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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- 1171AnchorageFrance
Punta d Omigna
3.4Open anchorage on rock off Punta d'Omigna, the headland closing the Gulf of Sagone to the north, 1.8 miles from Cargèse on the west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
1172AnchorageFranceVias
3.4Stretch of coast off Vias in Hérault where anchoring is prohibited, between Portiragnes and the mouth of the Hérault at Le Grau d'Agde.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1173AnchorageFranceArchipel des Embiez
3.4Small archipelago off Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var, owned by the Paul Ricard foundation, with anchorages on the western and southern shores of the main island.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1174AnchorageFranceBanc des Portes
3.4Sand bank anchorage inside the Fier d'Ars, the tidal lagoon on the north-west corner of Île de Ré, sheltered from NW through S.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1175AnchorageFranceÎle Molène
3.4Anchorage off Île Molène in the Molène archipelago, west of Le Conquet in the Iroise Sea.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1176AnchorageFrance
Marine de Bussagghia
3.4Sand anchorage in the Golfe de Porto on the west coast of Corsica, just north of Porto-Ota, inside the UNESCO-listed Golfe de Porto zone that includes the Calanques de Piana and the Scandola reserve.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
1177AnchorageFrancePhare de Cordouan
3.4Anchorage off the Cordouan lighthouse, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary in New Aquitaine. Sand bottom, shelter from NW only.
- Sheltered NW
1178AnchorageFrancePorraja
3.4Sand-bottomed cove on the west side of the Gulf of Valinco in Corsica, immediately west of Propriano.
- Sheltered E, SE, S
- 1179AnchorageFrance
Punta Capicciola sud
3.4Prohibited anchoring zone south of Punta Capicciola on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and the reserve of Cerbicale.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1180AnchorageFrance
Baie Talmont
3.4Anchorage in the Gironde estuary off Talmont-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime, under the cliffs that carry the Romanesque church of Sainte-Radegonde.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1181AnchorageFrance
L’Épine
3.4Anchorage off the village of L'Épine on the west coast of Île de Noirmoutier, Pays de la Loire.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1182AnchorageFrancePen er Menn
3.4Anchorage of around 102 moorings off Arradon on the north shore of the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE
1183AnchorageFrancePointe des Chevaliers
3.4Anchorage on the western side of the presqu'île de Giens, Var, facing the rade d'Hyères.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 1184AnchorageFrance
Roche Cardin
3.4Anchorage on sand off Roche Cardin in the Chausey archipelago area west of Granville, sheltered only from SW winds.
- Sheltered SW
1185AnchorageFranceZone mouillage du Traict
3.4Buoy field in the Traict du Croisic tidal lagoon, just north of Le Croisic harbour, on the southern Loire-Atlantique coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1186AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Caraïbe
3.4Cove with a beach on the Pointe-Noire coast, leeward side of Basse-Terre, sand, rock and weed bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1187AnchorageFrance
Benodet
3.4Anchorage and mooring field in the estuary of the Odet between Bénodet and Sainte-Marine, sand bottom, 180 moorings.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
1188AnchorageFranceGolfe de Santa Giulia nord
3.4Buoy field of 30 moorings in the northern part of the Golfe de Santa Giulia, south of Porto-Vecchio on the east coast of Corsica.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1189AnchorageFrance
Ile Sainte-Marguerite East
3.4Anchorage on the east side of Île Sainte-Marguerite in the Lérins archipelago off Cannes, sand and posidonia bottom, sheltered from N, open to S and SE.
- Sheltered N, SW, S, SE
- 1190AnchorageFrance
Pempoul
3.4Mud-bottom anchorage off Pempoul beach at Saint-Pol-de-Leon, on the bay of Morlaix in northern Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW
- 1191AnchorageFrance
Plage de Pampelonne
3.4Open anchorage off a 4.5 km sandy beach on the south-east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Cap du Pinet and Cap Camarat.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1192AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Coudepont
3.4Mud-bottom anchorage off the northern tip of Île d'Aix, in the Pertuis d'Antioche between La Rochelle and the Charente estuary.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
1193AnchorageFrancePorh En Hal
3.4Small rocky cove on the north coast of Île de Groix, off Lorient in southern Brittany.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1194AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse à Cointe
3.4Buoy field in Anse à Cointe on the west coast of Terre-de-Haut in Les Saintes, next to the Pain de Sucre, 1 mile west of the village.
- Paid
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 1195AnchorageFrance
Baie de San Ciprianu
3.4Anchorage in a sandy bay on the east coast of Corsica, 10 km north of Porto-Vecchio.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
1196AnchorageFranceMouillage de Charron
3.4Tidal anchorage off the mudflats of Charron, north of La Rochelle at the mouth of the Sèvre Niortaise in Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 1197AnchorageSt. Martin
Grand Case Sud
3.4Southern end of Grand Case bay, 0.5 NM south-west of the main anchorage, on the north-west coast of French Saint-Martin.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 1198AnchorageFrance
La Coudoulière
3.4Anchorage off the sandy cove of La Coudoulière, on the west side of Six-Fours-les-Plages, Var. Sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1199AnchorageFrance
Le Grand Traict
3.4Tidal lagoon north of Le Croisic and Guérande, on the south coast of Brittany, used as a waiting anchorage by shoal-draught boats.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1200AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de la Pointe du Château
3.4Anchorage at the Pointe du Château in the rade de Brest, on the south shore of the Daoulas estuary in Finistère.
- Sheltered NE, E