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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931AnchorageFranceL'Ayguade
4.0Anchorage off L'Ayguade on the north shore of the Île du Levant, the easternmost of the Îles d'Hyères.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
932AnchorageFranceL'herbe
4.0Anchorage off the oyster village of L'Herbe on the Cap-Ferret peninsula, facing the Île aux Oiseaux inside the Bassin d'Arcachon.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
933AnchorageFrancePlage de l'Arinella
4.0Beach at the foot of the Bonifacio cliffs on the south tip of Corsica. Anchoring is prohibited within the protected zone.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
934AnchorageFrancePointe de Bouvet
4.0Anchorage off the Pointe de Bouvet on the presqu'île de Giens, western flank facing the rade d'Hyères.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
935AnchorageFrancePointe de Brehuidic
4.0Mooring buoys off the Brehuidic headland in the Golfe du Morbihan, mud bottom, well sheltered on most bearings.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
936HarbourAgay, FrancePort d'Agay
4.0Small marina of 195 berths in the rade d'Agay, between Saint-Raphaël and Saint-Tropez on the Esterel coast.
937HarbourLa Roche-Bernard, FrancePort de la Roche Bernard
4.0River port of 563 berths on the Vilaine, 8 nautical miles upstream from the Arzal dam, in Morbihan, Brittany.
- 938HarbourBordeaux, France
Port de plaisance de Bordeaux
4.0City-centre marina on the Garonne river in Bordeaux, 278 berths, max draught 2.5 m, VHF 12.
939HarbourFrancePort de Valence - l'Epervière
4.0Inland marina of 420 berths on the Rhône, south of Valence, the largest pleasure port on the French Rhône corridor.
940HarbourLille, FrancePublic Jetty In Lille "quais"
4.0Public quay mooring on the Deûle in Lille, the main city of Hauts-de-France.
- 941AnchorageFrance
Rocher de Cervi
4.0Sand anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, off the Rocher de Cervi between Cargese and the gulf of Sagone.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 942AnchorageFrance
Baie de Sanary
4.0Sand anchorage in the baie de Sanary, between the Cap Sicié to the east and the Île des Embiez to the west, on the Var coast in Provence.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
943HarbourBinic, FranceBinic
4.0Wet basin marina on the Baie de Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, with 350 berths and 2.5 m maximum draught.
- 944AnchorageFrance
Bo's plage
4.0Anchorage off a sand beach on the west side of the golfe de Saint-Florent, northern Corsica, open to the W.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
945AnchorageFranceCala di Roccapina
4.0Sand-bottom anchorage on the south-west coast of Corsica, dominated by the Lion de Roccapina rock on the headland above.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
946AnchorageFranceChichoulet plage
4.0Sand-bottom anchorage off Chichoulet beach in Vendres, on the Occitan coast between the mouth of the Aude and Valras-Plage.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
947HarbourGrandcamp Maisy, FranceGrandcamp-Maisy
4.0Tidal marina of 280 berths in the baie des Veys, western Calvados, Normandy, between Omaha Beach and Utah Beach.
948AnchorageFranceÎle Logodec
4.0Sand-bottom anchorage off Ile Logodec in the Brehat archipelago, northern Brittany, sheltered from the western sector.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
949AnchorageFranceL'arpillon
4.0Anchorage off Les Issambres on the Var coast, 0.3 NM east of Port de San Peïre Les Issambres, in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez approach.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
950HarbourLe Lavandou, FranceLe Lavandou
4.0Large marina of 1021 berths on the Var coast facing the Îles d'Hyères, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and Cap Nègre.
- 951AnchorageFrance
Marina d’Arje
4.0Anchorage on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio, about 2,3 nm east of Marina di Fiori.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 952AnchorageFrance
Pineto
4.0Sand-bottom anchorage south of Bastia, off the Marana beach strip between the airport and the city, good holding in settled weather.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
953AnchorageFrancePlage de Galéria
4.0Anchorage off the pebble beach of Galéria, in the Golfe de Galéria on the west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
954AnchorageFrancePlage de la Garonnette
4.0Sand beach anchorage on the Esterel coast between Sainte-Maxime and Saint-Aygulf, fronted by shallow sand with patches of posidonia.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 955AnchorageFrance
Plage de Saleccia
4.0Sand anchorage along the Agriates coast, west of Saint-Florent in northern Corsica, fronting a 1 km white-sand beach backed by juniper scrub.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
956HarbourSaint Vaast la Hougue, FranceSaint Vaast la Hougue
4.0Tidal marina on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, behind the fortified island of Tatihou.
- 957AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Cabou
4.0Anchorage in Anse Cabou in the north-west of Marie-Galante, on sand, rock and weed, 2.5 miles north of Saint-Louis.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 958AnchorageFrance
Anse du Guip
4.0Anchorage on the east coast of the Île aux Moines in the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany. Sand bottom, open to the east.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
959AnchorageFranceDébié
4.0Anchorage on the south side of Pomègues, one of the Frioul islands off Marseille.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
- 960AnchorageFrance
Fiume Bughju
4.0Rocky-bottom anchorage at the mouth of the Fiume Bughju stream in the Golfe de Saint-Florent, northern Corsica.
- Sheltered W, 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.