainte-Anne, south coast of Grande-Terre, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 894AnchorageFrance
Anse de Sainte-Evette
3.7Mooring of about 25 buoys in the bay of Audierne, western Finistère, just outside the fishing harbour.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
895AnchorageFranceBrignogan - Pontusval
3.7Anchorage off Brignogan-Plages on the north coast of Finistère, sand bottom among pink granite rocks, sheltered from E through S to W.
- Free
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
- 896AnchorageFrance
Cala Muretta South
3.7Rocky cove in the Golfe de Valinco, 2.7 NM SW of Propriano, with shelter from SE to SW winds under the headland.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 897AnchorageFrance
Calanque de l'Indienne
3.7Small anchorage on the south coast of Porquerolles, within the Parc national de Port-Cros, the oldest marine national park in Europe, established in 1963.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
898AnchorageFranceCaramontinu
3.7Small cove on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio, with sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 899AnchorageFrance
Ezer
3.7Anchorage off Île Ezer in the Glénan archipelago, off the southern Finistère coast in Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 900AnchorageFrance
Grande Conche
3.7Open anchorage off the Grande Conche beach east of Royan, on the northern shore of the Gironde estuary.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE