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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451AnchorageFranceBaby Plage
4.4Anchorage off Baby Plage on the Île de Ré, in the Pertuis d'Antioche, Charente-Maritime.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 452AnchorageFrance
Baie de Capandole
4.4Sand-bottom bay on the north coast of Cap Corse, between Barcaggio and the Giraglia.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
453HarbourChaillevette, FranceChatressac
4.4Oyster port of 60 berths on a tidal creek of the Seudre estuary, commune of Chaillevette in Charente-Maritime.
454HarbourCannes, FranceIGY Vieux-Port de Cannes
4.4Historic harbour of 724 berths at the foot of the Suquet hill in Cannes, opposite the Palais des Festivals and facing the Îles de Lérins.
455AnchorageFranceKernous
4.4Anchorage in the Baie de La Forêt in southern Finistère, sand bottom off the Kernous shore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
456AnchorageFranceL'ile aux moines
4.4Visitor mooring buoys off Port-Blanc on the north-east shore of the Île aux Moines, in the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany.
457AnchorageFranceLa Grande Plage
4.4Sand-bottom anchorage on the south Finistère coast, Brittany, sheltered from SW and W winds.
- Sheltered SW, W
- 458AnchorageFrance
Port de Kerledan
4.4Anchorage on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, between Sauzon and Le Palais, in the Morbihan department of Brittany.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 459AnchorageFrance
Port Navallo
4.4Anchorage at the entrance of the Golfe du Morbihan, on the Arzon side of the pass, opposite Locmariaquer.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
460AnchorageFranceMouillage de Saint-Selon
4.4Anchorage on the southern shore of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, at the entrance to the Toulon roadstead in Provence.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
461HarbourSaint-Jorioz, FranceSt Jorioz
4.4Lakeside port of 112 berths on the west shore of Lac d'Annecy, Haute-Savoie.
- 462AnchorageSt. Martin
Baie de Grand Case
4.4Main anchorage of Grand Case, on the north-west coast of French Saint-Martin, off the village known for its seafront restaurants and lolos.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
463AnchorageFranceCala di Zeri
4.4Small cove on the western side of the Golfe de Sant'Amanza in southern Corsica.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
464HarbourCamaret-sur-Mer, FranceCamaret-sur-Mer Bassin du Nautique
4.4Inner basin of Camaret-sur-Mer on the presqu'île de Crozon, at the western tip of Brittany, sheltering 100 pleasure berths behind the old pier.
465HarbourMontaïn, FranceCastelsarrasin
4.4Inland port of 40 berths on the Canal latéral à la Garonne at Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne, on the Canal des Deux Mers route.
466HarbourCavalaire-sur-Mer, FranceCavalaire
4.4Marina of 1200 berths in the bay of Cavalaire, between Cap Cavalaire and Cap Lardier, Var coast.
467AnchorageFranceIle aux moutons
4.4Small anchorage off the north coast of Finistère, near Roscoff, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
468AnchorageFranceÎle de l'Aber
4.4Anchorage off the Île de l'Aber on the south coast of the Crozon peninsula, in the bay of Douarnenez, Finistère.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
469AnchorageFrancePlage de Cap-Coz
4.4Open anchorage on sand off Cap-Coz beach, north side of the Bay of La Forêt, Fouesnant, south Finistère.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
470AnchorageFrancePlage de Saint Gingolph
4.4Open anchorage on the French shore of Lake Geneva, between Meillerie and Lugrin, sand bottom.
- Sheltered S
471AnchorageFrancePointe st Etienne - st Chamas
4.4Anchorage on the northern shore of the Étang de Berre, off the Pointe Saint-Étienne between Saint-Chamas and Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
472HarbourRevin, FranceRevin
4.4River halt on the Meuse in the Ardennes, inside a pronounced double meander of the river known as the boucles de Revin, between Charleville-Mézières and Givet.
473AnchorageFranceLe troue du diable
4.4Rocky cove at the foot of the Bec de l'Aigle cliffs west of La Ciotat, Provence.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
474AnchorageFrancePlage de Manec’h
4.4Sand anchorage at the mouth of the Aven and Bélon rivers, next to Port-Manec'h in southern Finistère.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 475AnchorageFrance
Plage jardin exotique
4.4Anchorage off the Jardin exotique et botanique de Roscoff on the Île de Batz channel, northern Finistère.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
476HarbourMarine de Porto, FrancePorto-Ota
4.4Small harbour of 120 berths at the mouth of the Porto river, inside the Golfe de Porto on the west coast of Corsica.
477AnchorageFranceAnse Del Ragues
4.4Small cove on the Côte Vermeille between Collioure and Port-Vendres, 8 mooring buoys on rock and posidonia bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 478AnchorageFrance
Domois Bay
4.4South-facing cove on the ocean side of Belle-Île-en-Mer, between Port-Coton and Pointe du Skeul.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
479AnchorageFranceMouillage des herbiers
4.4Anchorage in the baie de Morlaix off the northern Finistère coast, sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 480AnchorageSt. Martin
Petite Clef, îlet Pinel
4.4Day anchorage beside Petite Clef, the islet just north-west of Pinel off Cul-de-Sac, inside the Saint-Martin national nature reserve.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
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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.