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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571AnchorageFranceWissant
4.3Open sandy bay on the Opal Coast between Cap Gris-Nez and Cap Blanc-Nez, Hauts-de-France. Sand bottom, protected from E and SE, fully exposed from W through NW.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 572HarbourMarigot, St. Martin
Chantier Naval Geminga
4.3Boatyard on the French side of the Simpson Bay lagoon, close to Marigot, with dry storage for up to 150 monohulls and catamarans.
- 573AnchorageFrance
Ile Fourmi en Saône
4.3River mooring on the Saône near Seurre, Côte-d'Or, in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
574AnchorageFranceLe Petit Rhône
4.3Anchorage on the Petit Rhône branch of the Rhône delta in Camargue, mud bottom, sheltered from northerly winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
575AnchorageFrancePlage Carrée
4.3Sand cove between Locquémeau and Beg hent on the Trédrez-Locquémeau coast, Côtes-d'Armor.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
576AnchorageFrancePlage de la Croix
4.3Anchorage in the bay of Concarneau in southern Brittany, sand bottom, just outside the Ville Close.
- 577HarbourLe Légué, France
Saint-Brieuc - Le Légué
4.3Lock-gated commercial and leisure harbour at the mouth of the Gouët, serving the city of Saint-Brieuc, with 250 berths.
- 578HarbourSolenzara, France
Solenzara
4.3Harbour of 450 berths on the east coast of Corsica, at the mouth of the Solenzara river, roughly midway between Bastia and Porto-Vecchio.
579AnchorageFranceCézembre Sud
4.3Sand anchorage on the south side of Île de Cézembre, 2.5 NM WNW of Saint-Malo in the Rance estuary approaches.
- Sheltered NW, N
580AnchorageFranceEl Forat
4.3Coastal anchorage on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer, mixed sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered W
- 581AnchorageFrance
Petite île du Bindy
4.3Anchorage in the rade de Brest near the entrance of the anse de Poulmic, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from the northerly sector.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
582AnchorageFrancePlage de Menasina Ouest
4.3Anchorage off Menasina beach on the west coast of Corsica, between Cargèse and the Gulf of Sagone.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 583AnchorageFrance
Plage de Port Navalo
4.3Sand anchorage off the beach of Port-Navalo on the western tip of the Rhuys peninsula, at the mouth of the Golfe du Morbihan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
584HarbourFrancePort de plaisance de Metz
4.3River marina of 40 berths on the Moselle in central Metz, Grand Est.
585AnchorageFranceBaie du chapus
4.3Shallow mud anchorage in the channel between the mainland at Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and the south-east coast of Île d'Oléron, crossed by the viaduct to Oléron.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
586AnchorageFranceCala Di Castagna
4.3Small anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, between Porto Pollo and the Gulf of Ajaccio. Mixed sand, rock and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 587AnchorageMartinique
Embouchure de la Roxelane
4.3Anchorage off the mouth of the Roxelane, at the north end of Saint-Pierre in the Fort district, on the north Caribbean coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
588AnchorageFranceÎle de Boed
4.3Anchorage on the north side of the Île de Boëdic, a small private island in the Golfe du Morbihan south of Séné.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 589AnchorageMartinique
La Charmeuse
4.3Anchorage off the La Charmeuse district, south of Le Prêcheur village, on the north Caribbean coast.
- Sheltered NE, E
590AnchorageFranceLe Mimbeau
4.3Sand-spit anchorage at the tip of Cap Ferret, inside the Bassin d'Arcachon, largely drying at low water, with sand holding and shelter from W, NW and SW winds.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
591HarbourFranceNautic Club Kembs
4.3River yacht club on the Grand Canal d'Alsace at Kembs, Haut-Rhin, on the French bank of the Rhine south of Mulhouse.
- 592AnchorageFrance
Treac'h Salus
4.3Sand-bottom anchorage on the north-east side of Île de Houat in the Mor Braz, Morbihan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
593AnchorageFranceAnse de la Salis
4.3Sandy cove between the Cap d'Antibes and the ramparts of old Antibes, on the Côte d'Azur.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
594AnchorageFranceBaie de la Forêt
4.3Anchorage in the Baie de la Forêt near Fouesnant in Finistère, sand bottom, sheltered from SW to NW winds.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 595AnchorageFrance
Baie de la Moutte
4.3Open roadstead west of Bandol between the Pointe de la Cride and Île Rousse, on the Provence coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
596AnchorageFranceBaie De Saint Jean De Luz
4.3Anchorage of around 15 berths on sand inside the Baie de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, protected by three seawalls built between 1864 and 1895.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
597AnchorageFranceBaleine Nord
4.3Anchorage off the north side of Île de la Baleine, south Brittany coast, west of Trévignon.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 598AnchorageFrance
Borgo Cove
4.3Sand anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, off the commune of Borgo, south of Bastia.
- Sheltered W, SW
599AnchorageFranceCavallo South
4.3Anchorage on the south side of Île Cavallo in the Bouches de Bonifacio, sand and algae bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 600AnchorageMartinique
Cayes Pariades
4.3Reef anchorage behind Cayes Pariades, 1.6 miles east of Le Vauclin harbour on the Atlantic coast. Sand and rock bottom, sheltered only from north-east through south-east by the reef.
- Sheltered NE, E, 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.