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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- 901AnchorageFrance
Île du Toro
3.7Anchorage off Île du Toro, a small islet in the Cerbicale archipelago off the south-east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered N, SW
902AnchorageFrancePlage de Boulogne-sur-Mer
3.7Open roadstead off the beach of Boulogne-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Opale, about 1.3 nm north-west of the harbour entrance.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
903AnchorageFrancePointe de la Touche
3.7Fair-weather anchorage off the Pointe de la Touche on the Emerald Coast, Brittany, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 904AnchorageFrance
Rocher d'Orto
3.7Anchorage at the foot of the red porphyry cliffs of the Golfe de Porto on the west coast of Corsica, between Porto and Girolata.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
905AnchorageFranceAnse de Penhap
3.7Anchorage at the southern tip of the Île aux Moines in the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany. Mixed sand, rock and weed bottom, open to the south.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
906AnchorageFranceConche de Saint-Georges
3.7Anchorage in the bay north of the Gironde estuary mouth off Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, sand bottom, sheltered from N, NE, E and SE.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
907AnchorageFrancePlage de Briande
3.7Open anchorage off a sand beach on the south flank of the Cap Lardier, between Cavalaire and La Croix-Valmer, Var.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
908AnchorageFrancePoint de Dépose La Dune
3.7Daytime anchorage off the Grand Travers dune belt, between La Grande-Motte and Carnon on the Languedoc coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 909AnchorageFrance
Vignola
3.7Anchorage off Plage de Vignola on the west coast of Balagne, Haute-Corse, 2.1 NM W of Ile-Rousse.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 910AnchorageSt. Martin
Baie de Marigot
3.7Mooring field in Marigot Bay, off the capital of French Saint-Martin, 0.3 NM south-west of Marina Fort Louis.
- Paid
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
911AnchorageFranceCalanque des deux frères
3.7Small calanque of the Esterel coast between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar, named after the two rocky islets off its entrance.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 912AnchorageMartinique
Case-Pilote
3.7Anchorage off Case-Pilote village, on the Caribbean coast between Schœlcher and Bellefontaine.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 913AnchorageFrance
Etang Pierre Blanche
3.7Open sand anchorage off the beach fronting the Étang de Pierre Blanche, west of Palavas-les-Flots in Languedoc, exposed to swell.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 914AnchorageFrance
île verte
3.7Sand anchorage off Île Verte in the Bréhat archipelago, Côtes-d'Armor, north Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 915AnchorageFrance
Les Pharillons
3.7Rock-bottom anchorage off the Pharillons islets south of Marseille, within the Parc national des Calanques. Sheltered from N and NE.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 916AnchorageFrance
Pointe d'Agnello
3.7Anchorage off the Pointe d'Agnello at the northern tip of Cap Corse, close to the lighthouse of the Île de la Giraglia.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
917AnchorageFranceRoquemaure
3.7River anchorage on the Rhône at Roquemaure, Gard, 6 nm north of Avignon.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 918AnchorageGuadeloupe
Source Chaude du Curé
3.7Anchorage off the Bain du Curé hot spring at Pointe à l'Abbé, in the Pigeon district of Bouillante, weed bottom with a beach ashore, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 919AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Clere
3.7Sand anchorage on the north coast of the île de Noirmoutier, Vendée, between Noirmoutier-en-l'Île and L'Herbaudière.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 920AnchorageGuadeloupe
Grand Îlet
3.7Anchorage off Grand Îlet, south of Terre-de-Haut in Les Saintes, sand bottom, 1.9 miles south-south-west of the village.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
921AnchorageFranceOmonville-La-Rogue
3.7Buoy field of 60 moorings in the bay of Omonville-la-Rogue, on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula west of Cherbourg.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
922AnchorageFrancePaillers De Ghignu
3.7Anchorage off Plage de Ghignu on the Désert des Agriates, northern Corsica, in the Saint-Florent gulf approaches.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 923AnchorageMartinique
Pointe d'Alet
3.7Anchorage under Pointe d'Alet, between Anse Mitan and Anse à l'Âne, in Les Trois-Îlets.
- Sheltered E, SE
924AnchorageFrancePort Blanc
3.7Small sandy cove on the south-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, in the commune of Bangor.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 925AnchorageFrance
Ansa de Terrimbo
3.7Small rocky cove on the Côte Vermeille between Cerbère and Banyuls-sur-Mer, on the Spanish-French border coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 926AnchorageMartinique
Anse Meunier
3.7Cove north of the Salines beaches on the Sainte-Anne peninsula, south of Martinique. Sand bottom, sheltered from north through east to south-east, open to the south and west.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
927AnchorageFranceBaie d'Ajaccio
3.7Large anchorage of about 160 buoys in the Gulf of Ajaccio, Corsica, off the Saint-François beach and the old town.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
928AnchorageFranceÎle De Saint Armel
3.7Anchorage off the Île de Saint-Armel in the southeast of the Golfe du Morbihan, between Le Hézo and the Pointe du Bill.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
929AnchorageFranceÎles du Frioul
3.7Anchorages among the four limestone islands of the Frioul archipelago, 2.7 NM west of Marseille, within the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 930AnchorageFrance
Plage de l'Espiguette
3.7Open sandy roadstead off the Espiguette dunes in Camargue, sheltered from N and NE winds.
- Sheltered N, NE