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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- 1141AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Figuera
3.9Cove on the west Corsican coast north of the Gulf of Ajaccio, with a mixed bottom of sand, rock and Posidonia.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
1142HarbourFranceCN Franceville
3.9Drying harbour on the Orne estuary at Merville-Franceville-Plage in Normandy, opposite Ouistreham.
1143AnchorageFranceÉcluse De La Garenne Aval
3.9Waiting mooring downstream of the Garenne lock on the Seine in Normandy. Bottom of mud and weed, sheltered from NW, N and NE.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1144AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlet du Gosier
3.9Anchorage off Îlet du Gosier and its red and white lighthouse, on the south coast of Grande-Terre, 2.4 miles east of Marina Bas-du-Fort.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 1145AnchorageFrance
La Corderie - Île de Bréhat
3.9Regulated buoy and drying-out zone on the west side of Île de Bréhat, between the main island and Île Logodec, over sand and mud; free anchoring is no longer allowed.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
1146AnchorageFranceLa Mare Règue
3.9Rock and sand anchorage on the Estérel coast between Agay and Le Poussaï, in the red porphyry cliffs west of Cannes.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
1147HarbourSix-Fours-les-Plages, FranceLe Brusc
3.9Harbour of 900 berths on the west side of the Cap Sicié peninsula, opposite the Embiez archipelago, in Six-Fours-les-Plages.
1148HarbourVernon, FranceLe Vieux-Moulin de Vernon Pontoon
3.9River pontoon on the Seine at Vernon, beside the Vieux-Moulin, a 16th century timbered mill built on the piers of the medieval bridge.
- 1149AnchorageFrance
Luzeronde
3.9Anchorage off the sand beach of Luzéronde on the north coast of the Île de Noirmoutier, west of L'Herbaudière.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1150HarbourLocmiquelic, FrancePen-Mané
3.9Marina of 150 berths in Locmiquélic, on the east bank of the Lorient harbour, facing the city across the Blavet estuary.
- 1151AnchorageFrance
Pointe du Figuier
3.9Headland on the western side of the Morgiou calanque, south of Marseille, inside the core zone of the Parc national des Calanques where anchoring is prohibited.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1152AnchorageFrance
Portocciolo
3.9Small cove anchorage on the east coast of Cap Corse, just south of Santa Severa.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1153HarbourFranceViviers
3.9Small river port on the Rhône in Ardèche, 20 berths, below the medieval town of Viviers.
- 1154AnchorageFrance
Baie de Port Man
3.9Deep bay on the north-east tip of Port-Cros, inside the national park and one of the most sheltered anchorages on the island.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
1155HarbourFranceBiesheim
3.9Alsatian river port on the Canal du Rhône au Rhin, Grand Est, close to Neuf-Brisach and the Rhine.
1156AnchorageFranceGolfe de Girolata Sud
3.9Anchorage on the southern side of the Golfe de Girolata, western Corsica, within the Scandola nature reserve zone inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1983.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
1157AnchorageFranceGolfe Juan
3.9Bay on the Côte d'Azur between Cap d'Antibes and the Îles de Lérins, opposite Vallauris and Juan-les-Pins.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
1158HarbourBeaulieu-sur-Loire, FranceHalte De Beaulieu Sur Loire
3.9Twenty-berth canal halt on the Canal latéral à la Loire at Beaulieu-sur-Loire, Loiret, between Châtillon-sur-Loire and Belleville locks.
1159HarbourPaimpol, FrancePaimpol
3.9Tidal harbour on the north coast of Brittany, in Côtes-d'Armor, at the head of the Bay of Paimpol, sheltered by the Île de Bréhat archipelago.
- 1160AnchorageFrance
Plage de Guerzit
3.9Rock-bottom anchorage off the Plage de Guerzit, Plougasnou peninsula, north Finistere in Brittany.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
1161AnchorageFrancePlage de la Gaillarde
3.9Anchorage off the Plage de la Gaillarde between Saint-Aygulf and Les Issambres, eastern Var. Mixed sand, rock and posidonia, shelter from NW to SW winds.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1162AnchorageFrancePointe de port Ladron
3.9Anchorage off the south-east shore of Île d'Arz, inside the Golfe du Morbihan, mud bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1163HarbourRiec-sur-Bélon, FrancePort du Bélon
3.9Tidal estuary port on the Bélon river at Riec-sur-Bélon in southern Finistère, between the Aven and the Laïta. The river gives its name to the Belon flat oyster, Ostrea edulis.
- 1164AnchorageFrance
Rade du Croisic
3.9Outer roadstead east of the Le Croisic peninsula in Loire-Atlantique, used as a waiting anchorage off the entrance to the Traict.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1165AnchorageFranceVieux port de Roscoff
3.9Drying mooring field of 69 buoys off the old harbour of Roscoff, on the Bay of Morlaix.
- Paid
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 1166HarbourSaint Goustan, France
Auray - Saint-Goustan
3.9River port of 154 berths on the Loc'h river at Auray, 7 nautical miles upstream from the Gulf of Morbihan.
1167AnchorageFranceCala d'Agulia
3.9Small rocky cove on the west coast of Corsica, south of the Gulf of Valinco, with a sand patch suitable for anchoring.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW
1168HarbourHamel, FranceHalte Nautique
3.9Small canal halt on the Canal de la Sensée at Hamel, Nord department, Hauts-de-France.
- 1169AnchorageMartinique
Le Carbet
3.9Anchorage off Le Carbet village, on the Caribbean coast between Saint-Pierre and Bellefontaine.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1170HarbourLoctudy, FranceLoctudy
3.9Marina of 650 berths on the Pont-l'Abbé estuary in south Finistère, facing Île-Tudy across the river.
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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.