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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- 91AnchorageFrance
Amicale nautique des sauveteurs de Nievroz
4.8Freshwater mooring on the Rhône at Niévroz, upstream of Lyon in the Ain département, operated by the local rescue club.
- Paid
- Sheltered N
- 92AnchorageMartinique
Gros Îlet, au large
4.8Anchorage off Gros Îlet in the bay of Les Trois-Îlets, on the south side of the Baie de Fort-de-France. Weed and mud bottom, sheltered from every sector according to Navily.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
93AnchorageFrancePort Blanc
4.8Anchorage on the Cote de Granit Rose at Penvenan, sheltered by a belt of pink granite islets including Île Saint-Gildas and Île du Château Neuf.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 94HarbourPort-Louis, France
Port-Louis
4.8Harbour of 450 berths in Lorient roadstead, up to 3.5 m draught, opposite Locmiquélic. VHF 9.
- 95AnchorageFrance
Anse de Combrit
4.8Anchorage in the Odet estuary off the Combrit shore, 1,5 NM NW of Bénodet in southern Finistère.
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
96AnchorageFranceKervili
4.8Anchorage in the Aber-Wrac'h estuary, on the north coast of Finistère in Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
97HarbourCap Nègre, FranceLa Coudoulière
4.8Marina of 450 berths on the western shore of Six-Fours-les-Plages, opposite the Ile des Embiez and south of the Cap Sicie massif.
98AnchorageFrancePort d Toul'Ru
4.8Mooring field of 200 buoys off Mesquer in the Baie de Pont-Mahé, Pays de la Loire, between the Pointe de Merquel and the salt marshes of Guérande.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
99HarbourNantes, FrancePort de l'Erdre
4.8River port of 50 berths on the Erdre at Nantes, upstream of the Saint-Félix lock, in Pays de la Loire.
100HarbourFrancePort de Nancy
4.8Inland basin on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin in Nancy, Grand Est, with 10 berths and up to 2.2 m draught.
101AnchorageFranceSucé sur Erdre
4.8River anchorage on the Erdre north of Nantes, in a widened reach of the river classed among the protected landscapes of the Loire-Atlantique.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
102AnchorageFranceCalanque de Podestat
4.8Small rocky calanque on the southern coast of Marseille inside the Parc national des Calanques, between Les Goudes and Callelongue.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 103AnchorageFrance
Er Runio
4.8Sandy anchorage in the Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany, close to Locmariaquer, with shelter from W, SW and S.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 104AnchorageFrance
Iles de Glenans
4.8Archipelago of nine main islands 10 nm south of Concarneau, south Finistère, forming a shallow lagoon known as La Chambre.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, SW
- 105AnchorageFrance
Mouillage Port De Ville De Istres
4.8Anchorage off Istres on the western shore of the Étang de Berre, Provence, mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 106AnchorageMartinique
Pointe la Rose
4.8Anchorage under Pointe la Rose, on the south shore of Le Robert harbour, Atlantic coast.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 107AnchorageFrance
Porz Kernok
4.8Drying harbour on the east side of Île de Batz, off Roscoff in north Finistère, the main anchorage of the island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
108AnchorageFranceBaie de Daoulas
4.8Anchorage in the Baie de Daoulas, a sheltered branch of the Rade de Brest in Finistère, on mud holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 109HarbourCarteret, France
Barneville-Carteret
4.8Tidal harbour on the west coast of the Cotentin in Manche, with a retention gate on the Gerfleur estuary keeping 700 berths afloat.
- 110AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlets Pigeon
4.8Two islets of about 8 ha in all, 1,100 m off Malendure beach in Bouillante, in the middle of the cœur marin of the Parc national de la Guadeloupe known as the Réserve Cousteau. Mooring buoys only.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W
111AnchorageFranceLac du Der
4.8Anchorage on Lac du Der-Chantecoq, a 4 800 ha reservoir in the Marne and Haute-Marne departments, Grand Est.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
112AnchorageFrancePlage d'Excenevex
4.8Sand-bottom anchorage off the only natural sand beach on Lake Geneva, in the Baie de Coudrée between Thonon and Yvoire.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 113AnchorageFrance
Plage de Kermorvan
4.8Sand anchorage off the isthmus beach of Kermorvan on the east side of the Quiberon peninsula in Morbihan, Brittany. Mooring with up to 80 berths on buoys, anchoring regulated.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 114AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Terrière
4.8Open anchorage off a long sand beach at La Tranche-sur-Mer, Vendée, facing the Pertuis Breton.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
115AnchorageFrancePlage Ganaoc'h
4.8Anchorage on the Aber-Benoît off Saint-Pabu, on the north coast of Finistère in Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW
116AnchorageFrancePointe du Chatelet
4.8Anchorage on the Rance maritime between Saint-Malo and Dinan, on the right bank opposite Saint-Suliac.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
117HarbourLe Grau-du-Roi, FrancePort Camargue
4.8Marina of 5 000 berths at Le Grau-du-Roi, on the western edge of the Camargue delta in Occitanie.
118AnchorageFrancePort de la Vesse - Niolon
4.8Small calanque cut into the Côte Bleue cliffs between Niolon and Corbière, west of Marseille, with a tiny fishing hamlet at the head.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 119AnchorageFrance
St Cyprien
4.8Sand-bottom anchorage off the long beach of Saint-Cyprien in the Golfe du Lion, Occitanie, between Canet-en-Roussillon and Argelès-sur-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
120HarbourThéoule-sur-Mer, FranceThéoule-sur-Mer
4.8Marina of 176 berths on the Corniche de l'Esterel, 8 NM southwest of Cannes, at the foot of the red porphyry cliffs.
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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.