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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1381HarbourFranceHalte de Plaisance de Rueil
3.7River halt on the Seine at Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-France, west of Paris.
1382HarbourLanildut, FranceL'Aber Ildut
3.7Ria on the west coast of Finistere in Brittany, between Le Conquet and Le Four lighthouse. About 500 moorings mostly on buoys, max draught 2.3 m.
1383AnchorageFranceLa Bergerie
3.7Sand anchorage off the east coast of the Giens peninsula, Hyères, facing the Porquerolles channel.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1384HarbourNemours, France
Nemours
3.7River mooring on the Loing canal in Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, about 80 km south of Paris.
1385AnchorageFranceNormandy Beach
3.7Open roadstead off the Normandy landing beaches between Port-en-Bessin and Courseulles-sur-Mer, on sand.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1386AnchorageFrancePenerf
3.7Tidal anchorage in the Rivière de Pénerf, on the Morbihan coast between the Vilaine estuary and the Gulf of Morbihan.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S
1387AnchorageFrancePlage de Caspiu
3.7Sandy anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, between Porto and Girolata, inside the Scandola area of influence.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1388HarbourFrancePort de la Mercantine
3.7Lake harbour on the Lac de Vouglans reservoir, in the Jura mountains, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
1389AnchorageFranceThéoule-Sur-Mer
3.7Anchorage off the village of Théoule-sur-Mer on the eastern edge of the Esterel massif, facing the Bay of Cannes and the Lérins islands.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1390HarbourFranceVitry-le-François
3.7Canal port at the junction of the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, the Canal latéral à la Marne and the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne, in the Marne department.
1391AnchorageFranceBanc de Kergonan
3.7Anchorage on a sand bank north of Île aux Moines, in the Golfe du Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1392AnchorageFranceBaracci
3.7Anchorage in the Golfe de Valinco on the west coast of Corsica, just north of Propriano.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
- 1393AnchorageMartinique
Le Carbet sud
3.7Anchorage south of Le Carbet village, on the Caribbean coast between Bellefontaine and Saint-Pierre.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1394AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlet du Vieux-Fort
3.7Anchorage off Vieux-Fort at the northern tip of Marie-Galante, on sand, rock and seagrass, 2.7 miles north of the bay of Saint-Louis.
- Sheltered N, E, SE
1395AnchorageFrancePlage de Cannella
3.7Open anchorage off Cannella beach on the east coast of Corsica, 3,6 NM south of Solenzara. Sand bottom, sheltered from the western sector.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1396AnchorageMartinique
Pointe Blanche
3.7Small anchorage at Pointe Blanche on the west coast of the Trois-Îlets peninsula, 0.2 miles south of Îlet à Ramiers. Sand and rock, sheltered from north through east to south-east.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1397HarbourBastia, FrancePort Toga - Bastia
3.7Marina of 363 berths on the north edge of Bastia, built in the 1990s between the commercial ferry port and the district of Pietranera.
- 1398HarbourDouai, France
Quai de la Barque
3.7Town quay on the canalised Scarpe in Douai, Nord, Hauts-de-France, running along the old town centre.
- 1399AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Deshaies
3.6Bay of Deshaies, in the north-west of Basse-Terre, with a field of paying buoys and an anchoring zone off the village. Sand and rock bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
1400AnchorageFranceAnse du Boucau
3.6Mooring off the Pointe Saint-Gildas at Préfailles, on the south coast of Loire-Atlantique.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1401AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Fideling
3.6Anchorage in Anse Fideling on the south-east coast of Terre-de-Bas in Les Saintes, sand, gravel and seagrass bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1402AnchorageFranceBaie de Grésine
3.6Anchorage on the western shore of the lac du Bourget, north of Aix-les-Bains, algae seabed.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S
1403AnchorageFranceÎle des Vieilles
3.6Anchorage off the Île des Vieilles on the red porphyry coast of the Esterel, near Agay in the Var.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1404AnchorageFrance
îlot Deux-Frères
3.6Twin rocky pinnacles off the Cap Sicié massif, south-west of La Seyne-sur-Mer.
- Sheltered NE, SE
1405AnchorageFranceMouillage de Le Bouil
3.6Sand anchorage on the Vendée coast east of Jard-sur-Mer, between the Pointe du Payré estuary and the beach of Ragounite.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 1406AnchorageSt. Martin
North Curve, Tintamarre
3.6Bay on Tintamarre, 0.5 NM north-east of Baie Blanche, inside the Saint-Martin national nature reserve, where anchoring is forbidden.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
- 1407HarbourFrance
Pargny-sur-Saulx
3.6Canal halt on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, branche Est, in the Marne department, at the village of Pargny-sur-Saulx.
- 1408AnchorageMartinique
Pointe Borgnesse
3.6Beach near Pointe Borgnesse, between Sainte-Luce and the entrance of the Cul-de-Sac du Marin. Sand and weed. Anchoring is prohibited.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1409AnchorageFrance
Pointe de l'Ermitage
3.6Anchorage on the east side of the Presqu'île de Giens, Hyères, just north of Port du Niel.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
1410HarbourCergy, FrancePort De Cergy
3.6Inland marina on the Oise river at Cergy, Île-de-France, north-west of Paris, set around a residential basin with a village-like waterfront.
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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.