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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1051AnchorageFrancePlage Ile Renote
3.6Anchorage off Île Renote at Trégastel, on the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany. Sand bottom, sheltered from W to SE winds.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1052AnchorageFrancePort de l'Éoube
3.6Small cove on the east side of Île Ratonneau in the Frioul archipelago, off Marseille.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1053AnchorageMartinique
Sainte-Luce bourg
3.6Water off the bourg of Sainte-Luce on the south coast of Martinique. Sand bottom, sheltered only from north-west through north-east. Anchoring is prohibited.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1054AnchorageGuadeloupe
Grande Baie
3.5Bay between Bas-du-Fort and Le Gosier on the south coast of Grande-Terre, sand bottom, 1.3 miles west of Îlet du Gosier.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1055AnchorageFranceIle Cigogne
3.5Anchorage in the archipel des Glénan, 10 NM south of Concarneau in Finistère, sheltered on the south side of Île Cigogne.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 1056AnchorageGuadeloupe
Chenal de Pointe-à-Pitre
3.5Anchorage by the sailing club at the entrance to Marina Bas-du-Fort, on the Pointe-à-Pitre approach channel, sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1057AnchorageFrancePort Jean
3.5Small cove on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, between Sauzon and the Pointe des Poulains, off the commune of Sauzon.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
1058AnchorageFranceAnse de Penfoulic
3.5Shallow anchorage in the Anse de Penfoulic at Fouesnant, Finistère South, sheltered on all sides, mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1059AnchorageFranceAnse des Sévignés
3.5Anchorage on the Côte d'Émeraude between Cap Fréhel and Saint-Cast, Côtes-d'Armor.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
- 1060AnchorageMartinique
Anse Madame
3.5Cove off Schœlcher town, west of Fort-de-France, on the north shore of Fort-de-France bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1061AnchorageFranceAvant Port Du Cap d'Agde
3.5Outer anchorage off the Cap d'Agde marina, on the volcanic headland of Mont Saint-Loup in Herault, Occitanie.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 1062AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Saména
3.5Small rocky calanque on the south coast of Marseille, between La Madrague de Montredon and Les Goudes, at the gateway to the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered E, SE
1063AnchorageFranceChemin de Penfret sud-ouest
3.5Anchorage on the south-west side of Penfret, easternmost island of the Glénan archipelago off south Finistère.
- Sheltered NE, E
- 1064AnchorageFrance
Cigntra
3.5Sand anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, roughly 6 NM west of Ajaccio.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
1065AnchorageFranceDigue Saint-Louis
3.5Anchorage in the Golfe de Fos, along the Saint-Louis breakwater that protects the industrial harbour west of the Rhône delta.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1066AnchorageFranceîle Maire
3.5Rocky islet off the Marseille coast at the western edge of the Calanques national park, separated from Cap Croisette by the Tiboulen channel.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
1067AnchorageFranceLa Spiaggia
3.5Anchorage off Le Brusc in the lagoon approach to the Embiez archipelago, west of Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1068AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Moune
3.5Anchorage in the gulf of Saint-Tropez off the Moune beach, between the Marines de Cogolin to the west and the entrance of Port-Grimaud to the north.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1069AnchorageFrance
Port Miou
3.5Buoy field in the Calanque de Port-Miou, the first calanque west of Cassis, inside the Parc national des Calanques.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1070AnchorageFrance
Roche de la Cheminée
3.5Anchorage off the Frioul archipelago west of Marseille, between Pomègues and Ratonneau.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, W, NW
1071AnchorageFranceSte-Marie La Mer
3.5Open roadstead off the Roussillon coast, just north of Canet-en-Roussillon, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1072AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Péguière
3.5Small cove on the Estérel coast between Boulouris and Saint-Raphaël, Var.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
- 1073AnchorageFrance
Pointe du Térénéz
3.5Mooring field of 16 buoys off the Pointe du Térénez in the Rade de Brest, on the north shore of the Aulne estuary, mud bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
1074AnchorageFrancePorh Roëd
3.5Anchorage on the south side of Île de Groix, Morbihan, with sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1075AnchorageFrance
Port-Lay
3.5Small cove with a dozen moorings on the north coast of Île de Groix, off the Morbihan coast in Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1076AnchorageFrance
Porzmeur
3.5Anchorage on the north shore of the rade de Brest, sand bottom, shelter from NE, E and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1077AnchorageFrancePunta Vallitone
3.5Anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica west of Ile Rousse, sand, rock and weed bottom, open to E, SE, S and SW.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 1078AnchorageGuadeloupe
Rivière-Sens Sud
3.5Anchorage and buoys just south of Marina de Rivière-Sens, in Gourbeyre, sand bottom with a long beach ashore.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1079AnchorageFrance
Rupt s. Saône
3.5River anchorage on the Petite Saône off Rupt-sur-Saône, a village in Haute-Saône dominated by its 11th-century keep.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1080AnchorageFranceÎle Callot
3.5Anchorage off Île Callot, a tidal island linked to Carantec by a causeway that covers at high water, in the Bay of Morlaix.
- Sheltered SW, W