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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1351AnchorageFranceAnse du Verdon
3.7Cove on the Côte Bleue just east of Cap Couronne, near Carro, western Bouches-du-Rhône.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1352AnchorageFranceBaie de la Figueirette
3.7Anchorage on the Esterel coast of Théoule-sur-Mer, between Cannes and Saint-Raphaël, at the foot of the red porphyry cliffs.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1353AnchorageFranceBeg Leger
3.7Anchorage off the mouth of the Léguer river on the Trégor coast, Côtes-d'Armor.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1354HarbourFranceHalte fluival louhans
3.7Town halt on the Seille river at Louhans, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, a few hundred metres from the centre.
1355AnchorageFranceLe Rhone Vif
3.7Anchorage in the Petit Rhône delta on the Camargue coast, sand bottom, sheltered from winds from NW through N and E to W.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
- 1356AnchorageFrance
Les 7 iles
3.7Anchorage off the Sept-Îles archipelago, north of Perros-Guirec on the Côtes d'Armor coast, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
1357HarbourPlobannalec - Lesconil, FranceLesconil
3.7Small fishing harbour on the Pays Bigouden coast of south Finistère, 32 plaisance berths alongside the working fleet.
1358HarbourFranceLocmariaquer
3.7Drying harbour of 119 berths on the western shore of the entrance to the Golfe du Morbihan, opposite Port-Navalo across the narrow pass.
1359AnchorageFrancePic des Gabians
3.7Rocky anchorage at the foot of the Pic des Gabians cliff near Les Goudes, south of Marseille, inside the Parc national des Calanques. Sheltered from N, NE and NW.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1360AnchorageFrancePlage de Miomo
3.7Day anchorage off Plage de Miomo on the eastern shore of Cap Corse, 3 km north of Bastia, Haute-Corse.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1361AnchorageFrancePlage Sud - Port Camargue
3.7Sandy anchorage off the south beach of Port Camargue in the Gulf of Lion, at the western edge of the Camargue.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1362HarbourPort-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France
Port-Saint-Louis Quay
3.7Town quay on the Grand Rhône at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, at the southern end of the river navigation before the Mediterranean.
- 1363AnchorageFrance
St. Nicholas
3.7Anchorage in the rade de Brest, east of the Moulin Blanc marina, Finistère.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
1364AnchorageFranceTizzano
3.7Small fishing harbour and anchorage at the foot of a Genoese tower, Sartenais coast, South Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1365AnchorageFranceYvoire
3.7Anchorage off the medieval village of Yvoire on the French shore of Lake Geneva, between the Petit Lac and the Grand Lac.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1366AnchorageFranceAnse de Portu Provençale
3.7Mooring field on buoys in the Gulf of Ajaccio, 4.9 NM NW of Port Charles Ornano, western Corsica.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1367AnchorageFranceCalanque Saint-Pierre
3.7Small bight off Île Verte, immediately east of La Ciotat harbour, a day stop where anchoring over the posidonia is now signposted as prohibited.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1368AnchorageFranceCarnoles
3.7Open anchorage off the plage de Carnolès, between Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Menton, eastern Alpes-Maritimes.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1369HarbourFranceCarras
3.7Small marina at the mouth of the Magnan stream on the Promenade des Anglais, western Nice, Alpes-Maritimes.
- 1370AnchorageFrance
Le Moustoir Baie de l'Ours
3.7Buoy field in the baie de l'Ours on the east side of the Île de Bréhat, north Brittany, sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E
1371AnchorageFranceLe Sphinx
3.7Sand-bottom anchorage off Île de Sein in the Iroise Sea, sheltered from NW to E winds, exposed to S and SW.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1372AnchorageFranceLes Tables
3.7Buoy field off Cap d'Agde in Hérault, 8 berths on sand. Mooring restricted outside marked buoys.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 1373AnchorageFrance
Morsang
3.7Buoyed moorings on the Seine at Morsang-sur-Seine, upstream of Corbeil-Essonnes in Essonne.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1374AnchorageFrance
Petit-Rouveau
3.7Anchorage between the islets of Petit Rouveau and Grand Rouveau in the Embiez archipelago, off Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.
- Sheltered S, SW
1375AnchorageFrancePlage de la Badine
3.7Anchorage off the eastern shore of the Giens peninsula, south of Hyères, facing the Îles d'Hyères.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
- 1376HarbourHyères, France
Port de La Capte - Hyères
3.7Small marina of 198 berths on the east side of the Giens tombolo, commune of Hyères, Var.
1377HarbourLeucate, FrancePort Leucate
3.7Large marina of 1400 berths on the Languedoc coast, between the Leucate and Salses lagoons and the Gulf of Lion.
1378HarbourSète, FranceBassin du midi sete
3.7Small inland basin in Sète at the junction of the Canal du Midi and the Canal Maritime, 6 berths, maximum draught 2 m.
1379AnchorageFranceCap Léoube
3.7Sand-bottom anchorage off Cap Léoube, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and La Londe-les-Maures, within the Natura 2000 perimeter of the Îles d'Hyères coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
- 1380AnchorageSt. Barthélemy
Rade de Gustavia
3.7Outer harbour anchorage of Gustavia, 0.4 NM west of the quays, the main anchorage for boats visiting Saint-Barthélemy.
- 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.