Best anchorages and harbours in France

Île de Roëlan

Rock-bottom anchorage off a small islet in the Ria d'Étel, Morbihan, used at slack water.

• Sheltered W, SW

Kerhostin

Rocky cove on the west side of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, with mooring prohibited along this stretch.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Le Grau-du-Roi Cove

Sand and rock anchorage off the Petite Camargue, south of Le Grau-du-Roi and Port Camargue.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Casemate of Èze

Anchorage off the Èze-sur-Mer shoreline, Alpes-Maritimes, below the village of Èze perched at 427 m. Sand and posidonia bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Plage de Toga

Anchorage off Toga beach on the north edge of Bastia, Cap Corse, with Port Toga marina 0.1 NM to the south.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Pointe d'Arçay

Anchorage at the tip of the Pointe d'Arçay sand spit, at the mouth of the Lay estuary in Vendée.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Porz-Bali

Small cove on the south Finistère coast between Merrien and Doëlan, rock bottom, protected from north, east and west.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

Plage du Lydia

Anchorage off the beach of Le Barcarès, on the Roussillon coast, named after the ship Lydia beached on the sand since 1967.

• Sheltered NW, W

Punta d'Arasu Nord

Open anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, north of Punta d'Arasu, sand bottom, about 4 nautical miles north-east of Porto-Vecchio.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

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Prohibited mooring spot on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin before Réchicourt, Moselle. Bollards are present but stopping here is not permitted.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Portivy

Small drying fishing harbour on the west side of the Quiberon peninsula in Morbihan, Brittany. It takes the ground at low water and anchoring outside the harbour is prohibited.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Calanque des Salins

Prohibited anchorage zone on the east coast of Porquerolles, inside the Port-Cros National Park maritime perimeter.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Anse Trois-Rivières

Cove of Trois-Rivières on the south coast of Martinique, between Sainte-Luce and Le Diamant. Mud bottom, sheltered from west through north to east.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Héliopolis

Sand anchorage off the Héliopolis naturist quarter of Cap d'Agde, western Mediterranean coast of France.

• Sheltered NW, W

Aspretto

Anchorage in the Gulf of Ajaccio on the south shore near the former naval air station of Aspretto, Corsica.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Scogliu Biancu

Anchorage off the Scogliu Biancu rock in the Golfe de Valinco, on the south-west coast of Corsica.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Cap de Tourre

Anchorage in the étang de Thau, on the north shore near Mèze, Occitanie.

• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Anse Gourmet Aud

Anchorage on the Caribbean side of Martinique in the Fort-de-France area, with sand and patches of algae on the bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Anse de Kerguélen

Sand-bottomed bay on the Larmor-Plage shore of the Lorient roadstead in south Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Baie des Cyclones

Hurricane hole in the south-east corner of the Cul-de-Sac du Marin, between Pointe Cailloux and Pointe Malé. Mud bottom, sheltered from every sector except the north-west. Anchoring is only allowed during a hurricane threat.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Le colombier

River anchorage on the Saône near Trévoux, in the Ain département north of Lyon.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Plage de la Pointe de l'Agnonu

Anchorage off the Pointe de l'Agnonu on the west coast of Corsica, between Porto Pollo and the Golfe d'Ajaccio.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE

Anse de la Grande Mer

Anchoring prohibited cove just south of Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhône, inside the Calanques National Park.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Park Heaven

Anchorage on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Saint-Gilles, Gard, Occitanie.

Rio Aude

Open anchorage off the mouth of the Aude river, between Narbonne-Plage and Valras-Plage on the Languedoc coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SW, W

Plage de la tour

Sand and weed anchorage off Plage de la Tour, south-west Corsica, 1 NM SW of Pianottoli-Caldarello.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Brégançon

Anchorage off the Fort de Brégançon on the Bormes-les-Mimosas coast, Var, with sand, rock and posidonia on the bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Orb

Prohibited anchoring zone at the mouth of the Orb river on the Occitan coast, near Sérignan-Plage.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Anse de Kersoz

Small sand anchorage of 5 berths in the Baie de la Forêt, half a mile south of Concarneau on the west bank of the bay.

• Paid
• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Pointe de Pen-Bron

Anchorage off the sand spit of Pen-Bron at the entrance to the Traict du Croisic, opposite the fishing harbour of Le Croisic in Pays de la Loire.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW