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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- 1801AnchorageFrance
Giraglia Nord
Prohibited anchorage north of the Giraglia islet, the northern tip of Cap Corse.
- 1802AnchorageFrance
Gonneville
Open anchorage off Gonneville-sur-Mer on the Calvados coast of Normandy, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1803AnchorageFranceGrotte aux Chauves-souris
Rock anchorage in the Calanque d'Ensues-la-Redonne, on the Cote Bleue west of Marseille, within the Parc Marin de la Cote Bleue.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1804AnchorageFranceHalte de Bourg-et-Comin
Canal halt on the Canal lateral a l'Aisne at Bourg-et-Comin, Hauts-de-France, at the junction with the Canal de l'Oise a l'Aisne.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1805AnchorageFrance
Hameau du Sud
Roadstead off the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, south of Quinéville and within the bay protected by Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1806AnchorageFrance
Havre de la Vanlée
Drying tidal estuary on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, between Bréville-sur-Mer and Bricqueville-sur-Mer, north of Granville.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1807AnchorageFrance
Île aux Oiseaux ouest
Mud anchorage on the west side of the Île aux Oiseaux, a low tidal island at the centre of the bassin d'Arcachon, known for its two stilt-mounted cabins, the cabanes tchanquées.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1808AnchorageFrance
île d’Er
Anchorage on sand and rock off the north coast of Brittany, between Port-Blanc and the approaches to Tréguier.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
1809AnchorageFranceÎle de Bechit
Anchorage near Île de Béchit in the Gulf of Morbihan, southern Brittany, inside the closed inland sea that holds Île d'Arz and Île aux Moines.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 1810AnchorageFrance
Île de la Dérivation
River mooring on the Oise at L'Isle-Adam, north-west of Paris, weed bottom, sheltered by the river banks.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 1811AnchorageFrance
Île de la Grenouillette
Anchorage on the Charente river upstream of Rochefort, mud bottom, sheltered from NE, E and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1812AnchorageFranceÎle du Pilier
Sand anchorage off the Île du Pilier, a granite islet 2.7 NM northwest of L'Herbaudière on Noirmoutier, Vendée.
- Sheltered SW, S
- 1813AnchorageFrance
Île Illiec
Sand-bottom anchorage off Port-Blanc on the Côtes-d'Armor pink granite coast, roughly 1 nm NE of the harbour.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1814AnchorageFranceÎle Lemenez
Anchorage off the small island of Lémenez in the Bay of Paimpol, between Loguivy-de-la-Mer and the Bréhat archipelago.
- Sheltered NE
- 1815AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlet Kahouanne
Uninhabited islet of about 20 ha, some 1.5 km off the north-west coast of Basse-Terre near Deshaies. Anchorage with sand, rock and weed on the bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W
- 1816AnchorageFrance
Jetée Thiers
Anchorage off the Jetée Thiers in the Bassin d'Arcachon, just west of the town of Arcachon.
1817AnchorageFranceJouan
Open anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, rocky bottom, used as a daytime stop between Diélette and Carteret.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1818AnchorageFrance
Kerroch le Dolmen
Anchorage off Kerroch, on the western shore of the Baie de Quiberon near Carnac, Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 1819AnchorageFrance
L'Erdre
Anchorage on the Erdre river at Sucé-sur-Erdre, north of Nantes, mud bottom, sheltered from all sectors except south and east.
- Sheltered N, NE, SE, SW, W, NW
- 1820AnchorageFrance
L'Isula Piana
Anchorage on the south shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio in Corsica, sand bottom, sheltered from E and SE.
- Sheltered E, SE
- 1821AnchorageFrance
La Baie des Curés
Anchorage on the south coast of Île de Groix off the Morbihan coast, with a sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1822AnchorageFrance
La Coudalère
Mooring on mud inside the marina basin of La Coudalere at Le Barcares, on the Languedoc coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 1823AnchorageFrance
La Flotte
Buoy field off La Flotte-en-Ré on the north coast of Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, sand bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1824AnchorageFranceLa Gourgue
Lake anchorage on the Cazaux-Sanguinet lake in the Landes de Gascogne, weed bottom.
- Sheltered SW
1825AnchorageFranceLa Grande Escoure
Lake anchorage on the Étang de Lacanau in the Médoc, mud bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1826AnchorageFrance
La Grande Vallée
Buoy mooring area off the north-east coast of the Île de Ré, in the Pertuis Breton, opposite Rivedoux-Plage.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1827AnchorageFranceLa Gravelouse
Buoy field off the beach of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Émeraude, west of Dinard, sand and algae bottom.
- Sheltered W, S, SE
1828AnchorageFranceLa Grève Blanche
Buoy mooring off the pink granite beach of La Grève Blanche in Trégastel, northern Finistère coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, S
1829AnchorageFranceLa Manneporte
Open anchorage off the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux, Normandy, between Fécamp and the oil terminal of Antifer.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
- 1830AnchorageFrance
La Marne
River anchorage on the Marne east of Paris, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from NE, E and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE