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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- 1231MouillageFrance
ZMEL Sainte-Catherine
3.8Buoy field of 28 moorings in the anse Sainte-Catherine, south of Port-Vendres on the Côte Vermeille.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1232MouillageFranceBaie de Roquebrune
3.8Anchorage in the baie de Roquebrune between Monaco and Menton on the Côte d'Azur, off Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in the Alpes-Maritimes.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 1233MouillageMartinique
Baie Gros Raisin
3.8Small bay on the south side of the Caravelle peninsula, inside Baie du Galion on the Atlantic coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1234MouillageFranceCap Roux
3.8Anchorage on the red porphyry coast of the Esterel massif, between Théoule-sur-Mer and Agay, Var.
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
1235MouillageFranceCôte de la Hougue
3.8Sand anchorage off the Cotentin east coast, 0.8 NM south of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue in Normandy.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1236PortMireval, France
Frontignan
3.8Commune port on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Frontignan-la-Peyrade, between the Thau lagoon and the Mediterranean, Hérault.
1237PortFranceMerrien
3.8Small drying ria on the south coast of Finistère between Le Pouldu and Doëlan, sheltered behind the headlands of Beg Morg and Beg Porz.
1238MouillageFrancePointe de Mourret
3.8Rocky anchorage off the Pointe de Mourret, at the northern tip of the Embiez archipelago, opposite Le Brusc on the Var coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 1239PortFrance
Port de Venables
3.8River marina on the Seine between Rouen and Paris, 100 berths, in the Eure department of Normandy.
1240PortPort-Vendres, FrancePort-Vendres
3.8Deep-water port of 270 berths on the Côte Vermeille, last French anchorage before the Spanish border.
1241PortSeurre, FranceSeurre
3.8River port on the Saône in Seurre, Côte-d'Or, halfway between Chalon-sur-Saône and Saint-Jean-de-Losne.
- 1242MouillageGuadeloupe
Baie-Mahault
3.8Anchorage off Baie-Mahault at the southern end of the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, mud bottom in about 5 metres.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1243MouillageFrance
Beg Run er Vilaine
3.8Anchorage off the west shore of the Vilaine estuary, just north of the Pointe de Penlan, near Saint-Gildas-des-Bois side of the river mouth.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1244MouillageFranceDieppe beach
3.8Open roadstead off the pebble beach of Dieppe, on the Normandy coast, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered SE, S
- 1245PortFrance
Fains-Véel
3.8Canal halt on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin near Bar-le-Duc, in the Meuse department.
- 1246PortFrance
Halte nautique
3.8River halt on the Loire in Pays de la Loire, about 5 NM downstream of Oudon. VHF 10.
- 1247MouillageMartinique
Bouées de l'Étang Z'Abricots
3.8Field of 20 paying buoys run by the Étang Z'Abricots marina, at the head of Fort-de-France bay.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1248MouillageFrancePlage de la Franqui
3.8Anchorage off the long sandy beach of La Franqui, on the Leucate shoreline in the Aude.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
1249PortPornic, FrancePornic
3.8Marina of 914 berths at Pornic in southern Loire-Atlantique, split between the Vieux Port under the castle and the Noëveillard basin on the Côte de Jade.
1250PortFrancePort de la Vigne
3.8Small tidal oyster-farmers harbour on the Cap Ferret peninsula, Bassin d'Arcachon, Gironde.
- 1251PortLey, France
Port Du Houillion
3.8Small canal halt on the Canal des Houilleres de la Sarre at Ley, in rural Moselle.
1252MouillageFranceSagone
3.8Anchorage in the Golfe de Sagone on the west coast of Corsica, sand and mud bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1253MouillageFrance
Anse de Perzel
3.8Sandy cove on the north side of the goulet de Brest, western Finistère.
- Sheltered NW
- 1254MouillageFrance
Baie de Lampaul
3.8Main bay of Ouessant island on its south-west side, sand bottom, with a variable number of visitor moorings laid by the Parc naturel marin d'Iroise.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1255MouillageFranceGâvres
3.8Sand-bottom anchorage with 6 berths off the Gâvres peninsula at the entrance to the Rade de Lorient.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1256MouillageFranceÎles de Lérins - Plateau du milieu
3.8Anchorage on the plateau between Sainte-Marguerite and Saint-Honorat islands off Cannes, sand and weed bottom, open to all sectors.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
1257PortLarmor-Plage, FranceKernével
3.8Deep-water marina in the rade de Lorient on the Larmor-Plage shore, 1,000 berths with 5 m draught available at all tides.
1258PortPauillac, FrancePauillac
3.8Drying river marina of 125 berths on the west bank of the Gironde estuary, at Pauillac in the Médoc, about 30 nautical miles upstream from Royan, where boats take the ground at low water.
- 1259MouillageFrance
Plage De Canetto
3.8Anchorage off a sand beach on the east side of the Golfe de Sant'Amanza, south-east Corsica between Bonifacio and Porto-Vecchio.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1260MouillageFrance
Pointe de Pontusval
3.8Open anchorage on the north coast of Finistère, between Brignogan-Plages and Plouescat, sand bottom, protected from S and SE winds.
- Sheltered S, SE
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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.