Best anchorages and harbours in France

Plage du Port

Buoy field off the north Finistère coast near Roscoff, sand bottom, open to westerly swell.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Plage du Veillon

Anchorage off the sandy Veillon beach at the mouth of the Payré estuary, south of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire in Vendée.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Plage la Testa

Sand-bottom anchorage off Pianottoli-Caldarello on the south coast of Corsica, west of Bonifacio.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Plage le Bourdigou

Open anchorage off the Bourdigou beach on the Roussillon coast, between Le Barcares and Sainte-Marie-la-Mer.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Plage Napoléon

Sand anchorage off the long Plage Napoléon at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, on the eastern side of the Rhône delta in the Camargue.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Plage Nord de Taussat

Anchorage on the northeast shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, off Taussat-les-Bains in Gironde.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Plage Saint-Enogat

Open anchorage off the beach of Saint-Énogat on the west side of Dinard, facing the bay of Saint-Malo.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Plage San Giovanni

Sand-bottom anchorage on the south coast of Corsica, between Pianottoli-Caldarello and the Bouches de Bonifacio.

• Sheltered NW, N

Point du Jour

Anchorage on the Garonne river at Lormont, on the right bank opposite Bordeaux, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

pointe de gueretion

Anchorage on the north coast of Île du Levant, Var, facing the Parc national de Port-Cros to the west.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Pointe de Guerre Vieille

Buoy field off the Pointe de Guerre Vieille on the north side of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, facing the bay of Les Canoubiers.

• Sheltered W

Pointe de Kerners

Anchorage off the Pointe de Kerners on the northern shore of the Golfe du Morbihan, near the commune of Arzon.

• Sheltered E, SE, S

Pointe de l’Observatoire

Anchorage on the red porphyry coast of the Estérel, between Anthéor and Le Trayas in the Var, on rock and weed.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Pointe de la Chaine

Anchorage off the Pointe de la Chaine on the eastern side of the baie de Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, northern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W

Pointe de la Jument

Anchorage on sand off the Pointe de la Jument, at the entrance of the bay of Douarnenez, Finistere.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Pointe du Bec

Rocky anchorage off Pornichet on the southern Brittany coast, just east of the Baie de La Baule.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Mouillage de la Salis

Anchorage off Plage de la Salis, east of the Cap d'Antibes peninsula, on the French Riviera.

• Sheltered W

Pointe Erlong

Sandy anchorage in the Golfe du Morbihan, off the Locmariaquer peninsula near the entrance to the gulf.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Pointe Gentil

Anchorage under Pointe Gentil, on the south shore of Le Robert harbour, Atlantic coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Pointe Roseau

Anchorage under Pointe Roseau, on the south shore of Le Robert harbour, Atlantic coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Pont du Brault

Anchorage on the Sevre Niortaise near the Brault road bridge, at the eastern edge of the Baie de l'Aiguillon in Vendee.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE

Pont du maréchal Juin

River mooring on the Seine at Boissise-le-Roi in Seine-et-Marne, just downstream of the maréchal Juin road bridge, around 45 km upstream of Paris.

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

Pont tournants

Anchorage on rock bottom just outside the swing bridges of Le Grau-du-Roi, at the mouth of the canal linking the sea to Aigues-Mortes.

Pontaillac

Sand anchorage off the Plage de Pontaillac in Royan, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary, Charente-Maritime.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Pors Carn

Anchorage in the Baie d'Audierne at the foot of the Pointe de la Torche, commune of Plomeur in Finistère. Sand bottom, sheltered from NE, E, SE, S and SW.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Pors loubous

Small rocky cove on the north side of the Baie des Trépassés, west coast of Cap Sizun in Finistère, Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Porspaul

Open anchorage in the cove of Porspaul at Lampaul-Plouarzel, on the Iroise coast of Finistère.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Port Charly

Sand anchorage off Le Croisic peninsula, on the southern Loire-Atlantique coast.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Port du Porsmoric

Small anchorage on the Laita estuary between Guidel and Le Pouldu in south Brittany, sand bottom, well sheltered on most bearings.

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

Port Fouquet

Anchorage on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, between Le Palais and Sauzon, sheltered from southerly winds.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE