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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- 1471AnchorageMartinique
Le Vauclin
2.8Anchorage off the bourg of Le Vauclin on the Atlantic coast of Martinique. Sand and weed, sheltered only from north-west through south-west.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1472AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Taravo
2.8Anchorage off the mouth of the Taravo river in the Gulf of Valinco, western Corsica, sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1473AnchorageMartinique
Îlet à Ramiers, côté sud
2.8Anchorage 0.4 miles south-west of Îlet à Ramiers, off the west coast of the Trois-Îlets peninsula. Sand and rock, sheltered from north-east through east to south.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 1474AnchorageFrance
Anse Bénodet - Ouest
2.8Anchorage west of Bénodet at the mouth of the Odet in Finistère, sand bottom, sheltered from N and NE winds.
- Sheltered N, NE
1475AnchorageFranceLe Moulon
2.8Calanque anchorage on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, between Niolon and Calanque du Petit Méjean.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 1476AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Hautebelle
2.8Anchorage on the north shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, between Claouey and Andernos-les-Bains, mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1477AnchorageFrancePointe de la Croisette
2.8Anchorage off the Pointe de la Croisette east of Cannes, facing the bay and the Îles de Lérins, Alpes-Maritimes.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 1478AnchorageGuadeloupe
Terre-de-Bas, côte est
2.8Anchorage on the east side of Terre-de-Bas in Les Saintes, facing Terre-de-Haut across the channel, sand bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1479AnchorageFrance
Anse du Pérello
2.8Rocky cove on the coast of Ploemeur, Morbihan, west of Lorient and the approach to the Blavet.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 1480AnchorageFrance
Anse du Ter
2.8Sheltered anchorage on the west bank of the Lorient roadstead, Morbihan, opposite La Base.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1481AnchorageFranceÎle du Pilier Nord
2.8Anchorage on the north side of Île du Pilier, a small rocky island off Noirmoutier, 2.7 NM west of L'Herbaudière.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1482AnchorageFrance
Le canal du retour
2.8Drying anchorage in the old port of Berville-sur-Mer on the south bank of the Seine estuary in Normandy, which empties at low water and suits boats able to take the ground.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1483AnchorageFrance
Molène
2.8Anchorage on sand off the Trégor coast in Brittany, sheltered from NW through W to SW winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 1484AnchorageFrance
Yachts area
2.8Anchorage in the Gulf of Saint-Florent, northern Corsica, about 0.8 nm north of the town port.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1485AnchorageFranceÉtang d'urbin
2.7Open anchorage off the étang d'Urbinu lagoon on the east coast of Corsica, between Aléria and Solenzara.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1486AnchorageFrance
Le Pradon
2.7Anchorage on the south slope of the Giens peninsula in Var, between La Madrague and Les Salettes.
- Sheltered NW
1487AnchorageFranceRade de Morlaix
2.7Mooring buoys in the Rade de Morlaix between the Île Noire and the mainland, mud bottom, shelter from NW to SW.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 1488AnchorageFrance
Rochers aux ânes
2.7Sandy anchorage off the Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Normandy, named after a cluster of rocks south of Grande Île.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1489AnchorageFranceTheven
2.7Buoy field off the Theven beach on the Sibiril coast, west of Roscoff in north Finistere.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1490AnchorageFrance
Miramar
2.7Buoy field off the Miramar beach at La Londe-les-Maures, on the Var coast between Hyères and Le Lavandou.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1491AnchorageFrance
Toul-Bihan
2.7Rocky cove on the west coast of the presqu'île de Quiberon, south Brittany. Anchoring prohibited.
- Sheltered NE, E
1492AnchorageFranceHenamenil pk 197
2.7Point on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin western branch near Hénaménil village in Meurthe-et-Moselle, at kilometre mark 197. Mooring is prohibited along this reach.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1493AnchorageFranceplage Beauvallon
2.7Open anchorage in the Golfe de Saint-Tropez off the Beauvallon beach, at the foot of Grimaud, mixed sand, rock and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1494AnchorageFrancePorh Puns
2.7Rock-bottom anchorage on the Gâvres peninsula inside the Rade de Lorient, with water point ashore.
- Sheltered E, SE
- 1495AnchorageFrance
Cala d’Oru
2.7Anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, 2 nm south of Solenzara, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the foothills of the Bavella massif.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1496AnchorageFranceCale De Vielle Roche
2.7Mooring buoys on the Vilaine estuary just upstream of the Arzal dam, mud bottom with shelter on most points of the compass.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1497AnchorageFrance
Ruisseau des Grésillions
2.7Anchorage on the Mayenne river in Pays de la Loire, a canalised waterway between Laval and Angers used by canal boats and small pleasure craft.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
1498AnchorageFranceAnse du dellec
2.7Cove on the north shore of the Brest roadstead, in Plouzané, opposite the entrance to the Penfeld river and the city of Brest.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 1499AnchorageFrance
Maubuisson
2.7Anchorage on the east shore of Lac d'Hourtin-Carcans, the largest natural freshwater lake in France, in the Médoc.
- Free
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
- 1500AnchorageFrance
Anse de Boumandariel
2.7Sand cove on the Côte Bleue between Carro and Sausset-les-Pins, Bouches-du-Rhône.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW