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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- 1411AnchorageFrance
Rade de Houat
3.6Roadstead on the south-east side of Île de Houat, used as the natural waiting area for Port Saint-Gildas.
- Sheltered NW, W
1412AnchorageFranceRéduit de Béniguet
3.6Anchorage off Île de Béniguet, in the Chaussée de Sein archipelago west of the Brittany mainland.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
1413AnchorageFranceRivière du Trieux
3.6Ria anchorage on the Trieux river between Lézardrieux and the Île à Bois, on the Côtes-d'Armor coast.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
1414AnchorageFranceRohu
3.6Anchorage off the Pointe du Rohu in the golfe du Morbihan, sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1415AnchorageFranceAnse de la Catena
3.6Shore-line mooring at the entrance of the Bonifacio fjord, Corsica, on the north side of the calanque, with room for around 30 boats tied to lines run to the rocks.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 1416AnchorageFrance
Mouillage du golfe du Morbihan
3.6Anchorage in the golfe du Morbihan, Brittany, sand bottom, sheltered from NE, E, S and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
1417AnchorageFranceAnse er Goret
3.6Small cove on the west side of the Rhuys peninsula in the Gulf of Morbihan. Eight moorings, sand and weed bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1418HarbourBénodet, FranceBénodet
3.6Marina of 493 berths at the mouth of the Odet, south Finistère, opposite Sainte-Marine on the west bank.
1419AnchorageFranceCala della Chiesa North
3.6No-anchoring zone on the north side of Cala della Chiesa, Îles Lavezzi, Corsica, inside the Bouches de Bonifacio natural reserve.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, S, SE
1420HarbourCarry le Rouet, FranceCarry le Rouet
3.6Marina of 570 berths on the Côte Bleue, 25 km west of Marseille, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
- 1421AnchorageMartinique
Îlet à Ramiers
3.6Anchorage by Îlet à Ramiers, a wooded rock of about 3 hectares off the west coast of Les Trois-Îlets, 0.7 miles west of Anse à l'Âne. Sand, rock and weed, sheltered from north through east.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1422HarbourBouillante, Guadeloupe
Port de Pigeon
3.6Small harbour at Pigeon, in Bouillante, on the leeward coast of Basse-Terre. The Îlets Pigeon, known to divers as the Réserve Cousteau, lie 0.8 nm offshore.
1423HarbourFranceQuilles
3.6Small harbour of 14 berths on the Corniche de Sète, south of the city of Sète in Occitanie.
1424HarbourSaint-Florent, FranceSaint-Florent
3.6Marina of 1015 berths at the head of the Gulf of Saint-Florent, on the western side of Cap Corse in Haute-Corse.
1425HarbourToulon, FranceToulon Darse Nord
3.6Marina of 372 berths along the northern quay of the port of Toulon, directly in front of the old town and the Carré du Port.
- 1426AnchorageFrance
Anse du Cavalier - Pointe de Boyardville
3.6Sand anchorage off the Pointe de Boyardville on the east coast of Île d'Oléron, facing the Pertuis d'Antioche.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1427AnchorageSt. Martin
Bellevue
3.6Lagoon anchorage off Bellevue, on the French side of the Simpson Bay lagoon, 0.5 NM south-west of Port La Royale.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, W, NW
1428HarbourAgde, FranceCercle Nautique
3.6Small club marina on the Hérault near Agde, 0.2 NM south-west of Cap d'Agde, Occitanie.
- 1429AnchorageGuadeloupe
La Blanchette
3.6Anchorage at La Blanchette, between Baillif and Vieux-Habitants on the leeward coast of Basse-Terre, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1430HarbourPointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Marina Bas-du-Fort
3.6The main marina of Guadeloupe, between Pointe-à-Pitre and Le Gosier on the Petit Cul-de-Sac Marin, with about 1,150 berths on 16 pontoons.
1431HarbourMeschers-sur-Gironde, FranceMeschers-sur-Gironde
3.6Small marina on the right bank of the Gironde estuary between Royan and Talmont, 260 berths, max draught 2 m, VHF 9.
1432AnchorageFrancePlage de Grimaud
3.6Open anchorage off the beach of Port-Grimaud at the head of the Golfe de Saint-Tropez.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
- 1433AnchorageFrance
Plage du Grand Lanroué
3.6Day anchorage off the Grand Lanroué beach on the Presqu'ile Guérandaise, west of Piriac-sur-Mer in Pays de la Loire.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1434AnchorageFrance
Pointe de la Ris
3.6Sand anchorage close to the Pointe de la Ris, just south of the marina of Bormes-les-Mimosas on the west side of the Cap Bénat.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
- 1435AnchorageFrance
Porz Leien
3.6Anchorage on the north coast of the Île de Batz, facing the Channel, in the Finistère archipelago off Roscoff.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1436AnchorageFranceVetricella
3.6Sand bottom anchorage in the Golfe de Valinco on the south-west coast of Corsica, sheltered from N, NE and E winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1437AnchorageFranceAnse de Maupas
3.6Shallow anchorage on the north shore of the Anse de l'Aiguillon, Pays de la Loire, at the western edge of the Marais Poitevin.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
1438AnchorageFranceAnse de Testarella
3.6Cove on the southern coast of Corsica, between Pianottoli-Caldarello and Bonifacio, opening south onto the Bouches de Bonifacio.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 1439AnchorageSt. Martin
Baie Blanche, Tintamarre
3.6Buoy field off Baie Blanche, the west-facing beach of Tintamarre, an island of 1.2 km² inside the Saint-Martin national nature reserve.
- Free
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1440AnchorageSt. Martin
Baie Nettlé
3.6Lagoon anchorage off Baie Nettlé, on the strip of land west of Sandy Ground, 1.1 NM west of Port La Royale.
- Sheltered W, SW, 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.