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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- 151AnchorageSt. Barthélemy
Anse du Colombier
4.7Bay at the north-west tip of Saint-Barthélemy, 2 NM north-west of Gustavia, inside the Saint-Barthélemy nature reserve, with ecological mooring buoys over seagrass.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 152AnchorageFrance
La Falaise
4.7Mooring field of 35 buoys off Locmariaquer, at the entrance of the Golfe du Morbihan.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
153AnchorageFrancePenn ar Roc’h
4.7Exposed rocky anchorage on the Finistère coast of Brittany, sheltered only from NW and W.
- Sheltered NW, W
154AnchorageFrancePointe du Banditu
4.7Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica near Tizzano, south of the Golfe de Valinco, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 155AnchorageFrance
Relais Nautique Hachette
4.7Mooring buoy station on the inland waterways of the Hauts-de-France canal network, north-east of the Somme estuary.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
156AnchorageFranceAnse du Bois Foucaut
4.7Anchorage on the south-west shore of Lac d'Orient, Aube, close to the marina of Mesnil-Saint-Père. Weed bottom.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
- 157AnchorageFrance
Cap des Medes
4.7Prohibited anchorage at the north-east tip of Porquerolles, inside the Port-Cros National Park core zone.
- Sheltered E, SE
- 158AnchorageFrance
Ecluse De Neuville
4.7Lock mooring on the Mayenne river in Pays de la Loire, mud bottom, sheltered on all sectors by the riverbanks.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 159AnchorageGuadeloupe
Petite Anse
4.7Cove just south of Pointe des Tortues, 0.4 nm north of Anse à la Barque, on the coast of Vieux-Habitants. Sand bottom, beach, sheltered from N through S on the east side.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
160AnchorageFrancePointe La Rabiou
4.7Rocky headland anchorage on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Les Salins and the Cap de Saint-Tropez.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 161AnchorageFrance
Portz Chudell
4.7Small cove on the south coast of the Île de Groix, off the Morbihan coast of Brittany. Rock and weed bottom, open to the south.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 162AnchorageFrance
Baie de l'Acciolu
4.7Sandy bay on the Désert des Agriates coast of northern Corsica, west of Saint-Florent.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
163AnchorageFranceCala di Faru
4.7Rocky cove at the northern entrance of the Gulf of Valinco, just NW of Porto Pollo, on the west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW
- 164AnchorageMartinique
Anse Four à Chaux
4.7Cove between Bellefontaine and Le Carbet, on the Caribbean coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
165AnchorageFrancePaimpol
4.7Anchorage off the town of Paimpol in the Anse de Paimpol, north coast of Brittany, Côtes-d'Armor.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 166AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlets de Petite-Terre
4.7Buoy field in the lagoon between Terre-de-Bas and Terre-de-Haut, the two islets of the Petite-Terre national nature reserve, about 10 miles east-south-east of Saint-François.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, S, SE
167AnchorageFrancePlage Saint-Nicolas
4.7Anchorage off the Île Saint-Nicolas in the Archipel des Glénan, south Finistère, sand bottom protected from east and south-east.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
168AnchorageFranceAber Benoît
4.6Five visitor buoys in the Aber Benoît, the northern ria of the Pays des Abers on the north-west coast of Finistère.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 169AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse La Frais
4.6Anchorage on the west coast of Marie-Galante beside the Folle Anse harbour, sand bottom, 1.2 miles south-west of Saint-Louis.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 170AnchorageFrance
Cap Sicié
4.6Headland south of La Seyne-sur-Mer topped by the chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Mai at 352 metres, rocky anchorage on the lee north side only.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
171AnchorageFranceIle du Petit Ribaud
4.6Mooring buoys off the Ribaud islet, in the strait between the Giens peninsula and Porquerolles, within the Port-Cros national park perimeter.
- Sheltered N, W, E, S
- 172AnchorageFrance
Île Dumet
4.6Anchorage off Ile Dumet, a 7-hectare island 3 NM off the Mesquer coast in southern Brittany.
- Sheltered NE, E
173AnchorageFranceplage de binic
4.6Drying sand anchorage off the town beach of Binic on the Côtes-d'Armor, in the bay north of Saint-Brieuc.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
174AnchorageFranceBasse du Vengeur
4.6Rocky anchorage off the north coast of Sainte-Marguerite island, in the Lérins archipelago off Cannes.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
175AnchorageFrancePlage du Jonquet
4.6Anchorage off a sand beach on the south flank of the Cap Sicié peninsula, between Six-Fours-les-Plages and La Seyne-sur-Mer in the Var.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 176AnchorageFrance
Plage du Liamone
4.6Open sand anchorage at the mouth of the Liamone river on the west coast of Corsica, 2.9 nm SE of Sagone and 6.5 nm SE of Cargèse.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
177AnchorageFrancePointe des Carrières
4.6Anchorage on the north coast of Porquerolles island, sand and posidonia bottom, sheltered from NW, N, NE and E.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 178AnchorageFrance
Baie de Sanary
4.6Rocky anchorage in the bay off Sanary-sur-Mer, Var coast, sheltered from northerly winds and open to the south.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 179AnchorageMartinique
Baie du Trésor
4.6Bay on the south side of the Caravelle peninsula, east of Tartane, added in December 2025 to the Caravelle peninsula national nature reserve.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
180AnchorageFranceIle Piana
4.6Anchorage on the western side of the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio in southern Corsica, in the lee of Île Piana, on sand and weed.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE