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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1441AnchorageFrancePlage du Porigo
2.8Beach on the east side of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, 0.2 nm SE of Port-Haliguen. Anchoring here is prohibited by local regulation.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1442AnchorageFrance
Anse Medea
2.8Buoy field in a sandy cove on the west coast of Corsica, inside the Réserve Naturelle des Îles Sanguinaires, about 5 nm south of Ajaccio.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1443AnchorageFranceMouillage de la plage Centrale
2.8Anchorage off the main beach of Bandol, western Var, weed bottom on posidonia meadow.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1444AnchorageFranceMouillage près du port d’Arzal
2.8Anchorage on the Vilaine river, just downstream of the Arzal-Camoël dam and lock at the head of the Vilaine estuary in Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1445AnchorageFrancePlage de la Chambrette
2.8Anchorage off the sandy Chambrette beach at the tip of the Médoc peninsula, inside the Gironde estuary mouth near Le Verdon-sur-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1446AnchorageFranceAnse du Grand Mugel
2.8Prohibited anchoring cove at the foot of the Bec de l'Aigle, just south of La Ciotat. Sand and seagrass bottom, sheltered from NW, N, W and SW.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1447AnchorageFranceArgens
2.8Sand anchorage off the mouth of the Argens river, between Fréjus and Saint-Aygulf on the Var coast, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
1448AnchorageFranceEntree Port De Jard Sur Mer
2.8Anchorage off the entrance to Jard-sur-Mer harbour, southern Vendée coast, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1449AnchorageFranceLe Prat
2.8Regulated buoy mooring on the north coast of Brittany east of Roscoff, between the Île de Batz channel and the Pointe de Bloscon.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1450AnchorageFranceMauguio
2.8Anchorage off the Mauguio coast in Languedoc, immediately south of Carnon marina and the etang de l'Or lagoon.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1451AnchorageSt. Martin
Mont Fortune
2.8Anchorage in the eastern part of the Simpson Bay lagoon, off Mont Fortune, 0.9 NM north of Lagoon Marina in Cole Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
1452AnchorageFrancePorticcio
2.8Mooring field of around 160 buoys in the Golfe d'Ajaccio, facing the city across the bay on the south shore.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 1453AnchorageFrance
Anse Carlu Antu
2.8Small anchorage on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and the Gulf of Sant'Amanza.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 1454AnchorageMartinique
Baie du Galion, fond de baie
2.8Anchorage at the head of Baie du Galion, on the Atlantic coast between Le Robert and La Trinité.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
1455AnchorageFranceBalaruc les bains
2.8Anchorage on the étang de Thau off Balaruc-les-Bains, Hérault. Boats lie on good mud holding clear of the shellfish beds and cable crossings; tying up at the town and swimming-pool pontoons is prohibited.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 1456AnchorageFrance
Ban-Gâvres
2.8Small anchorage with 8 spots off the fishing village of Gâvres at the entrance to the Lorient roadstead, sand bottom, sheltered from W through SE.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 1457AnchorageFrance
Boucau near Bayonne
2.8Estuary area at the mouth of the Adour between Boucau and Anglet, near Bayonne. Anchoring is prohibited in the navigable channel used by commercial traffic.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SE
1458AnchorageFranceBugueles
2.8Sand anchorage behind the island chain off Penvenan, north coast of Cotes-d'Armor in Brittany, sheltered from NW through S.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1459AnchorageFranceCalanques des Queyrons
2.8Small calanque on the Marseille coast inside the Parc national des Calanques, sand and rock bottom, open to NW, N and NE winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1460AnchorageFrance
Cendrecourt
2.8Stretch of the Saône river near the village of Cendrecourt in Haute-Saône, on the Petite Saône between Corre and Port-sur-Saône.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1461AnchorageFrance
Île des Levrettes
2.8Sand anchorage on the north coast of Brittany, 0.8 NM north of Port-Blanc village, in the Côtes-d'Armor.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W
- 1462AnchorageFrance
Ile Verte
2.8Anchorage in the Gironde estuary off the Île Verte, a wooded island on the right bank between Blaye and Bourg, about 35 NM upstream from Royan.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SW, W
- 1463AnchorageFrance
Plage De La Moutte
2.8Anchorage off a sandy beach on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Les Salins and Cap des Salins, in the Var.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1464AnchorageFrancePointe de la Cride
2.8Sand-bottom anchorage off the Pointe de la Cride headland, between Sanary-sur-Mer and Bandol on the Provence coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1465AnchorageFranceAnse de Bertheaume
2.8Roadstead east of the Pointe Saint-Mathieu at the entrance of the Brest channel, between Plougonvelin and the Fort de Bertheaume.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
1466AnchorageFranceFalaises de Bonifacio
2.8Anchorage along the white limestone cliffs of Bonifacio at the southern tip of Corsica, above a sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1467AnchorageFranceLa Grand Motte
2.8Prohibited anchoring zone off the beach of La Grande-Motte on the Occitan coast. Sand bottom, water point ashore via the harbour.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1468AnchorageFrancePont L'Abbé
2.8Mooring on buoy in the Pont-l'Abbé river, south Finistère, on the Pays Bigouden coast.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, S
1469AnchorageFranceBarcaju
2.8Anchorage on the south-west coast of Corsica, just west of Tizzano, between Campomoro and the Sénétosa lighthouse.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1470AnchorageFranceLa Faviere
2.8Anchorage off La Favière beach in the Bay of Bormes, Var, east of the Cap de Brégançon.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S