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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- 1291AnchorageFrance
Île du Toro
3.7Anchorage off Île du Toro, a small islet in the Cerbicale archipelago off the south-east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered N, SW
- 1292HarbourSaint-Pierre, Martinique
La Rade de Saint-Pierre
3.7Organised mooring field of 80 buoys off Saint-Pierre, the former capital of Martinique destroyed by the 1902 eruption of Montagne Pelée, on the north Caribbean coast.
1293HarbourLe Croisic, FranceLe Croisic
3.7Drying town harbour of 500 berths at the end of a narrow tidal ria on the Guérande peninsula, where visitors take the ground on soft mud or lie on buoys in the pool, with an active fishing fleet and a bottlenose dolphin research station on the quay.
- 1294HarbourStrasbourg, France
Marinest
3.7River marina on the Bassin des Remparts in Strasbourg, just north of the historic city centre, operated by Marinest since 2019.
1295HarbourThilay, FranceMonthermé
3.7River halt on the Meuse in the Ardennes, 15 berths, at the confluence of the Meuse and the Semoy.
1296HarbourFranceMouré Rouge
3.7Municipal marina of 450 berths east of the Pointe de la Croisette in Cannes, sheltered by a curved breakwater opening south-west toward the Îles de Lérins.
1297AnchorageFrancePlage de Boulogne-sur-Mer
3.7Open roadstead off the beach of Boulogne-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Opale, about 1.3 nm north-west of the harbour entrance.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
1298AnchorageFrancePointe de la Touche
3.7Fair-weather anchorage off the Pointe de la Touche on the Emerald Coast, Brittany, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1299HarbourDouarnenez, FrancePort de Tréboul
3.7Marina of around 500 berths on the west bank of the Pouldavid river at the entrance of Douarnenez Bay, western Finistère.
1300HarbourLa Foret Fouesnant, FrancePort-La-Forêt
3.7Large marina of 1130 berths at the head of the Anse de la Forêt, south Finistère, home of the Pôle Finistère Course au Large.
- 1301HarbourMarseille, France
Quai st Henri "port de commerce"
3.7Commercial quay in the northern part of the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, in the Saint-Henri district.
- 1302AnchorageFrance
Rocher d'Orto
3.7Anchorage at the foot of the red porphyry cliffs of the Golfe de Porto on the west coast of Corsica, between Porto and Girolata.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
1303AnchorageFranceAnse de Penhap
3.7Anchorage at the southern tip of the Île aux Moines in the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany. Mixed sand, rock and weed bottom, open to the south.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1304HarbourCamaret-sur-Mer, FranceCamaret-sur-Mer
3.7Marina of around 800 berths on the Crozon peninsula, sheltered behind the Sillon gravel spit at the entrance of the Brest roadstead.
1305AnchorageFranceConche de Saint-Georges
3.7Anchorage in the bay north of the Gironde estuary mouth off Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, sand bottom, sheltered from N, NE, E and SE.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1306HarbourLe-Grau-du-Roi, FranceLe Grau du Roi
3.7Fishing and pleasure harbour at the mouth of the Canal du Rhône à Sète, in Petite Camargue. Berthing in the town quays is limited, most visiting yachts head for the Port Camargue marina 1.3 nautical miles to the south-west.
1307AnchorageFrancePlage de Briande
3.7Open anchorage off a sand beach on the south flank of the Cap Lardier, between Cavalaire and La Croix-Valmer, Var.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1308AnchorageFrancePoint de Dépose La Dune
3.7Daytime anchorage off the Grand Travers dune belt, between La Grande-Motte and Carnon on the Languedoc coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1309HarbourPort-en-Bessin, FrancePort-en-Bessin
3.7Tidal fishing harbour on the Bessin coast of Normandy, with a single small visitor pontoon rather than a marina, max draught 4 m.
1310HarbourSète, FranceQuai d'Alger "port de commerce"
3.7Honour quay of Sète's commercial port, on the western side of the Môle Saint-Louis basin, in Occitanie. Not a plaisance berth, but the occasional visitor pontoon for tall ships and events.
- 1311HarbourSteinbourg, France
steinbourg
3.7Canal halt of 12 berths on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, at Steinbourg in Alsace, just north of Saverne.
- 1312AnchorageFrance
Vignola
3.7Anchorage off Plage de Vignola on the west coast of Balagne, Haute-Corse, 2.1 NM W of Ile-Rousse.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1313AnchorageSt. Martin
Baie de Marigot
3.7Mooring field in Marigot Bay, off the capital of French Saint-Martin, 0.3 NM south-west of Marina Fort Louis.
- Paid
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
1314AnchorageFranceCalanque des deux frères
3.7Small calanque of the Esterel coast between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar, named after the two rocky islets off its entrance.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1315AnchorageMartinique
Case-Pilote
3.7Anchorage off Case-Pilote village, on the Caribbean coast between Schœlcher and Bellefontaine.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 1316AnchorageFrance
Etang Pierre Blanche
3.7Open sand anchorage off the beach fronting the Étang de Pierre Blanche, west of Palavas-les-Flots in Languedoc, exposed to swell.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1317HarbourHendaye, FranceHendaye
3.7Marina of 890 berths on the Bidassoa estuary, last French harbour on the Atlantic before the Spanish border.
- 1318AnchorageFrance
île verte
3.7Sand anchorage off Île Verte in the Bréhat archipelago, Côtes-d'Armor, north Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 1319HarbourHyères les Palmiers, France
La Madrague de Giens
3.7Shallow-draught harbour of 159 berths on the western side of the Giens peninsula, at Hyères, facing the Île de Porquerolles.
1320HarbourLa Rochelle, FranceLa Rochelle - Port des Minimes
3.7Marina of 5 100 berths south of La Rochelle, one of the largest leisure harbours on the European Atlantic coast.
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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.