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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- 1141AnchorageFrance
Pointe Notre Dame
3.5Day anchorage on the Esterel coast south-west of Cannes, sand bottom below the red porphyry cliffs of the Corniche d'Or.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1142AnchorageFranceMouillage de la Citadelle d'Ajaccio
3.4Anchorage on sand and Posidonia under the walls of the Citadelle Miollis at the entrance of the Golfe d'Ajaccio, Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1143AnchorageSt. Martin
Grand Étang de Simsonbaai
3.4Western part of the Simpson Bay lagoon on the French side, 1.9 NM west of Port La Royale, an enclosed anchorage with sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
1144AnchorageFrancePlage De Gatseau
3.4Buoy mooring off the plage de Gatseau at the southern tip of the île d'Oléron, 3 buoys available.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1145AnchorageFranceSan Damiano
3.4Rocky anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica, about 1.2 nm east of Port Eugène Ceccaldi and 4 nm southwest of Île-Rousse.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
- 1146AnchorageFrance
Vignola
3.4Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica in the Golfe d'Ajaccio, between the Pointe de la Parata and the town of Ajaccio.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1147AnchorageFranceAlgajola
3.4Sand-bottomed anchorage off the village of Algajola in Balagne, Corsica, between Île-Rousse and Calvi.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
1148AnchorageFranceAnse de Cargèse
3.4Anchorage in the bay fronting Cargèse village, on the west coast of Corsica between the Golfe de Sagone and the Golfe de Porto.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1149AnchorageFranceÎle Longue Sud
3.4Anchorage on the south side of Île Longue in the Golfe du Morbihan, inshore waters of southern Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1150AnchorageFrance
Les Baronnets
3.4Sand anchorage off the Espiguette sand spit, 3.5 NM SE of Port Camargue and 4.3 NM S of Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard.
- Sheltered N
1151AnchorageFranceMadrague Montredon
3.4Anchorage off the south-eastern tip of Marseille, just east of Port de la Madrague de Montredon, within the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 1152AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Vasina
3.4Anchorage off a sand beach on the east coast of Cap Corse, 3 nautical miles north of Bastia.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1153AnchorageGuadeloupe
Port de pêche de Sainte-Anne
3.4Anchorage opposite the fishing harbour of Sainte-Anne on the south coast of Grande-Terre, mud bottom, a usual stop between Bas-du-Fort and Saint-François.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, S, SE
1154AnchorageFranceToull an trebez
3.4Sandy anchorage in the Aber Wrac'h estuary, north Finistère, about 1.4 NM NW of the port of L'Aber-Wrac'h.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1155AnchorageFrance
Baie de Stagnolu
3.4Small bay on the south side of the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio, in south-east Corsica.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 1156AnchorageFrance
Bonne Terrasse
3.4Sheltered bay on the east coast of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Cap Camarat and Cap Taillat, in the Var.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1157AnchorageFrance
La Chambre - Île Logodec
3.4Small buoyed anchorage with 4 moorings off Île Logodec, south of the Bréhat archipelago, in the passage known as La Chambre.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW
1158AnchorageFrancePointe Bacon
3.4Anchorage off the eastern side of the Cap d'Antibes, near Port Vauban, sand bottom, open to the east.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
- 1159AnchorageMartinique
Pointe Cayot
3.4Anchorage south-west of Pointe Cayot, charted as Pointe Cailloux, in the Cul-de-Sac du Marin. Sand and weed with seagrass, sheltered from north-east through south to south-west.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1160AnchorageFrance
Tahiti
3.4Anchorage in the Gulf of Ajaccio, 1.3 NM east of Port Tino Rossi, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1161AnchorageFranceLe Palais
3.4Visitor mooring buoy field in the roadstead off Le Palais, the main port of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, south Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1162AnchorageFrancePlage Pointe des Douaniers
3.4Anchorage below the Pointe des Douaniers at Cap d'Ail, on the Cote d'Azur between Monaco and Eze.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 1163AnchorageFrance
Port La Nouvelle - Sud
3.4Sand-bottomed anchorage off the beach south of Port-la-Nouvelle, on the Aude coast between Narbonne and Leucate.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 1164AnchorageMartinique
Loup Garou
3.4Sand cay off Le Robert harbour on the Atlantic coast, protected by a biotope protection order since 2002.
- Sheltered NE, E
- 1165AnchorageFrance
Rade de Ceyreste/ Grande Plage
3.4Anchorage off the Grande Plage of La Ciotat, in the bay shared by Ceyreste and La Ciotat on the eastern Bouches-du-Rhône coast, between the Bec de l'Aigle and the port entrance.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 1166AnchorageGuadeloupe
Rivière-Sens Nord
3.4Anchorage on the north side of Marina de Rivière-Sens, south of Basse-Terre town, sand and weed bottom with a beach ashore, sheltered from N through SE.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1167AnchorageFranceSauzon - ville
3.4Anchorage off the village of Sauzon on the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer in Morbihan, sand bottom, just outside the drying harbour.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1168AnchorageFrance
Embouchure du Rhône
3.4Anchorage off the mouth of the Grand Rhone, at the entrance to the Golfe de Fos, in the Camargue.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1169AnchorageGuadeloupe
Deshaies Sud
3.4Anchorage 0.7 nm south of Deshaies harbour, on the south side of the bay, sand and rock bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1170AnchorageFranceKerbihan
3.4Buoy mooring field off Kerbihan, on the west bank of the Rivière de Crac'h just below La Trinité-sur-Mer, where anchoring is banned to protect archaeological remains and the buoys are for authorized users only.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW