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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- 871AnchorageMartinique
Fond Boucher
4.1Cove between Case-Pilote and Bellefontaine, on the Caribbean coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 872AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlet Fajou
4.1Mooring zone at Îlet Fajou, near the barrier reef of the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, in the core of the Guadeloupe national park.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 873AnchorageFrance
Les Abysses
4.1Anchorage on the north-west coast of Martinique off Le Prêcheur, below Mont Pelée, where the bottom shelves away very steeply close to shore.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
874HarbourLorient, FranceLorient - La Base
4.1Marina set inside the former Keroman submarine base in the Lorient roadstead, Morbihan.
- 875HarbourSaint-François, Guadeloupe
Marina de Saint-François
4.1Marina of Saint-François on the south-east coast of Grande-Terre, the departure point for La Désirade and Petite-Terre.
- 876AnchorageFrance
Palagaccio
4.1Anchorage on the east coast of Cap Corse, just north of Bastia.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 877AnchorageGuadeloupe
Plage Bosco
4.1Anchorage 1.2 nm south of Deshaies harbour, off the shore known as Plage Bosco, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 878AnchorageFrance
Plage de Loto
4.1Shallow sand anchorage on the Agriates coast 3.7 NM NW of Saint-Florent, opposite a 700 m white-sand beach inside a Conservatoire du Littoral estate.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
879HarbourFrancePort Lavigne
4.1Tidal harbour on the Loire estuary, on the south bank downstream of Nantes in the Pays de la Loire.
880HarbourSaint-Denis-d'Oléron, FranceSaint-Denis-d'Oléron
4.1Marina of 730 berths at the northern tip of the Île d'Oléron, the largest marina on the island.
881HarbourFranceYacht Club De La Mer Du Nord
4.1Dunkirk marina with 250 berths, up to 5 m draught, adjacent to the commercial harbour. VHF 9.
882AnchorageFranceEygoires - Lac de Serre-Poncon
4.1Anchorage on the lac de Serre-Ponçon in Hautes-Alpes, an artificial Alpine reservoir of around 2,800 hectares and France's second largest dam lake.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 883AnchorageFrance
Île Dumet
4.1Rocky islet 3 NM off Piriac-sur-Mer in the bay of Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique. Forain anchorage on the south side.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 884AnchorageFrance
Pointe de l'Armorique
4.1Anchorage off the headland that separates the anse du Moulin Blanc from the Elorn estuary, on the south shore of the rade de Brest.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 885AnchorageFrance
Saint Jean de Monts
4.1Open roadstead off the long sandy beach of Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Vendée coast south of the Baie de Bourgneuf.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 886AnchorageFrance
Baie de Nichiareto
4.1Sand-bottom anchorage in the Revellata peninsula area, west of Calvi, Haute-Corse. Protection from NE, E, S and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
887HarbourCargèse, FranceCargèse
4.1Harbour of 235 berths on the west coast of Corsica, between the Golfe de Sagone and the Golfe de Porto.
888AnchorageFranceÎles Brescou
4.1Buoy field south of the Île de Brescou, the only volcanic island of the French Mediterranean coast, off Cap d'Agde.
- Free
- Sheltered S
889AnchorageFranceLa Corderie
4.1Main anchorage of Île-de-Bréhat, on the west side of the island between Bréhat and Île Logodec, Côtes-d'Armor. Much of it dries at low water.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
890HarbourLa Seyne sur Mer, FranceLa Seyne sur Mer
4.1Marina of 300 berths in the inner part of the bay of Toulon, on the western shore known as the Petite Rade.
891AnchorageFrancePlage de Trévignon
4.1Sand anchorage off the beach immediately W of the Pointe de Trévignon, on the south Finistère coast of the commune of Trégunc.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
892AnchorageFrancePortsall
4.1Drying harbour and sand anchorage on the north coast of Finistère, Brittany, between the Aber Benoît and Le Conquet.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
893HarbourSix-Fours-les-Plages, FranceSaint Pierre des Embiez
4.1Marina of 750 berths on Île des Embiez off Six-Fours-les-Plages, maximum draught 3 m, owned by the Ricard family since 1958.
- 894AnchorageFrance
San-Giuliano
4.1Sandy roadstead off the long beach of San-Giuliano, on the eastern coast of Corsica between Bastia and Solenzara.
- Sheltered W
895HarbourFranceSucé Sur Erdre
4.1Small river marina on the Erdre, 15 km north of Nantes in the Pays de la Loire. Nine berths, max draught 1 m.
896AnchorageFranceAnse à la Truelle
4.1Sheltered cove on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, south of Granville in Normandy.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
897AnchorageFranceAnse de Cacalu
4.1Anchorage on the south side of the Îles Sanguinaires chain, west of Ajaccio, off the south coast of the island of Mezu Mare.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
898AnchorageFranceAnse des Fosses
4.1Cove on the east side of the Cap Ferrat peninsula, just south of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 899AnchorageFrance
Enez Croaz-Hent
4.1Anchorage in the archipelago off Plouguerneau in north Finistère, sand bottom, sheltered from E, SE, S and SW.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
900AnchorageFranceÎle Berder
4.1Anchorage on 31 visitor buoys off Île Berder in the Golfe du Morbihan, opposite Larmor-Baden.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
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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.