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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- 1441AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlet à Cochon
3.6Mooring field off Îlet à Cochon at the entrance to Pointe-à-Pitre harbour, run by Marina Bas-du-Fort, 0.5 miles south-west of the marina.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 1442AnchorageFrance
Cala di Muru
3.6Anchorage on the western shore of the Golfe de Valinco, south-western Corsica, between Porto Pollo and Campomoro.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1443HarbourFranceHalt Nautique
3.6Small river halt on the Saône near Mâcon, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, with 6 berths for river cruisers.
- 1444AnchorageFrance
La Linière
3.6Sand anchorage on the north coast of Noirmoutier island, between L'Herbaudière and Noirmoutier-en-l'Île.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1445AnchorageFranceLaunay
3.6Anchorage in the baie de Paimpol in Côtes-d'Armor, north-east of the access channel to Paimpol. Sand bottom, sheltered from NW, W and SW.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1446HarbourSauvoy, FrancePagny Sur Meuse
3.6Small halt of four berths on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin ouest at Pagny-sur-Meuse, west of Toul in Lorraine.
1447AnchorageFrancePetite Rade
3.6Sand anchorage in the outer roadstead of Les Sables d'Olonne, just south of the harbour entrance, on the Vendée coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 1448AnchorageFrance
Plage des Vergnes
3.6Anchorage on the right bank of the Gironde estuary in Charente-Maritime, mud bottom off Les Vergnes beach.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 1449AnchorageGuadeloupe
Pointe de la Saline
3.6Anchorage at Pointe de la Saline on the south coast of Grande-Terre, sand and weed bottom, 3.1 miles east of Îlet du Gosier.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
1450HarbourLyvet, FrancePort Lyvet
3.6River marina of 258 berths on the Rance, at the upstream entrance of the Chatelier lock, about halfway between Saint-Malo and Dinan.
1451AnchorageFranceSauzon - Avant port
3.6Outer anchorage of Sauzon on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, the largest island off southern Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, SE, S, SW, W, NW
1452AnchorageFranceAnchorage upstream of Valence
3.6River anchorage on the Rhône upstream of Valence, in the reach between the Bourg-lès-Valence lock and La Roche-de-Glun, with a stony bottom holding little weed.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1453HarbourBoucau, FranceAnglet - Brise-Lames
3.6Marina of 425 berths on the right bank of the Adour estuary between Anglet and Boucau, on the Basque coast.
- 1454AnchorageFrance
Anse des Soux
3.6Sandy cove on the south coast of the Île d'Yeu, between the Pointe des Corbeaux and the Pointe du But, sheltered from the north.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1455AnchorageFranceBaie du Rabat
3.6Small sand anchorage on the east side of the Giens peninsula, south of Hyères.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 1456AnchorageFrance
Cornée du Moulin
3.6Inland mooring on a canal in the Grand Est region, mud bottom, full shelter from all directions.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
1457HarbourMénétréol-sous-Sancerre, FranceHalte De Plaisance - Menetreol sous Sancerre
3.6Eight-berth halt on the Canal latéral à la Loire between the Bannay and Thauvenay locks, at the foot of the Sancerre hill.
1458AnchorageFranceÎle de Bagaud
3.6Buoy field of 31 mooring buoys off Île de Bagaud in the Port-Cros National Park, Hyères archipelago, with sand and algae bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SE
- 1459AnchorageFrance
Macinaggio Sud
3.6Anchorage on the east coast of Cap Corse, just south of Macinaggio port, on a weed bottom with holding patchy on posidonia.
- Sheltered SW, W
- 1460HarbourNivillac, France
Multi Nautique marina
3.6River marina on the Vilaine, at Foleux on the commune of Nivillac, about 3.5 nautical miles upstream of La Roche-Bernard in southern Brittany.
1461HarbourPortbail, FrancePort-Bail-sur-Mer
3.6Tidal harbour of 330 berths on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, inside the estuary of the Ollonde river.
1462HarbourFranceSpay
3.6River pontoon on the Sarthe south of Le Mans, between Arnage and Fille-sur-Sarthe, in Pays de la Loire.
- 1463AnchorageFrance
A cala di u Timuzzolu
3.6Anchorage on the south shore of the golfe d'Ajaccio, west Corsica, sheltered from south-east winds on a rocky bottom.
- Sheltered S, SE
- 1464AnchorageFrance
Anse des Sablettes
3.6Long sandy bay between La Seyne-sur-Mer and the Saint-Mandrier peninsula. Anchoring is prohibited here.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1465AnchorageFranceBeg er Sennerion
3.6Small sand anchorage on Île d'Hoedic, just east of Port de l'Argol.
- Sheltered W
- 1466AnchorageFrance
Belvédère
3.6Sand-bottom anchorage off the Belvédère rocks, 0.2 nm north of Bormes-les-Mimosas and 0.8 nm south-west of Le Lavandou, on the Var coast of Provence.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
1467AnchorageFranceLa Tour Fondue
3.6Anchorage off the Tour Fondue headland at the southern tip of the Giens peninsula, Var, opposite Porquerolles.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1468HarbourFranceLe Plomb
3.6Drying tidal harbour on the Pertuis Breton shore at L'Houmeau, north of La Rochelle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- 1469AnchorageFrance
Plage de l'homme mort
3.6Anchorage off a small cove on the Esterel coast between Boulouris and Agay, commune of Saint-Raphaël, Var.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 1470AnchorageFrance
Plage du Guerzido
3.6Anchorage off Guerzido beach on the south coast of the Île de Bréhat, in the archipelago north of Paimpol.
- Sheltered NW, N
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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.