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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781HarbourMarseille, FranceMarseille - SNM
4.2Yacht club marina of 544 berths on the north quay of the Vieux-Port of Marseille, founded 1887.
- 782AnchorageGuadeloupe
Petit-Canal
4.2Anchorage off Petit-Canal on the eastern shore of the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, mud and weed bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
783AnchorageFrancePointe du Canouvié
4.2Anchorage on the eastern side of Île des Embiez, sheltered from the west wind between the island and Le Brusc.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
784HarbourPropriano, FrancePort de Propriano
4.2Marina of 500 berths at the head of the Valinco gulf, on the west coast of Corsica.
785HarbourTrévou Tréguigniec, FrancePort Le Goff
4.2Drying harbour of 123 moorings at Trévou-Tréguignec on the Côte de Granit Rose, Côtes-d'Armor.
786HarbourSaint Gilles Croix De Vie, FrancePort-La-Vie
4.2Marina of 1 000 berths at the mouth of the Vie river in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, on the Vendee coast.
787AnchorageFrancePorz Liboudou
4.2Small anchorage in the bay of Le Stiff on the east coast of Ouessant, western Brittany, with three free visitor buoys.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W
- 788AnchorageFrance
Saint-Mitre
4.2Anchorage on the western shore of the Étang de Berre, off Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, Provence.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
789AnchorageFranceStêr-Ouen
4.2Narrow inlet on the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, open to the north.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
790HarbourValras plage, FranceValras-Plage
4.2Harbour of 350 berths at the mouth of the Orb, Hérault, on the Occitan coast.
- 791AnchorageFrance
anse de Saint-Antoine
4.1Anchorage at the mouth of the Aber Wrac'h in north Finistère, sand and mud bottom, just west of the fairway leading up to the marina.
- Sheltered W, S, SE
- 792AnchorageFrance
Anse de Stagnola
4.1Buoyed mooring field of 10 berths on the south shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio, Corsica, in the Porticcio sector.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
793AnchorageFranceAnse de Tarco
4.1Sand bay on the east coast of Corsica, between Solenzara and Sainte-Lucie-de-Porto-Vecchio, at the mouth of the Tarco stream.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
794AnchorageFranceCalanque de Ratonneau
4.1Anchorage on the north side of Ratonneau island in the Frioul archipelago, off Marseille, with sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
795AnchorageFranceÎle des Morts
4.1Anchorage near the Île des Morts at the entrance of the rade de Brest, off the presqu'île de Crozon, where anchoring between the two islands is now restricted as a military zone.
- Sheltered E, SW, W
- 796AnchorageFrance
Île des Rats
4.1River mooring on the Oise at Compiègne, Hauts-de-France, weed bottom, sheltered by the banks.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
797AnchorageFranceLa Meule
4.1Small rocky inlet on the south coast of the Île d'Yeu, used as a fishing and visitor mooring under the white Notre-Dame-de-la-Bonne-Nouvelle chapel.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 798AnchorageFrance
Les Conches
4.1Open anchorage off the Longeville-sur-Mer beach in southern Vendée, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
799HarbourMacinaggio, FranceMacinaggio
4.1Marina of 605 berths on the north-east tip of Cap Corse, the first harbour of shelter for boats coming down from the Tuscan archipelago.
800AnchorageFrancePlage Saint-Clair
4.1Anchorage off Saint-Clair beach on the eastern shore of Le Lavandou, Var, with sand bottom and shelter from N, W and NW winds.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
801AnchorageFranceSainte Catherine - Sud
4.1Mooring field of 69 spots in the Lorient roadstead off Locmiquélic, sand bottom, sheltered from NE to SE.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
802AnchorageFranceAnse de Port-Blanc
4.1Small cove on the west side of the Cap d'Erquy headland, in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, sand bottom, sheltered from NE, E and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 803AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse du Mancenillier
4.1Anchorage off the Anse Champagne beach, 0.3 miles west of Marina Saint-François on the south-east coast of Grande-Terre, sand bottom in about 5 metres.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 804AnchorageFrance
Anse du Poulmic
4.1Anchorage on the south shore of the rade de Brest, Brittany, set back behind the École Navale at Lanvéoc.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
805AnchorageFranceBaie des Roches Bleues
4.1Sand-bottom bay on the south coast of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between the Pilon anchorage and Saint-Tropez harbour.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
806HarbourDIVES-SUR-MER, FranceDives - Cabourg - Houlgate
4.1Marina of 560 berths at the mouth of the Dives river in Calvados, serving the three seaside towns of Dives-sur-Mer, Cabourg and Houlgate on the Côte Fleurie.
807AnchorageFranceErbalunga
4.1Open roadstead off the village of Erbalunga on the east coast of Cap Corse, 9 km north of Bastia.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
808AnchorageFranceGolfe de Rondinara
4.1Shell-shaped bay on the south-east coast of Corsica between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio, classified site since 2010.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 809HarbourCours-les-Barres, France
Halte de cours
4.1Small canal stop on the Canal latéral à la Loire at Cours-les-Barres, Cher, between Nevers and Marseilles-lès-Aubigny.
- 810AnchorageMartinique
Îlet Lavigne
4.1Anchorage near Îlet Lavigne, in Le François bay, 1.3 km north of Marina du François.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, 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.