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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- 1291AnchorageFrance
Baie de Stagnoli
3.2Sandy cove at the head of the Gulf of Sagone, between Cargèse to the north-west and Sagone to the east, west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1292AnchorageFranceCala di u Grecu
3.2Small cove on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Bonifacio and Sant'Amanza, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 1293AnchorageFrance
Golbey ecluse no 5
3.2Waiting zone on the canal des Vosges at Golbey lock 5, mooring prohibited outside of lock operations.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1294AnchorageFranceLa Bouillabaisse
3.2Anchorage in the Baie de Saint-Tropez off Plage de la Bouillabaisse, at the western entrance to the town, in the Var.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1295AnchorageFranceLa chèvre
3.2Anchorage off the Île de Bréhat archipelago in northern Brittany, sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
1296AnchorageFrancePlage des Sableaux
3.2Anchorage off the Plage des Sableaux on the east coast of Noirmoutier island, Vendée, 16 berths on sand.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1297AnchorageFrancePlage du Cosker
3.2Anchorage off a sand beach on the Crozon peninsula coast, in Finistère, open to the Iroise sea.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1298AnchorageFrancePointe de l'Ours
3.2Anchorage in the Gulf of Morbihan near the entrance of the Rivière de Noyalo, sand bottom, shelter from E through S to SW.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
- 1299AnchorageFrance
Anse Saint-Gervais
3.2Anchorage in the Golfe de Fos, on the western edge of Fos-sur-Mer, inside the commercial port zone.
- Sheltered N, NE
1300AnchorageFranceCalanque de Callelongue
3.2Calanque at the southern tip of Marseille, at the entrance of the Parc national des Calanques, on a rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 1301AnchorageFrance
Gurgazu
3.2Small cove on the north shore of the Golfe de Santa Manza in southern Corsica, sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1302AnchorageFranceMouillage de l'Untxin
3.2Anchorage in the Bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure, off the mouth of the Untxin river, sheltered by the Artha, Sainte-Barbe and Socoa breakwaters.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1303AnchorageFrance
Anse de Porto-Vecchio
3.2Sand anchorage off the old port of Bastia, on the east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
- 1304AnchorageFrance
Bunkers allemands
3.2Rock-bottom anchorage on the Esterel coast between Agay and Le Dramont, off the wartime concrete bunkers that give the spot its name, in the Var.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1305AnchorageFranceCapu di Fora
3.2Anchorage off the Capu di Fora headland on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and the Cerbicale islands.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
1306AnchorageFrancePlage de La Conque
3.2Open anchorage off the volcanic black-sand beach on the east side of the Cap d'Agde promontory, Languedoc.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1307AnchorageFrance
Sant' Amanza
3.2Anchorage in the Golfe de Sant'Amanza on the south east coast of Corsica, 4.7 NM north east of Bonifacio.
- Sheltered SE, S
- 1308AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Crawen
3.2Anchorage in Anse Crawen on the south-west coast of Terre-de-Haut in Les Saintes, sand bottom, 1.2 miles south-west of the village.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 1309AnchorageFrance
Anse de l'Argent Faux
3.2Small cove on the south-western side of the Cap d'Antibes, between Port du Croûton and Port Gallice in the Alpes-Maritimes.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1310AnchorageFranceGrau-du-Roi rive droite
3.2Open anchorage off the right bank of the Grau-du-Roi channel, on the Gulf of Lion coast in Occitanie.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1311AnchorageFrance
Ile Tomé
3.2Anchorage under the lee of Île Tomé, off the pink granite coast north of Perros-Guirec.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1312AnchorageFranceLocquirec
3.2Anchorage in the bay of Locquirec on the border of Finistère and Côtes-d'Armor, sand bottom, around 30 moorings.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1313AnchorageFrance
Marine de Scaffa Rossa
3.2Sandy anchorage just north of Solenzara, on the east coast of Corsica facing the red-rock shore that gives the site its name.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1314AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Chindrieux
3.2Anchorage just off the Port de Plaisance de Chindrieux on the northern shore of the Lac du Bourget, Savoie. Sand bottom, protection from N, W and NW winds.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
1315AnchorageFrancePlage des Arènes
3.2Open sand anchorage off the Camargue shore, just east of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, at the mouth of the Petit Rhône delta.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1316AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Figuerolles
3.2Sand anchorage on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, between Niolon and Le Rove, on the Provence coast.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
1317AnchorageFranceGirancourt ecl2
3.2Mooring-prohibited zone at lock 2 of Girancourt on the canal des Vosges, sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1318AnchorageFranceGolfu di Liscia
3.2Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica between Cargèse and Ajaccio, at the mouth of the Liscia river, within the Golfe de la Liscia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1319AnchorageMartinique
Îlet Duquesnay
3.2Anchorage by Îlet Duquesnay on the west shore of the Cul-de-Sac du Marin, 1 mile south-west of Marina du Marin. Sand bottom, sheltered from every sector except the south and south-east.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 1320AnchorageFrance
Kervoyal
3.2Sand and mud anchorage off Kervoyal beach in Damgan, on the south coast of Morbihan between the Vilaine estuary and the Rivière de Penerf.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW