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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1201AnchorageFrancePointe du Croisic
3.4Rocky anchorage off the tip of the Le Croisic peninsula, south Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1202AnchorageSt. Barthélemy
Anse de Grande Saline
3.3Anchorage off Grande Saline beach on the south coast of Saint-Barthélemy, 0.7 NM east of Anse du Gouverneur, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1203AnchorageFranceCalvi
3.3Buoy field in the bay of Calvi on the north-west coast of Corsica, below the Genoese citadel, sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
1204AnchorageFrancePlage de L'Estaque
3.3Open anchorage off L'Estaque beach in the northern suburbs of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue side of the Rade.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
1205AnchorageFrancePornichet
3.3Mooring field off Pornichet on the Baie de La Baule, Loire-Atlantique, at the western end of the Côte d'Amour.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
1206AnchorageFranceSaint-Tropez
3.3Anchorage in the Golfe de Saint-Tropez, north of the old town and the Port du Pilon in the Var.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 1207AnchorageMartinique
Anse Dufour
3.3Cove on the west coast of Martinique between Anse Noire and Grande Anse d'Arlet. White bioclastic sand beach, bottom of sand and weed, sheltered from east through south to south-west.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1208AnchorageMartinique
Anse Figuier
3.3Cove of Anse Figuier, east of Sainte-Luce on the south coast of Martinique. Sand and rock. Anchoring is prohibited.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1209AnchorageFrance
Baie de San Ciprianu Nord
3.3Northern lobe of the San Ciprianu bay on the east coast of southern Corsica, between Pinarellu and the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
1210AnchorageFranceCala di u Grecu (Nord)
3.3Anchorage on the east side of the Golfe de Sant'Amanza, southern Corsica, 4.1 nm S of Sant'Amanza and 5.1 nm SE of Bonifacio. Anchoring is confined to two small buoyed zones inside the Bouches de Bonifacio reserve.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1211AnchorageFranceCarnon
3.3Open anchorage off the beach of Carnon, between La Grande-Motte and Palavas-les-Flots on the Occitan coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1212AnchorageFrance
Etang del Salé
3.3Sand anchorage on the east coast of Corsica facing the coastal lagoon of the Étang d'Urbino, between Aléria and Ghisonaccia.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 1213AnchorageFrance
Île de la Chaussée
3.3Anchorage on the Seine between Bougival and Croissy, sheltered by the Île de la Chaussée with shelter from most directions, mud and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
1214AnchorageFranceL'anneau de la Marguerite
3.3Anchorage off Courseulles-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast, on Juno Beach of the 6 June 1944 landings.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1215AnchorageFranceLocmaria
3.3Small anchorage on the south coast of Île de Groix, off the village of Locmaria, in Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 1216AnchorageMartinique
La Poterie
3.3Anchorage off the Village de la Poterie, east of the Trois-Îlets bourg on the south side of the Baie de Fort-de-France. Sand and mud, sheltered from east through south to west, open to the north.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1217AnchorageFrance
Jetée Des Ileaux
3.3Anchorage off the east coast of Noirmoutier island, in the bay between the jetty and the Gois causeway, on mud.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1218AnchorageFrance
L'étier
3.3Mooring on the Vilaine river at the confluence with the étier de Foleux, on the border of Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 1219AnchorageFrance
Mouillage Du Storang
3.3Anchorage on the south coast of Île de Groix, off Brittany, on a mixed sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1220AnchorageSt. Martin
Baie Orientale
3.3Anchorage in Orient Bay, the long beach on the east coast of French Saint-Martin, 0.3 NM south of Caye Verte.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
1221AnchorageFranceCalanque des Anglais
3.3Anchorage on the Esterel Corniche d'Or, just east of the Rade d'Agay, facing the red porphyry cliffs of the Cap du Dramont.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
1222AnchorageFranceGolfe d'Étrétat
3.3Open roadstead off the chalk cliffs of Étretat on the Normandy Alabaster Coast, between the Falaise d'Amont and the Falaise d'Aval with its arch and needle.
- Free
- Sheltered E, S, SE
1223AnchorageFranceÎle aux Moines
3.3Sand anchorage off the largest of the Sept-Îles archipelago, 3 NM north of Ploumanac'h on the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, W
- 1224AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Romaniquette
3.3Anchorage on the northern shore of the Étang de Berre, between Saint-Chamas and Istres, Provence.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
- 1225AnchorageFrance
Anse du Camp Long
3.3Small cove on the Estérel coast between Agay and Anthéor, Var. Anchorage on sand and rock, in red porphyry surroundings.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1226AnchorageFranceBaie du Grand Soufre
3.3Anchorage on the west side of Pomègues, archipel du Frioul, off Marseille.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
- 1227AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Fontagne
3.3Sand anchorage on the Marseille coast east of the Port des Goudes, within the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1228AnchorageFrancela Solenzara
3.3Sand anchorage off the mouth of the Solenzara river, on the east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1229AnchorageFrance
Le Grand Lambert
3.3Anchorage off the Grand Lambert rock in the Rance estuary approaches, between Saint-Briac and Dinard, Ille-et-Vilaine.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
1230AnchorageFrancePlage De La Darse
3.3Buoy field of 21 moorings off Plage de la Darse in Villefranche-sur-Mer, in the western arm of the Rade de Villefranche, on the Côte d'Azur.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW