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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- 121AnchorageFrance
Capu Biancu
4.8Anchorage on the north shore of the Golfe de Sant'Amanza in southern Corsica, at the foot of the Capu Biancu headland.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
122AnchorageFranceCargèse
4.8Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, in the bay of Cargese between the gulf of Sagone and the gulf of Porto.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 123AnchorageSt. Martin
Grand Îlet
4.8Paying mooring spot by Grand Îlet in the Simpson Bay lagoon, 1.3 NM south-west of Port La Royale, sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 124AnchorageFrance
Les Rouignous
4.8Anchorage off Les Rouignous in the Rivière de Crac'h estuary, just south of La Trinité-sur-Mer, Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 125AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Ficajola
4.8Rocky anchorage on the west coast of Corsica near Piana, inside the Golfe de Porto, sheltered from SE, S and SW winds.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
126AnchorageFrancePointe du Diable
4.8Anchorage under the Pointe du Diable on the east side of the Cap Bénat, between Le Lavandou and Bormes-les-Mimosas in the Var.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
127HarbourSaint Quay Portrieux, FrancePort-Armor
4.8Deep-water marina at Saint-Quay-Portrieux on the Côtes-d'Armor coast, 1,030 berths accessible at all states of tide.
128AnchorageFrancePunta Vecchia
4.8Anchorage on the north tip of Cap Corse, between Macinaggio and Barcaggio, facing the Îles Finocchiarola.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
129AnchorageFranceAnse du Caro
4.8Small cove on the south shore of the rade de Brest, between Le Moulin Blanc and the Pointe de l'Armorique, with a water tap ashore.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
130AnchorageFranceCalanque de Flancadou
4.8Small calanque on the west side of Île de Pomègues, archipel du Frioul, off Marseille.
- Sheltered E, SE, S
131AnchorageFranceCancale
4.8Open roadstead off the oyster port of Cancale, facing the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel in Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 132HarbourFrance
Compiègne yacht club
4.8Yacht club berth on the Oise river at Compiègne, Hauts-de-France, used by inland boaters navigating the Oise and its link to the Seine.
- 133HarbourChâtillon-Coligny, France
Halte nautique De Châtillon Coligny
4.8Canal halt with 14 berths at Châtillon-Coligny, on the Canal de Briare in the Loiret.
- 134AnchorageSt. Barthélemy
Île Fourchue
4.8Uninhabited islet 4.8 NM north-west of Gustavia, its bay ringed by bare hills, inside the Saint-Barthélemy nature reserve with ecological mooring buoys.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E
135AnchorageFranceLes amis du Passage
4.8Anchorage in the inner roadstead of Brest, off the Moulin Blanc area, west Finistère.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 136AnchorageFrance
Mouillage des Sabias
4.8Anchorage on the south coast of Île d'Yeu, two miles from Port-Joinville, sheltered from winds from the north sector.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 137AnchorageFrance
Plougasnou - Terenez
4.8Anchorage off the hamlet of Térénez on the north Finistère coast, sand bottom, 8 moorings available.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
138HarbourMandelieu-la-Napoule, FrancePort du Béal
4.8Marina of 320 berths at the mouth of the Siagne river in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, west of Cannes.
- 139AnchorageFrance
Bihit
4.8Sand-bottom anchorage off the Pointe de Bihit, just south of Trébeurden on the Côte de Granit Rose in Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
140AnchorageFranceEguzon
4.8Anchorage on the Lac d'Éguzon, a reservoir on the river Creuse in the Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
141AnchorageFrancePlage du Grand Jardin
4.8Anchorage off Plage du Grand Jardin on the western shore of the Cap Bénat peninsula, Bormes-les-Mimosas, with sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
142AnchorageFrancePointe Débié
4.8Anchorage on the south-west side of Île Pomègues, Îles du Frioul, off Marseille, on sand and rock.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
143AnchorageFrancePort Kérel
4.8Sandy cove on the south coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, on the commune of Bangor, with one of the longer sand beaches on the south side of the island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 144AnchorageFrance
L’Isle
4.8Anchorage on the Vilaine upstream of the Arzal dam, mud bottom, well sheltered by surrounding wooded banks.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, S, SE
- 145HarbourMenton, France
Menton - Garavan
4.8Marina of 750 berths in the Garavan bay, east of Menton old town, within sight of the Italian border at Ventimiglia.
146AnchorageFrancePlage de Porz Mabo
4.8Sandy cove on the Trébeurden coast in the Côtes-d'Armor, 1.1 NM SE of Trébeurden marina.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
147HarbourLes saintes maries de la mer, FrancePort Gardian
4.8Marina of 364 berths at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, on the Mediterranean coast of the Camargue delta, in the Rhône estuary area.
148AnchorageFranceYacht club Triel
4.8River mooring on the Seine at Triel-sur-Seine, in the Yvelines west of Paris, between the confluences of the Oise and the Mauldre.
149AnchorageFranceArgenton
4.8Anchorage off the village of Argenton in Landunvez, north Finistère, between Le Conquet and Portsall, opposite the Île d'Yoc'h.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W
- 150AnchorageFrance
Beinheim
4.8Anchorage on the Rhine near Beinheim in northern Alsace, on the Franco-German border. Mud bottom. River mooring used by barges and the occasional cruiser.
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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.