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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- 1531AnchorageFrance
Port Mélite
2.6Small cove anchorage on the northern coast of Île de Groix, Morbihan, Brittany, 0.8 NM E of Port-Tudy.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 1532AnchorageFrance
Marseillan Marine
2.6Anchorage on the Étang de Thau off Marseillan, weed bottom, sheltered from SW, W and NW winds.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1533AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de La Cafetière
2.6Mooring on the south-west shore of Lac du Bourget, 0.4 nm N of Charpignat and 0.7 nm N of Le Bourget-du-Lac, Savoie.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
1534AnchorageFrancePointe de Manson
2.6Buoy mooring with 2 berths off the Pointe de Manson on Île d'Oléron, sand bottom, sheltered from W through SW, open to the E across the Pertuis de Maumusson.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1535AnchorageFrancePointe du Blair
2.6Anchorage on the west side of the Golfe du Morbihan, off Locmariaquer, with room for about 70 boats on sand and weed.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1536AnchorageFranceRaka
2.6Sand anchorage on the east side of the Giens peninsula near Hyères, between La Capte to the north and Port Auguier to the south.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1537AnchorageFranceFouras - La Fumée
2.6Anchorage off the Pointe de la Fumée at Fouras, Charente estuary, facing the Île d'Aix and the approaches to Rochefort.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1538AnchorageFrance
Rade de Portrieux
2.6Open roadstead off Saint-Quay-Portrieux on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany, in the bay of Saint-Brieuc.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
1539AnchorageFranceCanal de Saint-Antoine
2.6Mooring buoys in the canal de Saint-Antoine at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, mud bottom, sheltered from the W.
- Sheltered W
- 1540AnchorageFrance
Marine de Sisco
2.6Anchorage off the Marine de Sisco on the east coast of Cap Corse, between Bastia and Macinaggio.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
- 1541AnchorageFrance
Réserve de Tré padule
2.6Rocky anchorage on the south-east coast of Corsica near the Réserve naturelle de Tre Padule de Suartone, between Sant'Amanza and Bonifacio.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1542AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse du Figuier
2.6Anchorage on the south coast of Terre-de-Haut in Les Saintes, sand bottom, 0.6 miles south of the village.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 1543AnchorageFrance
Damgan plage
2.6Visitor buoys off the plage de Damgan in the Morbihan, south Brittany, on mud holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1544AnchorageFrance
Plage municipale de Sciez
2.6Lake anchorage on the Petit Lac of Lake Geneva, off the Château de Coudrée at Sciez, Haute-Savoie.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1545AnchorageFrancePulvinier
2.6Rock-strewn anchorage on the Côte de Granit Rose just off Ploumanac'h, between the pink granite boulders of Trégastel and Perros-Guirec.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1546AnchorageFranceVert Bois
2.6Anchorage on the west coast of the Île d'Oléron, off the Vert Bois beach and the Saint-Trojan forest, Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered NE, E
- 1547AnchorageFrance
Anse des Salettes
2.6Cove on the south side of the Giens peninsula in Le Pradet, Var, on the north shore of the rade d'Hyères.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1548AnchorageFrancePlage du Vau Chaperon
2.6Sand anchorage in the bay of Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, between Binic and Saint-Quay-Portrieux on the north Brittany coast.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
1549AnchorageFranceAnse du sec
2.6Small cove on the east side of La Ciotat, at the foot of the Bec de l'Aigle cliffs in the Parc national des Calanques.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W
- 1550AnchorageFrance
dettviller ost
2.6Point on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin east of Dettwiller village in Bas-Rhin, Alsace. Mooring is prohibited on this reach, bottom is mud.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1551AnchorageFranceTiboulen de Maire
2.6Small islet off Cap Croisette at the southern entrance to the Marseille archipelago, inside the Calanques national park.
- Sheltered SE, S
1552AnchorageFranceBaie de Fornello
2.5Sand-bottom anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica, about 2.4 nm NE of Algajola and 2.8 nm SW of Île Rousse.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 1553AnchorageGuadeloupe
Baillif
2.5Anchorage off the beach of Baillif, 1.5 nm north-west of Basse-Terre town on the leeward coast, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1554AnchorageFranceCala De Tizzano
2.5Small cove on the south-west coast of Corsica, below the village of Tizzano, about 8 nm south of Propriano.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1555AnchorageFranceMerquel
2.5Small buoy field off the Pointe de Merquel at Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique, north of the Traict de Mesquer salt marshes.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1556AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Boran-sur-Oise
2.5River mooring on the Oise near Boran-sur-Oise, Hauts-de-France, between the Paris basin and the Compiègne forest.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 1557AnchorageFrance
Pointe du Tedey
2.5Anchorage on the western shore of Lac de Lacanau in the Médoc, about 1.6 nm west of Lacanau-Ville.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1558AnchorageFranceAnse de la Coué
2.5Small anchorage on the south side of the Fouras peninsula, Charente-Maritime, tucked beside Fouras Port Sud.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1559AnchorageMartinique
Baie de Saint-Pée
2.5Bay on the south shore of Le Robert harbour, on the Atlantic coast.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1560AnchorageFranceBerriau Plage
2.5Anchorage off Berriau beach on the eastern shore of the Salins d'Hyères, Var, with mixed sand, rock and algae bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW