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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- 61AnchorageMartinique
Îlet Saint-Aubin
4.9Anchorage under Îlet Saint-Aubin, north of La Trinité on the Atlantic coast.
- Sheltered N, NE
62HarbourJaux, FranceJaux
4.9Small river port on the Oise in Hauts-de-France, about 2 nm southwest of Compiègne.
- 63AnchorageFrance
Le Resquilladou
4.9Rocky anchorage on the coast between Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer and Les Lecques, sheltered from the northern and eastern quadrants.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 64AnchorageGuadeloupe
mouillage de Murphy
4.9Anchorage on the Pointe-Noire coast between Baille-Argent and Anse Guyonneau, leeward side of Basse-Terre, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 65AnchorageFrance
port ouest
4.9Roadstead anchorage off Port Ouest, the western industrial basin of Dunkerque, on the Flanders coast.
- Sheltered S
66AnchorageFranceRoch Toul
4.9Rocky anchorage on the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, 1.7 NM west of Sauzon.
- Sheltered E
67AnchorageFrancesud baie solana
4.9Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica south of Girolata, mixed sand, rock and seagrass bottom, inside the Scandola marine reserve perimeter.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
68HarbourMetz, FranceYachting club Metz
4.9River port on the Moselle at Metz, in the Grand Est region, 120 berths and max draught 2 m.
69AnchorageFranceLa Roche-Bernard
4.9River anchorage on the Vilaine upstream of the Arzal dam, in front of the town of La Roche-Bernard.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
70HarbourFranceMarina Parc
4.9Private residential marina in the centre of Mandelieu-la-Napoule, western Côte d'Azur.
71AnchorageFrancePlage de la Chapelle
4.9Anchorage on sand west of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, between the Frémur estuary and the Îles Ébihens in Ille-et-Vilaine.
- Sheltered W, NW
72AnchorageFrancePorsmilin
4.9Anchorage off Plage de Porsmilin in Locmaria-Plouzané, on the north shore of the Rade de Brest, western Finistère.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
73HarbourFrancePort de Dole
4.9Inland marina of 20 berths on the Canal du Rhône au Rhin at Dole, in the Jura department.
74AnchorageFranceConche des Baleines
4.9Sand-bottomed bay on the northwest tip of the Île de Ré, around 40 moorings, sheltered from E, SE, S and SW winds.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 75AnchorageFrance
îles Maudez
4.9Anchorage off the small island group north-west of Bréhat, in the northern Côtes-d'Armor, on sand and algae.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
76AnchorageFranceÎlot de la Gabinière sud
4.9Buoy field on the south side of La Gabinière, the small islet off the southern tip of Port-Cros, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros.
- Free
- Sheltered N
77AnchorageFranceAnse de Saint - Hernot
4.9Sand anchorage on the east side of the Cap de la Chèvre, Presqu'île de Crozon, Finistère.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 78AnchorageFrance
Anse de Saint - Norgard
4.9Cove on the south shore of the Presqu'île de Crozon in the Baie de Douarnenez, sand bottom, sheltered from the north and west.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
- 79AnchorageFrance
Chavanay
4.9Anchorage on the Rhône at Chavanay, in the Pilat foothills south of Lyon, mud bottom, shelter from SW through NW.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
80AnchorageFranceMucchiu Biancu
4.9Anchorage on the south coast of Corsica between Pianottoli-Caldarello and Tizzano, sand and rock bottom, sheltered from N sectors.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
81AnchorageFrancePlage sud ouest île Callot
4.9Anchorage off the south-west beach of Callot island, at the entrance to the bay of Morlaix in northern Finistere.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
82AnchorageFranceTrez Bihan
4.9Sandy cove on the south shore of the Crozon peninsula in Finistère, inside the Bay of Douarnenez.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
83AnchorageFranceMèze
4.8Anchorage in the northern part of the étang de Thau, 0.2 nm SE of the port of Mèze, sand bottom, sheltered from the NW mistral that blows down the lagoon.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
84AnchorageFranceRivedoux Plage
4.8Open anchorage off the east coast of the Ile de Re, just south of the Ile de Re bridge linking the island to La Rochelle.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
85AnchorageFranceBaie d'Elbo Sud
4.8Anchorage on the south side of the Baie d'Elbo, inside the Scandola nature reserve on the west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 86AnchorageMartinique
Baie des Anglais
4.8Bay on the Atlantic side of the Sainte-Anne peninsula, behind a coral reef, with a mangrove of about 70 hectares at its head. Weed and mud bottom, sheltered from every sector except the south-east. Rated 4.7 out of 5 by Navily users.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
87AnchorageFranceCalanque de la Culate
4.8Narrow rocky inlet on the Marseille coast between Les Goudes and Morgiou, inside the Calanques National Park.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
88HarbourNantes, FrancePonton Belem
4.8Dedicated berth of 15 places on the Loire at Nantes, named after the three-masted barque Belem which calls there.
- 89AnchorageFrance
Punta di Saeta
4.8Anchorage in the Gulf of Saint-Florent on the western side of Cap Corse, sand bottom, about 2.6 nautical miles north-east of Saint-Florent.
- Sheltered E, SE
- 90AnchorageFrance
Vilaine
4.8River anchorage on the Vilaine above the Arzal dam, between Arzal-Camoël and La Roche-Bernard, southern Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, 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.