Best anchorages and harbours in France
3174 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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- 391AnchorageFrance
La Source
4.5Anchorage on the southern coast of the Presqu'île de Crozon, Finistère, Brittany, inside the bay of Douarnenez near Morgat.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
392AnchorageFranceMouillage de Tarente
4.5Anchorage in the baie des Lecques on the Provençal coast, between La Madrague and Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S
- 393AnchorageGuadeloupe
Pain de Sucre
4.5Buoy field off Petite Anse below the Pain de Sucre, on the west coast of Terre-de-Haut in Les Saintes, 0.9 miles west of the village.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 394AnchorageFrance
Pointe du Grand Village
4.5Open roadstead on the east coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, off the village of Locmaria, south Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 395AnchorageFrance
Ricard
4.5Anchorage off the Île Ricard, in the baie de Morlaix between Roscoff and the Pointe de Primel, in northern Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
396HarbourArradon, FranceArradon
4.5Marina of 330 berths on the north shore of the Gulf of Morbihan, between Vannes and the Ile aux Moines ferry landing.
397HarbourFranceBase Nautique Ruhlman
4.5Club base on the Bassin d'Austerlitz in Strasbourg, on the Ill and the Rhine-Rhône canal network.
- 398AnchorageFrance
Calanque de l'Establon
4.5Small calanque on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, between Niolon and the port of Corbières, inside the parc marin de la Côte Bleue.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
- 399AnchorageFrance
Île Beyne
4.5River anchorage on the Saône north of Lyon, mud bottom, near the former lock of Port Bernalin.
- Sheltered E, SE, W, NW
400AnchorageFranceîle de Guiriden
4.5Anchorage off the Île de Guiriden in the Glénan archipelago, south Finistère, Brittany. The islet is a long white sand bar that uncovers at low water.
- Sheltered SW, W
- 401AnchorageFrance
La Mauvaise
4.5Anchorage off the Normandy coast north of Granville, sand bottom, sheltered from NW, N, NE and W winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
402HarbourCap d'agde, FranceLe port à sec du Cap
4.5Dry stack boat storage at Cap d'Agde, Hérault, Occitanie, adjacent to the Port Ambonne basin.
403AnchorageFranceMordreuc
4.5Mud anchorage on the east bank of the Rance maritime, below the hamlet of Mordreuc in Pleudihen-sur-Rance, Côtes-d'Armor.
- Sheltered W, SW
- 404AnchorageFrance
Plage de Porz-Garo
4.5Anchorage off the Porz-Garo beach on the Côte de Granit Rose, Brittany. Seabed of algae-covered rock, shelter from NE, E, S and SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
405AnchorageFrancePointe du Chatelet
4.5Anchorage off the northwest tip of the Ile d'Yeu, near the Grand Phare and the wild Cote Sauvage.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 406HarbourMontauban, France
Port Canal de Montauban
4.5Town halte at the start of the Canal de Montech branch in Montauban, on the Tarn-et-Garonne waterway network.
- 407AnchorageMartinique
Baie du Galion, rive nord
4.5Anchorage on the north shore of Baie du Galion, south of Tartane, Atlantic coast between Le Robert and La Trinité.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
408AnchorageFranceCap Taillat
4.5Anchorage off the sand tombolo of Cap Taillat, on the Var coast between Cavalaire and Ramatuelle. Sand bottom, sheltered from S, SW, W and NW.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
409HarbourPort-de-Bouc, FranceChantier Naval de Provence
4.5Boatyard at Port-de-Bouc, on the Golfe de Fos, at the western end of the Étang de Berre channel.
410HarbourDieppe, FranceDieppe
4.5Commercial and leisure port of 570 berths at the mouth of the Arques, on the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux in Normandy.
- 411AnchorageGuadeloupe
Grande Anse
4.5Anchorage off Grande Anse, the long beach 1 nm north of Deshaies on the north-west coast of Basse-Terre, sand and rock bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
412HarbourHonfleur, FranceHonfleur
4.5Lock-gated harbour at the mouth of the Seine estuary in Calvados, with the Vieux Bassin and Bassin de l'Est hosting around 50 visitor berths.
- 413AnchorageGuadeloupe
Pointe du Maréchal
4.5Anchorage off Pointe du Maréchal on the west coast of Marie-Galante, sand and weed bottom, 1.9 miles south of Saint-Louis.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 414AnchorageFrance
Punta Spano
4.5Anchorage off Punta Spano, on the rocky coast between Lumio and Algajola, about 3 nautical miles north-east of Calvi in Balagne, Corsica.
- Sheltered NE, E
415HarbourSaint-Malo, FranceSaint Malo - Port Vauban
4.5Marina of 196 berths in the Bassin Vauban, inside the walled city of Saint-Malo, accessible by lock from the commercial harbour.
416AnchorageFranceToulvern
4.5Anchorage in the Golfe du Morbihan at the head of the Anse de Toulvern, west of the Île aux Moines, mud bottom, sheltered from winds from NE to SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
417AnchorageFranceAnse de Chiuni
4.4Wide sandy bay on the west coast of Corsica, about 2.2 nm north of Cargèse.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
418AnchorageFranceAuray - Bono
4.4Anchorage of about 379 buoys on the rivers of Auray and Le Bono, in the northern Gulf of Morbihan.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W
419AnchorageFranceCalanque de Port Pin
4.4Narrow calanque between Port-Miou and En-Vau, inside the Parc national des Calanques, east of Marseille.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 420AnchorageFrance
Cherbourg - Petite Rade
4.4Anchorage in the Petite Rade of Cherbourg, Normandy, along the wall of Port Chantereyne marina. Anchoring is only prohibited inside the buoyed military zone; outside it boats lie on mud, with the marina 0.2 nm to the south for all services.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
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Opal Coast and Bay of Somme: Dunkirk to Saint-Valery, Stopover harbours of North Brittany, Saint-Malo to Brest, Emerald Coast anchorages, Saint-Malo to Cancale, Jersey, Guernsey and Sark from Saint-Malo, Pink granite coast and Bréhat: the anchorages, Saint-Brieuc bay: Saint-Quay to Paimpol, Brest roadstead and the Crozon peninsula: the anchorages, Ushant, Molène and Sein: the Iroise anchorages, The Abers: Aber-Wrac'h to Roscoff, Stopover harbours of South Brittany, Brest to the Vilaine, The Glénan: anchorages of the archipelago, The Odet to Concarneau: stopovers and anchorages, Douarnenez bay, Cap Sizun and Audierne, Belle-Île, Houat and Hoëdic: the best anchorages, Gulf of Morbihan: anchorages and stopovers, Quiberon bay and La Trinité: sheltered anchorages, Groix, Lorient and the rias: a weekend from Lorient, The D-Day beaches by sea, East Cotentin: Cherbourg, Barfleur and Saint-Vaast, Granville, Chausey and the west coast of the Cotentin, Alderney and Guernsey from Cherbourg, Côte Fleurie and Alabaster Coast: the stopovers, The tidal Seine, from Le Havre and Honfleur to Rouen, Atlantic stopover harbours, the Loire to the Gironde, Guérande peninsula: Piriac, Le Croisic and La Baule, Côte de Jade: Saint-Brevin to Pornic, Vendée: Pornic, Noirmoutier, Yeu and Les Sables, Île d'Yeu and Noirmoutier: the anchorages, Ré, Aix and Oléron: the Pertuis from La Rochelle, Île de Ré and the Pertuis Breton: tidal harbours and anchorages, Oléron, Marennes and the Seudre: oyster channels and gated basins, Gironde estuary: Royan to Pauillac, Garonne and Dordogne: Pauillac to Bordeaux and Libourne, Arcachon basin: the anchorages, Basque coast: Capbreton, Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Hendaye, Côte Vermeille: Collioure, Port-Vendres and Banyuls, Sète, the Thau lagoon and the Camargue, Cap d'Agde to Port-Barcarès: lagoon harbours and fair-weather anchorages, Stopover harbours of the Gulf of Lion, Port-Vendres to Port-Camargue, Camargue, Gulf of Fos and the Étang de Berre: harbours and anchorages, Calanques, Marseille to Cassis: where you can still anchor, Frioul and Riou: the islands of Marseille, Côte Bleue: Carry, Sausset and Niolon, Cassis to Bandol via Île Verte, Îles d'Hyères: Porquerolles, Port-Cros and Levant, Gulf of Saint-Tropez, Pampelonne and the capes, Where to shelter from the mistral in the Var, Bandol to Giens: Sanary, Les Embiez and the Toulon roadstead, Corniche des Maures: Léoube to Cavalaire, beaches and anchorages, Stopover harbours of the Var, Bandol to Saint-Raphaël, Lérins islands and Cap d'Antibes: the anchorages, Villefranche to Menton: Cap Ferrat, Monaco and Menton, The Estérel: Théoule to Agay, anchorages of the red rocks, Stopover harbours of the Riviera, Saint-Raphaël to Menton, The most beautiful anchorages in Corsica, Bonifacio, Lavezzi and the far south, Agriates and Cap Corse: Saint-Florent to Macinaggio, West coast: Calvi, Scandola, Girolata and Ajaccio, Porto-Vecchio, Pinarello and the east coast, Gulf of Ajaccio: Sanguinaires islands to Capo di Muro, Gulf of Valinco: Propriano, Campomoro and the coast to Roccapina, Balagne: L'Île-Rousse to Calvi and Galéria, Round Corsica in twelve harbours, South Martinique: Le Marin, Sainte-Anne and Les Salines, Fort-de-France bay, Trois-Îlets and the Anses d'Arlet, Saint-Pierre and Martinique's north Caribbean coast, Martinique's Atlantic coast: islets and white sand shallows, Guadeloupe's leeward coast: Deshaies, Pigeon and Bouillante, Les Saintes and Marie-Galante anchorages, Grande-Terre, Petite-Terre and La Désirade: Pointe-à-Pitre to Saint-François, Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin: the lagoon islets, Saint-Martin and St. Barts: anchorages and marine reserves, The Seine from Paris to Rouen: halts and locks, Upper Seine and the Loing: Paris to Moret-sur-Loing, The Saône and the Seille, Saint-Jean-de-Losne to Mâcon, Canal du Midi stops, Toulouse to Béziers, Marne-Rhine canal: across the Vosges to Strasbourg, Lake Geneva, French shore: Yvoire to Meillerie, Lakes Annecy and Bourget: the harbours.