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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- 1021PortTaden, France
Taden
4.0Halt on the fluvial Rance between the Châtelier lock and Dinan, on the right bank at the Plaine de Taden.
1022PortLe Tréport, FranceYCT
4.0Sailing club based in the marina of Le Tréport, on the Seine-Maritime coast at the mouth of the Bresle river.
- 1023MouillageFrance
Anse de Camfrout
4.0Anchorage in the Aulne estuary, rade de Brest, off the village of Le Faou and the entrance of the rivière du Faou.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1024PortCanet, FranceBase Locaboat Argens Minervois
4.0Hire-boat base of Locaboat Holidays on the Canal du Midi at Argens-Minervois, between the écluse d'Argens and the village of Roubia.
1025PortBordeaux, FranceBordeaux quai d’attente du Basin
4.0Waiting quay on the Garonne in Bordeaux, used by yachts before entering the lock of the Bassins à flot.
1026PortCarcassonne, FranceCarcassonne
4.0Inland port on the Canal du Midi at Carcassonne, alongside the SNCF station in the lower town, below the medieval Cite.
1027PortSAINTE MARIE LA MER - 66470, FrancePort Sainte Marie la Mer 66
4.0Marina with 426 berths on the Roussillon coast, maximum draught 1.5 metres. Canet-en-Roussillon lies 1.2 nm south, Port-Barcarès 4.5 nm north.
1028PortSaint-Raphael, FranceSanta Lucia
4.0Marina of 1500 berths east of Saint-Raphaël on the Esterel coast, Var.
1029MouillageFranceAnse de Stole
4.0Sandy anchorage off Lomener, on the Morbihan coast between Lorient and Plœmeur in southern Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1030MouillageFranceAnse du Creux Saint-Georges
4.0Small sand cove on the north side of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, inside the Petite Rade de Toulon.
- Free
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
1031MouillageFranceBaie de Palombaggia
4.0Open anchorage off the Palombaggia beach, south of Porto-Vecchio in south-east Corsica. Sand and rock bottom, protected from the north-west sector.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 1032PortMartinique
Port de Case-Pilote
4.0Fishing and leisure harbour in Case-Pilote village, on the Caribbean coast between Schœlcher and Bellefontaine.
- 1033MouillageFrance
Penn vale
4.0Sand-bottom anchorage on the north coast of Brittany in the Côtes-d'Armor, in the waters off Penvénan and the Port-Blanc archipelago.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1034MouillageFrance
Saint Jouin-Bruneval
4.0Open anchorage off the chalk cliffs of Saint-Jouin-Bruneval in Seine-Maritime, sand bottom, just south of the Antifer oil terminal.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1035MouillageFrance
Aneret
4.0Anchorage on the southern side of the Chausey archipelago, 8.3 NM west of Granville in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1036MouillageMartinique
Anse Foucault
4.0Cove on the west coast of Martinique, 0.85 miles south of the Anses-d'Arlet bourg, north-west of Morne Larcher. Weed and mud bottom, sheltered from north-east through east to south-east.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1037MouillageFrance
Anse Pommelin
4.0Anchorage on the west side of the Trieux estuary in the Côtes-d'Armor, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from west and south, open to the east.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
1038MouillageFranceGolfe de Monacchi
4.0Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica between Cargèse and Sagone, sand bottom, sheltered from N through SE.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1039MouillageFranceÎle de Jarre
4.0Uninhabited island south-east of Marseille, inside the Calanques national park, with a sand anchorage on its northern side protected from southerly winds.
- Sheltered SE, S
- 1040MouillageFrance
Les Trois Tourtes
4.0Anchorage on the Odet river in Finistère, mud bottom, sheltered from all sectors except S.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
- 1041PortMacon, France
Mâcon
4.0River marina on the right bank of the Saône at Mâcon, in southern Burgundy, opposite the quai Lamartine.
1042PortDeauville, FranceMarina de Deauville
4.0Outer marina of 800 berths on the western bank of the Touques estuary, between Deauville and the sea.
- 1043MouillageFrance
Plage de Kergalec
4.0Anchorage off plage de Kergalec in the rade de Brest, Brittany, mud bottom, sheltered from NW, N, NE, W and E winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 1044MouillageFrance
Plage du Béniguet
4.0Sandy anchorage off the north-west coast of Île de Houat, in the Mor Bras between Quiberon and Belle-Île.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
1045PortTalmont Saint Hilaire, FrancePort Bourgenay
4.0Purpose-built marina of 640 berths on the Vendee coast, south of Les Sables-d'Olonne, at the edge of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire.
- 1046PortFrance
Port Fluvial D'évran
4.0Small halt of 4 berths on the Canal d'Ille-et-Rance at Évran, between Dinan and Rennes in Côtes-d'Armor.
- 1047MouillageFrance
Sainte-Elme
4.0Anchorage off Saint-Elme in the rade de Toulon, Provence, sand bottom, sheltered from N and NE.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 1048MouillageFrance
San't Ambrogio
4.0Bay on the Balagne coast east of Algajola, next to Port Eugène Ceccaldi and the resort of Sant'Ambrogio.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
1049PortAndancette, FranceAndancette
4.0Small river halt on the left bank of the Rhône, opposite Andance, between Vienne and Valence.
1050PortBonifacio, FranceBonifacio
4.0Natural fjord harbour at the southern tip of Corsica, cut 1.5 km into limestone cliffs opposite the Strait of Bonifacio.
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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.