Best anchorages and harbours in France

Le Traon

Buoy mooring on mud in the Rivière d'Auray, Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E

Les Alises

Anchorage on the north coast of the Île d'Oléron, close to Saint-Denis-d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Les Chappas

Sand-bottom anchorage on the Provence coast, open to the south between Port de Eygoires and Baie Saint Michel.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Les Echos De BRUNEVAL

Beach anchorage under the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux in Normandie, 0,8 nm north of the Port du Havre-Antifer oil terminal.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Les Formes

Mud-bottom anchorage in the Baie de Bourgneuf, southern Loire-Atlantique, sheltered from NW and W.

• Sheltered NW, W

Les Oursinières

Sand-bottom anchorage on the south side of the Presqu'île de Giens in the bay of Le Pradet, Var.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Locmalo

Anchorage off the hamlet of Locmalo, on the western shore of the Gâvres peninsula at the entrance to the Lorient roadstead, Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Logéo West - Le Poul

Mooring field on buoys off Le Logeo, on the western shore of the Gulf of Morbihan, sand bottom.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Luc sur mer

Open roadstead off Luc-sur-Mer on the Calvados coast, between Courseulles and Ouistreham.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Magouër

Mooring field of 31 buoys on the west bank of the Étel river, opposite the village of Étel in Morbihan.

• Paid
• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Maison blanche

Anchorage in the rade de Brest, on the south shore between Pointe de l'Armorique and the entrance to the Élorn, in Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Anse Marigot

Cove north of Bellefontaine village, on the Caribbean coast between Case-Pilote and Le Carbet.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Mouillage de l'étang de Berre

Anchorage in the étang de Berre, Provence, mud bottom, sheltered from E, SW, S and SE winds.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Marquise

Sand anchorage off l'Ayguade d'Hyeres in the Var, east of the Giens peninsula on the Provencal coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Martigues

Anchorage in the étang de Berre basin off Martigues, at the north end of the Canal de Caronte.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Menton

Anchorage off the town of Menton on the Côte d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes, close to the Italian border, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Montertelot

River mooring on the Nantes-Brest canal in Morbihan, between the locks of Montertelot and Le Roc-Saint-André.

• Sheltered SW

Mornac-sur-Seudre

Drying anchorage in the Seudre estuary, opposite the oyster village of Mornac-sur-Seudre, Charente-Maritime.

• Free
• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Mouillage de Billon

Rocky-bottom anchorage on the Lac du Bourget in Savoie, sheltered from W through S winds, exposed to the easterly Vaudaire.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Mouillage de Bois de Ham

Anchorage on the Lac du Der-Chantecoq in the Marne, the largest artificial lake in France at 4 800 hectares.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Mouillage de Courrières

Estuarine mooring on the Authie bay on the Hauts-de-France coast between Berck and Fort-Mahon-Plage, on the border of the Somme and Pas-de-Calais départements.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Mouillage de Gauseirans

Open roadstead off the beaches of Anglet on the Basque coast, sand bottom, exposed to the Atlantic swell.

• Sheltered E

Mouillage de Kermagen

Three-buoy anchorage in the Trieux estuary between Lézardrieux and the Île-de-Bréhat, northern Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Mouillage de Larrigade

Sand-bottom anchorage on the Landes coast in New Aquitaine, sheltered from S, SW, W and NW.

• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Mouillage de Le Bourg

Outer anchorage north of Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré, sand bottom, exposed to the westerly sector.

• Sheltered W, SW

Mouillage de Le Puits

Sand-bottom anchorage in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, sheltered from NE and E winds.

• Sheltered NE, E

Mouillage de Saint-Germain-sur-Ay-Plage

Anchorage off the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, south of Barneville-Carteret and north of Port-Bail-sur-Mer.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Mouillage du Fort Bloqué

Buoyed anchorage off Fort Bloqué, between Guidel-Plages and Ploemeur on the Morbihan coast west of Lorient.

• Sheltered NE, E

mouillage du rohu

Anchorage off Pointe du Rohu on the western shore of the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany. Sand bottom.

Mousker

Anchorage in the ria de Crac'h, southern Morbihan, between the oyster beds and the channel leading up to La Trinité-sur-Mer.