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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1171AnchorageFrancePenera - Nord
3.9Buoy mooring field of 61 buoys off the north shore of Île d'Arz in the Golfe du Morbihan, south Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1172AnchorageFrancePlage des Salins
3.9Anchorage off the Plage des Salins at Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var, just north of the Embiez archipelago.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
1173AnchorageFrancePlas Errot
3.9Anchorage off the Île de Sein in Finistère, mixed sand, weed and rock bottom, sheltered from SE through W.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
1174HarbourFrancePort Ilon
3.9River marina on the Seine at Saint-Martin-la-Garenne, between Mantes and Vernon, in the Vexin français.
1175HarbourTizzano, FranceTizzano
3.9Small harbour of 85 berths on the south-west coast of Corsica, in the Gulf of Valinco sector, sheltered behind the Cala di Conca headland.
1176HarbourLes Lecques, FranceVieux Port- Les Lecques
3.9Small harbour of 203 berths adjoining the Nouveau port in the bay of Les Lecques, reserved for shallow-draught boats.
- 1177AnchorageSt. Barthélemy
Anse du Gouverneur
3.8Anchorage off Gouverneur beach, a cliff-ringed bay on the south coast of Saint-Barthélemy, 1.3 NM south-east of Gustavia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 1178AnchorageFrance
Cala di Paragnanu
3.8Small cove on the limestone cliffs west of Bonifacio, South Corsica, sand and weed bottom, open to the south.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, NW
1179AnchorageFranceCalanque de Bonne Eau
3.8Small cove on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, between Les Issambres and Port Ferréol, with a sand bottom in clear water.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 1180AnchorageFrance
Campoloro
3.8Roadstead off Port de Taverna on the east coast of Corsica, south of Bastia near the village of Cervione.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
1181HarbourGuiffaumont-Champaubert, FranceGiffaumont Champaubert
3.8Main marina of the Lac du Der-Chantecoq, on the southern shore of the largest artificial lake in France, in the Marne.
- 1182AnchorageFrance
île Piren
3.8Anchorage east of Arradon, between Île Piren and Île d'Irus in the Golfe du Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N
1183HarbourSaint Cyr sur Mer, FranceLa Madrague - Saint Cyr
3.8Small marina of 400 berths on the south-east shore of the baie des Lecques at Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, at the foot of the wooded hill of La Madrague.
1184AnchorageFranceLa petite cale
3.8Small sand anchorage on the Ploemeur coast of the Morbihan, west of Lomener and sheltered by the Île aux Souris.
- 1185AnchorageMartinique
Le Marin, mouillage est
3.8Anchorage on the east side of the Le Marin bay, 0.3 miles south-east of Marina du Marin. Mostly sand with patches of rock, weed and mud, sheltered from every sector except the south-west.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, S, SE
1186HarbourMalestroit, FrancePort de Malestroit
3.8Inland port on the canal de Nantes à Brest at Malestroit, a medieval town in the Morbihan 40 km north-east of Vannes.
- 1187AnchorageMartinique
Parcours Santé du Morne Cabri
3.8Anchorage at the head of Fort-de-France bay, below the Morne Cabri fitness trail on the Le Lamentin shore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
1188AnchorageFrancePlage du Fogeo
3.8Sandy beach anchorage on the W side of the Presqu'île de Rhuys, just S of Port du Crouesty at the entrance to the Golfe du Morbihan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
1189AnchorageFrancePointe de Pipady
3.8Anchorage off the Mourillon headland at the eastern entrance of Toulon's Petite Rade, sand and algae bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
1190HarbourPort-de-Bouc, FrancePort de Bouc plaisance
3.8Marina of 500 berths at the mouth of the Canal de Caronte, western entrance to the Étang de Berre.
- 1191AnchorageFrance
Baie de Portu Vecchiu
3.8Anchorage on the north coast of Corsica, about 1.9 NM west of Calvi, on the approach to the Pointe de la Revellata.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, NW
1192AnchorageFranceBaie de Sanary - Pointe Nègre
3.8Anchorage off Pointe Nègre on the west side of the bay of Sanary-sur-Mer, Var coast, mixed sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered E, SE
1193AnchorageFranceBaie du Niel Est
3.8Anchorage on the east side of the Baie du Niel, on the Giens peninsula south of Hyères, Var.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1194HarbourCarentan, FranceCarentan
3.8Marina of 350 berths in the Cotentin marshes, reached by a four mile canal from the Baie des Veys in eastern Normandy.
1195AnchorageFranceCrique Du Figuier Rayol
3.8Small cove on the Rayol-Canadel shoreline, Var coast, sand and algae bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 1196AnchorageFrance
île de la Tour Fondue
3.8Small rocky island in the Embiez archipelago off Six-Fours-les-Plages, western side of the Petit Rouveau channel.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1197AnchorageMartinique
Îlet Hardy
3.8Anchorage by Îlet Hardy, one of the four islets of the Îlets de Sainte-Anne nature reserve, on the Atlantic side of the Sainte-Anne peninsula. Sand bottom, sheltered from south-west through north to north-east, open to the east and south-east.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1198AnchorageMartinique
La Lézarde
3.8Anchorage at the mouth of the Lézarde, Martinique's longest river, at the head of Fort-de-France bay on the Le Lamentin shore.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
1199AnchorageFrancePlage de Pramousquier
3.8Open anchorage off Pramousquier beach on the Corniche des Maures, between Le Lavandou and Cavalaire-sur-Mer in the Var.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1200AnchorageFrancePointe de l'Isulattu
3.8Anchorage off the headland of Isulattu between Porto Pollo and the Gulf of Valinco, South Corsica, sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
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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.