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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- 541MouillageFrance
La Grande Grève
4.3Sand anchorage on the east side of the Cotentin peninsula, 0.3 nm north of Barfleur harbour and 5.3 nm from Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
542MouillageFranceLac d'Hourtin
4.3Anchorage on Lac d'Hourtin-Carcans in the Médoc, France's largest natural freshwater lake at around 62 km2, west of the Gironde vineyards.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
543MouillageFranceLes issambres - San perre
4.3Sand-bottom anchorage off the shore of San Peïre-sur-Mer, in the Issambres district of Roquebrune-sur-Argens, on the Esterel coast of the Var.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
544MouillageFranceMouillage du Portet
4.3Anchorage on the north-east side of Île Sainte-Marguerite in the Lérins islands, off Cannes.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
545MouillageFrancePlage de Barcaggio
4.3Anchorage off the northern tip of Cap Corse, facing the Giraglia lighthouse island, with sand, weed and rock patches on the bottom.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 546MouillageFrance
Plateau Cordouan
4.3Sandbank anchorage around the Cordouan lighthouse, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary between Le Verdon and the Pointe de Grave, New Aquitaine.
- 547PortL'Isle-Adam, France
Port de l’Isle Adam
4.3River port of 140 berths on the Oise, 35 km north of Paris, in the Val-d'Oise.
548MouillageFranceAnse d'Arana
4.3Rocky-bottom cove on the south-west coast of Corsica, between Tizzano and Porto Pollo, with shelter from N to E winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 549MouillageGuadeloupe
Anse de Mays
4.3Anchorage in Anse de Mays in the north-west of Marie-Galante, on sand, rock and weed, 1.7 miles north of Saint-Louis.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
550MouillageFranceCala di Palma
4.3Cove on the southern side of the Golfe de Sant'Amanza in southern Corsica, facing the Îles Lavezzi.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 551MouillageFrance
Calanque de Saint-Barthelmy
4.3Red rock inlet of the Esterel massif on the Corniche d'Or, between Agay and Théoule-sur-Mer, mixed sand and weed bottom, sheltered from N, NE, W and NW winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
- 552MouillageFrance
Île du Large (Ouest)
4.3Rocky anchorage west of the Île du Large, one of the two Saint-Marcouf islands off the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy.
- Sheltered NE, E
- 553MouillageMartinique
Îlet à Eaux
4.3Anchorage under Îlet à Eaux, one of the islets of Le Robert harbour on the Atlantic coast.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
554MouillageFranceÎlot de l'Îlon
4.3Anchorage off the small islet of l'Îlon on the south side of Île Sainte-Marguerite, the largest of the Lérins Islands off Cannes.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 555MouillageFrance
Isola Piana
4.3Anchorage in the channel between Isola Piana and the Corsican shore, in the Bouches de Bonifacio, south of Bonifacio.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 556PortLe Marin, Martinique
Marina du Marin
4.3Marina of 830 berths plus about 100 mooring buoys at the head of the Cul-de-Sac du Marin, in the south of Martinique.
557MouillageFrancePlage de Pen Guen
4.3Sand anchorage off the Cote d'Emeraude, 1.2 nm south of Saint-Cast-Port d'Armor.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
558MouillageFrancePunta Mortella
4.3Anchorage on the western side of the Golfe de Saint-Florent in Haute-Corse, at the foot of the Tour de la Mortella, on sand and weed.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
559MouillageFranceAnse de Portzen
4.3Anchorage on the north shore of the Crozon peninsula, immediately west of Camaret-sur-Mer, in the Iroise marine park.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
560MouillageFranceBaie des Fourmis
4.3Small bay on the Beaulieu-sur-Mer waterfront on the French Riviera, between Nice and Cap Ferrat.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 561MouillageFrance
Cala di Stentinu
4.3Sheltered cove on sand at the head of the Golfe de Santa Manza, eastern Corsica, south of Porto-Vecchio.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 562PortLonges, France
Halte Fluvial Ampuis
4.3River halt on the Rhône at Ampuis, on the right bank of the Côte-Rôtie vineyards, about 10 km south of Vienne.
- 563MouillageFrance
Île Saint-Riom (Sud)
4.3Anchorage on the south side of Île Saint-Riom, in the Bay of Paimpol, northern Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
564MouillageFranceLa Chambre
4.3Buoy and sand anchorage of La Chambre in the Iles de Glenan, off south Finistere, between Ile Saint-Nicolas and Ile du Loc'h.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 565MouillageFrance
Plage d'argent
4.3Sand beach anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, south of Tizzano in the Sartenais.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 566MouillageFrance
Plage des Souzeaux - Anse Rouge
4.3Anchorage on the north coast of Noirmoutier island, between the Souzeaux beach and the Plantier point, with around 200 moorings on mud bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, S
567PortCherbourg, FrancePort Chantereyne - Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
4.3Marina of 1600 berths inside the Cherbourg roadstead, Normandy, sheltered by the largest artificial harbour in the world.
568- 569MouillageFrance
Punta Guale
4.3Anchorage on the western shore of the Gulf of Calvi in northern Corsica, sand and weed bottom, sheltered from NE to SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
570PortToulon, FranceSaint-Louis du Mourillon
4.3Marina of 265 berths in the Mourillon neighbourhood of Toulon, east of the naval base and the Vieille Darse, Var.
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