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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- 1321AnchorageFrance
Mouillage du solitaire
3.2Anchorage in the Golfe du Morbihan, on the northern flank of the Île d'Arz, mixed sand, weed and mud bottom, sheltered from SW, S and SE winds.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1322AnchorageFrance
Punta di San Pellegrinu
3.2Sand anchorage on the east coast of Cap Corse, north of Bastia, sheltered from the west.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1323AnchorageFrance
Saint Cast
3.2Buoy mooring off the Grande Plage of Saint-Cast-le-Guildo, on the Côte d'Émeraude in the Bay of Saint-Malo.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1324AnchorageFranceAnse de l'Estaque
3.1Sand anchorage in the northern corner of the Rade de Marseille, off the old fishing village of L'Estaque.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, NW
- 1325AnchorageFrance
Calanque du Phare
3.1Small cove on the north coast of Île du Levant, Var, with a rocky bottom and open exposure to the east.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1326AnchorageFranceErquy - Plage Saint-Michel
3.1Anchorage off Plage Saint-Michel on the Cap d'Erquy in the Côtes-d'Armor, sand bottom, sheltered from winds from W to SE.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
1327AnchorageFranceÎle du Grand Rouveau Ouest
3.1Rock anchorage on the western side of Île du Grand Rouveau, the outer island of the Embiez archipelago off Six-Fours-les-Plages.
- Sheltered E
- 1328AnchorageFrance
Pointe de la Malalongue
3.1Anchorage off the south-west point of Port-Cros island in the Parc national de Port-Cros, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E
1329AnchorageFrancePointe du Cimetière
3.1Anchorage off the Pointe du Cimetière on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, close to the Plage des Graniers in the Var.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
1330AnchorageFranceAnse d'Agro
3.1Rocky cove on the west coast of Corsica, about 2 nm SW of Calvi, open to the west.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1331AnchorageFrance
Eluse 21 - Pont tremblant
3.1No-anchoring zone at Lock 21 Pont Tremblant on the Canal des Vosges, Vosges department, between Fontenoy-le-Château and Épinal.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1332AnchorageFrance
La Patache
3.1Anchorage off the northwest tip of Île de Ré, near the hamlet of La Patache and the Phare des Baleines.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 1333AnchorageFrance
Marseillette
3.1Mooring on the Canal du Midi at Marseillette, between Trebes and Puicheric, in the Aude department.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1334AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Crec'h Ar Reullart
3.1Sand-bottom anchorage on the Côte de Granit Rose coastline, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, sheltered from westerly winds.
- Sheltered W
- 1335AnchorageFrance
Plage de Port Blanc
3.1Sandy anchorage off Port Blanc beach on the west coast of the Quiberon peninsula, Morbihan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 1336AnchorageFrance
Plage de Vana
3.1Anchorage on the north coast of the désert des Agriates in Corsica, sand and rock bottom, between L'Île-Rousse and Saint-Florent.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
1337AnchorageFrancePont Joseph le Brix
3.1Mooring field on buoys in the Bono river, a tributary of the Auray river in the Gulf of Morbihan, under the Joseph Le Brix road bridge.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
1338AnchorageFranceAnse des Catalans
3.1Open anchorage off the Marseille corniche, between Vallon des Auffes 0.4 nm south and the Anse de la Réserve 0.5 nm east, in the 7th arrondissement.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1339AnchorageFranceAnse du loc'h
3.1Sheltered cove on the west shore of the Baie d'Audierne in southern Finistère, sand bottom, protected from the north, east and west.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
1340AnchorageFranceArrière-port calais
3.1Buoy mooring field of 17 berths inside the old inner harbour of Calais, mud bottom, set between the ferry terminal and the Bassin Ouest.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1341AnchorageFranceCala di u Commissariu
3.1Small sand cove on the south coast of Corsica, in the gulf of Valinco, south-west of Propriano.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 1342AnchorageFrance
Plage du Ceinturon
3.1Anchorage off the Ceinturon beach on the east side of the Hyères peninsula, Var, opposite the salt marshes of the Vieux Salins.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1343AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Caramassaigne
3.1Anchorage off the eastern shore of the Parc national des Calanques, between the calanques of Morgiou and Sormiou, west of Marseille.
- Sheltered W, NW
1344AnchorageFrancePorquerolles
3.1Buoy field of 31 moorings in the bay of Porquerolles village, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W
1345AnchorageFranceCala di i Purcilli
3.1Sand-bottom cove on the east coast of Corsica, south of the Porto-Vecchio gulf entrance.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 1346AnchorageFrance
La Tonnara
3.1Bay on the south-western tip of Corsica between Figari and Pianottoli, named after the old tuna trap still visible on the shore.
- Sheltered E, SE
1347AnchorageFranceMole du Piegu
3.1Anchorage off the Môle du Piégu at Pléneuf-Val-André, Côtes-d'Armor, sand bottom, water available ashore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
1348AnchorageFrancePunta di palumbare
3.1Headland just east of Île Rousse on the Balagne coast of Corsica. Anchoring is prohibited in this zone.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 1349AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Dupuy
3.1Anchorage in Anse Dupuy, the bay of the Vieux-Fort fishing harbour at the southern tip of Basse-Terre, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1350AnchorageFrance
Beaumont-sur-Oise
3.1River reach on the Oise in Val-d'Oise, 30 km north of Paris. Anchoring is prohibited on this stretch.
- Sheltered NW, N, E, S, SE