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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1261AnchorageFranceCap Camarat
3.8Open roadstead under the Cap Camarat lighthouse on the Ramatuelle peninsula, about 4 nm southeast of Saint-Tropez.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1262AnchorageFranceGaleria
3.8Anchorage in the baie de Galéria on the west coast of Corsica, at the mouth of the Fango river, inside the réserve de biosphère UNESCO de la vallée du Fango.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1263HarbourLe Pouligen, FranceLa Baule - Le Pouliguen
3.8Tidal harbour at the mouth of the étier du Pouliguen between La Baule and Le Pouliguen in southern Brittany, 820 berths.
1264HarbourLe Bourget-du-Lac, FranceLe Bourget-du-Lac
3.8Small harbour at the southern end of Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake entirely in France, in Savoie.
1265HarbourMarseillan Plage, FranceMarseillan Plage
3.8Seaside harbour of 200 berths on the Lido de Sète, between the étang de Thau and the Mediterranean in Occitanie.
- 1266AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Carteau
3.8Anchorage in the Anse de Carteau on the Golfe de Fos, east of the Rhône delta in Provence.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
1267HarbourRely, FrancePort de plaisance d'Aire-sur-la-Lys
3.8Inland marina of 46 berths on the Canal de Neufossé, in Aire-sur-la-Lys, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
- 1268AnchorageGuadeloupe
Sainte-Rose
3.8Anchorage off the fishing harbour of Sainte-Rose, on the north coast of Basse-Terre at the western entrance of the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
1269AnchorageFranceAnse du Diben
3.8Small cove on the north coast of Finistère, near Plougasnou, with around 10 visitor moorings on sand.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1270AnchorageSt. Martin
Anse Marcel
3.8Anchorage in Anse Marcel, a bay on the north coast of French Saint-Martin, 0.3 NM north-west of the marina entrance.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1271AnchorageFrance
Cales - Criques de Banyuls
3.8Buoy field with 6 moorings in the coves north of Banyuls-sur-Mer, within the Réserve Naturelle Marine de Cerbère-Banyuls.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
1272AnchorageFranceChâteaulin
3.8River mooring on the canalised Aulne, in the town of Châteaulin, 15 nm upstream from the rade de Brest at the start of the Nantes-Brest canal.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1273HarbourFranceHalte ancien ecluse
3.8Small river halt on the Doubs near Besançon, 5 berths on the pontoon.
1274AnchorageFranceÎlot de Toul-Bras
3.8Day anchorage off the eastern shore of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, between Port-Haliguen and Port-Maria.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1275AnchorageGuadeloupe
Le Moule
3.8Anchorage off Le Moule on the Atlantic coast of Grande-Terre, sand bottom, 6.4 miles north-west of Saint-François.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1276AnchorageFrance
Marine de Luri
3.8Open anchorage off Santa Severa on the east coast of Cap Corse, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1277HarbourCogolin, FranceMarines de Cogolin
3.8Marina of 1400 berths in the gulf of Saint-Tropez, between Port-Grimaud and Sainte-Maxime, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
- 1278HarbourRouen, France
Rouen
3.8Small halt of 4 berths on the Seine in the centre of Rouen, at the limit of tidal navigation upstream of Le Havre.
1279HarbourRoyan, FranceRoyan
3.8Large marina on the right bank of the Gironde estuary mouth, 1000 berths, max draught 2.5 m, VHF 9.
1280HarbourToulon, FranceToulon Vieille Darse
3.8Marina of 560 berths inside the old naval harbour of Toulon, on the south coast of Provence.
1281AnchorageFranceTregana
3.8Sand anchorage on the Plougonvelin shore of the Iroise, opposite Brest roadstead, sheltered from N to E.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1282AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Accul
3.7Anchorage in Anse Accul on the west side of Sainte-Anne, south coast of Grande-Terre, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 1283AnchorageFrance
Anse de Sainte-Evette
3.7Mooring of about 25 buoys in the bay of Audierne, western Finistère, just outside the fishing harbour.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
1284HarbourFranceAramon
3.7Small river port on the right bank of the Rhône in the Gard, between Avignon and Tarascon.
1285AnchorageFranceBrignogan - Pontusval
3.7Anchorage off Brignogan-Plages on the north coast of Finistère, sand bottom among pink granite rocks, sheltered from E through S to W.
- Free
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
- 1286AnchorageFrance
Cala Muretta South
3.7Rocky cove in the Golfe de Valinco, 2.7 NM SW of Propriano, with shelter from SE to SW winds under the headland.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 1287AnchorageFrance
Calanque de l'Indienne
3.7Small anchorage on the south coast of Porquerolles, within the Parc national de Port-Cros, the oldest marine national park in Europe, established in 1963.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
1288AnchorageFranceCaramontinu
3.7Small cove on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio, with sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1289AnchorageFrance
Ezer
3.7Anchorage off Île Ezer in the Glénan archipelago, off the southern Finistère coast in Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 1290AnchorageFrance
Grande Conche
3.7Open anchorage off the Grande Conche beach east of Royan, on the northern shore of the Gironde estuary.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, 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.