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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991AnchorageFranceSainte marine
4.0Port on the west bank of the Odet estuary, opposite Bénodet in Finistère, Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 992AnchorageFrance
Tréac'h er Baron
4.0Anchorage on the north coast of Houat, Morbihan, over patchy sand and rock.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 993AnchorageFrance
Baie d'Alicastre - Plage Notre Dame
4.0Open bay on the north-east coast of Porquerolles, inside the Port-Cros national park, off Plage Notre-Dame.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
994HarbourMartigues, FrancePort de Ferrières
4.0Marina of 334 berths on the Ferrières basin in Martigues, opposite the Jonquières and L'Île districts on the Canal de Caronte.
995HarbourGruissan, FrancePort de Gruissan
4.0Large marina of 1620 berths in the étang de Gruissan lagoon, Aude, linked to the Mediterranean by a buoyed channel.
- 996HarbourCarqueiranne, France
Port des Salettes
4.0Municipal marina of 411 berths at Carqueiranne, on the eastern shore of the Rade de Hyères between Toulon and the Giens peninsula.
997HarbourJuan-les-Pins, FrancePort Gallice
4.0Marina of 436 berths at Juan-les-Pins, on the west side of Cap d'Antibes.
998HarbourLonguenée-en-Anjou, FrancePruille
4.0Small river halt on the Mayenne at Pruillé, in the commune of Longuenée-en-Anjou, about 15 km upstream from the confluence with the Maine in Angers.
- 999AnchorageMartinique
Anse Noire
4.0Small cove on the west coast of Martinique, next to Anse Dufour, with the only black-sand beach of the south of the island. Sand and weed, sheltered from north-east through south. Ranked first in the area by Navily users, 4.4 out of 5.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
1000HarbourGolfe-Juan, FranceD-Marin Camille Rayon
4.0Large marina of 840 berths in the bay of Golfe-Juan, on the western side of the Cap d'Antibes, operated by D-Marin.
- 1001AnchorageFrance
L'Île Rousse
4.0Mooring field on buoys off L'Île-Rousse in Balagne, northern Corsica, with 20 berths east of the commercial harbour.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 1002AnchorageGuadeloupe
Plage de la Perle
4.0Anchorage off Plage de la Perle, 2.4 nm north of Deshaies on the north-west coast of Basse-Terre, sand bottom, sheltered from NE round to S.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 1003AnchorageFrance
Lanvéoc
4.0Anchorage off Lanvéoc on the south shore of the rade de Brest, Crozon peninsula, Finistère.
- Free
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
1004HarbourCrozon, FranceMorgat
4.0Marina of 732 berths in the Bay of Morgat, on the south side of the Crozon peninsula in Finistere.
- 1005AnchorageFrance
Mouillage du Piton
4.0Buoy field off the east side of Cap d'Antibes, between Port Gallice and the Anse de la Garoupe, with 31 moorings.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 1006HarbourPoincy, France
Poincy Port De Plaisance
4.0Small river port on the Marne at Poincy, 3 km downstream of Meaux in Seine-et-Marne.
- 1007HarbourFrance
Port Adhoc Soubise
4.0Dry port and boatyard of 240 places on the right bank of the Charente at Soubise, facing Rochefort; the afloat pontoon takes only a handful of boats and dries at low water.
1008HarbourFranceRelais nautique Saint-Exupéry
4.0River halt on the Seine in Île-de-France, about 1.9 NM west of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine at the confluence with the Oise.
- 1009AnchorageFrance
Rivière de Penzė
4.0Ria mooring on the Penzé river west of Roscoff, sheltered in all directions except the north quadrant.
- Paid
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
1010HarbourSainte-Marie-du-Lac-Nuisement, FranceSainte Marie du lac
4.0Lake harbour on the Lac du Der-Chantecoq in the Grand Est region, the largest artificial lake in France at 4 800 hectares.
- 1011AnchorageFrance
Anse des Broches
4.0North-facing cove on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, west of Port-Joinville.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 1012AnchorageFrance
Bodic
4.0Anchorage on the Trieux estuary in northern Brittany, just downstream of Lézardrieux, off the Bodic lighthouse.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
1013HarbourCalais, FranceCalais
4.0Marina of 418 berths inside the commercial port of Calais, on the Strait of Dover, the closest French harbour to England.
1014AnchorageFranceCôte d'Heno
4.0Anchorage on the northeast coast of Île de Groix, off Port-Tudy, sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1015AnchorageGuadeloupe
Goyave
4.0Anchorage off Goyave on the east coast of Basse-Terre, in the Petit Cul-de-Sac Marin, sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1016AnchorageFrance
Île des Poulains
4.0Anchorage off the Pointe des Poulains at the north-west tip of Belle-Île-en-Mer, on sand and rock.
- Sheltered SW, S
- 1017AnchorageMartinique
Le Robert
4.0Anchorage off Le Robert town, in the western part of Le Robert harbour on the Atlantic coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 1018AnchorageFrance
Marina Vizza
4.0Rocky anchorage on the south-east coast of Corsica near Porto-Vecchio, sheltered from the south-west sector and open to the east.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
1019AnchorageFrancePointe de la Parata
4.0Open anchorage off the Sanguinaires archipelago west of Ajaccio, sand bottom, exposed to easterly winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1020HarbourFrancePort D'Erquy
4.0Fishing and yachting port on the Côte de Penthièvre in Brittany, sheltered by the red sandstone headland of Cap d'Erquy.
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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.