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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511AnchorageFranceCanal de Pont de Vaux
4.3Inland canal linking the Saône to the town of Pont-de-Vaux in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
512AnchorageFranceContesse De Guerlande
4.3Anchorage off the Côtes-d'Armor coast north-west of Saint-Quay-Portrieux, in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 513AnchorageFrance
Plage de Traves
4.3Sandy anchorage off the Agriates desert coast, west side of Cap Corse, between Saint-Florent and the Plage du Loto.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 514AnchorageFrance
Plage du Ster
4.3Sand-bottom anchorage on the south coast of the Pays Bigouden, sheltered from NW through NE, exposed to the Atlantic swell from the S.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 515AnchorageFrance
Pointe d'Agon
4.3Sand anchorage in the Havre de Regnéville on the west coast of the Cotentin, 60 mooring buoys, sheltered from NW through SE.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
516AnchorageFrancePointe de Mindin
4.3Anchorage in the Loire estuary, on the south bank at Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, opposite Saint-Nazaire.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
517HarbourBouzigues, FrancePort de Bouzigues
4.3Oyster and yachting harbour of 172 berths on the north shore of the étang de Thau, Hérault.
518HarbourNernier, FrancePort de Nernier
4.3Harbour of 225 berths on the French south shore of Lake Geneva, in the village of Nernier, Haute-Savoie.
519HarbourFranceTrevoux
4.3Small river port on the Saône at Trévoux, Ain, with 5 berths, about 25 km north of Lyon.
- 520AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse de Leroux
4.3Cove with a beach 1.8 nm south of Deshaies on the leeward coast of Basse-Terre, sand bottom, sheltered from NE round to S.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 521AnchorageFrance
Anse de Pinzuta
4.3Cove on the Désert des Agriates coast of northern Corsica, between Île-Rousse and Saint-Florent.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW
- 522AnchorageFrance
Anse du Rouet
4.3Small calanque on the Côte Bleue, just east of Carry-le-Rouet inside the Parc marin de la Côte Bleue.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 523AnchorageFrance
Baie de la Vierge
4.3Anchorage on the north-east side of La Ciotat bay, sand bottom, shelter from W through N to NE, exposed to southerly swell.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
524AnchorageFranceCala di Giunco
4.3Sand-bottomed cove on Île Lavezzi, off the south tip of Corsica, within the Réserve naturelle des Bouches de Bonifacio.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 525AnchorageFrance
Grand-Cale - Porquerolles
4.3Anchorage on the south coast of Porquerolles, within the Parc national de Port-Cros, between Calanque de l'Oustaou de Diou and the south-eastern headland of the island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 526HarbourHonfleur, France
Honfleur Visitors "quais"
4.3Visitor berths along the quays of the Vieux Bassin of Honfleur, at the south bank of the Seine estuary in Normandy. Six pontoon spaces for yachts under 14 m.
527HarbourLes Sables-d'Olonne, FranceLes Sables d'Olonne - Port Olona
4.3Non-tidal marina in Les Sables-d'Olonne, 1400 berths, maximum draught 5 m, starting harbour of the Vendée Globe solo round-the-world race.
- 528AnchorageGuadeloupe
Mouillage de la Voûte
4.3Anchorage off Saint-François on the south-east coast of Grande-Terre, sand and mud bottom, 0.5 miles south-west of the marina.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 529AnchorageMartinique
Pointe Étienne
4.3Anchorage under Pointe Étienne, 500 m east of Pointe du Bout marina, Les Trois-Îlets.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
530HarbourArzon, FrancePort du Crouesty
4.3Large purpose-built marina at the southern tip of the Rhuys peninsula in Morbihan, just outside the entrance to the Gulf of Morbihan. 1432 berths over five basins.
531HarbourLa Gaillarde, FrancePort Ferréol
4.3Private residential marina at La Gaillarde, on the coast of the Var between Sainte-Maxime and Saint-Raphael.
532AnchorageFrancePort Homard
4.3Drying anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin, north of Granville, sand bottom among granite rocks.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
533AnchorageFrancePortu Ricciaiu
4.3Cove on the Revellata peninsula west of Calvi in Balagne, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through S.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
534AnchorageFranceRay sur Saône
4.3River reach on the Saône near the village of Ray-sur-Saône in Haute-Saône. Anchoring is prohibited in the navigable channel; overnight stops are made at the halte fluviale or nearby ports.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
535HarbourBeaulieu-sur-Mer, FranceBeaulieu-sur-mer
4.3Marina of 719 berths between Cap Ferrat and Cap d'Ail on the French Riviera, tidal-free with a maximum draught of 4 m.
- 536AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Pouars
4.3Narrow calanque on the southern coast of the Marseilleveyre massif, inside the Parc national des Calanques between Les Goudes and Morgiou.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
537AnchorageFranceCalanque du Port d'Alon
4.3Rocky creek on the Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer coast, inside the Natura 2000 marine site between La Madrague and Bandol.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
538HarbourSète, FranceIGY Sète Marina
4.3Large-yacht marina in the port of Sète, Hérault, with 17 berths designed for vessels up to 9 metres draught.
- 539AnchorageSt. Martin
Îlet Pinel
4.3Day anchorage on the south side of Pinel, an islet off Cul-de-Sac on the north-east coast, inside the Saint-Martin national nature reserve.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 540AnchorageMartinique
Îlet Thierry
4.3Anchorage under Îlet Thierry, off Le François on the Atlantic coast, next to the Baignoire de Joséphine.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
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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.