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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1531HarbourSaint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, FranceSt Hilaire
3.5Shallow quay on the Vie river at Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie in Vendée, with 6 berths and 0.4 m max draught.
1532AnchorageFranceAnse de Penfoulic
3.5Shallow anchorage in the Anse de Penfoulic at Fouesnant, Finistère South, sheltered on all sides, mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1533AnchorageFranceAnse des Sévignés
3.5Anchorage on the Côte d'Émeraude between Cap Fréhel and Saint-Cast, Côtes-d'Armor.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
- 1534AnchorageMartinique
Anse Madame
3.5Cove off Schœlcher town, west of Fort-de-France, on the north shore of Fort-de-France bay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1535AnchorageFranceAvant Port Du Cap d'Agde
3.5Outer anchorage off the Cap d'Agde marina, on the volcanic headland of Mont Saint-Loup in Herault, Occitanie.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 1536AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Saména
3.5Small rocky calanque on the south coast of Marseille, between La Madrague de Montredon and Les Goudes, at the gateway to the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered E, SE
1537AnchorageFranceChemin de Penfret sud-ouest
3.5Anchorage on the south-west side of Penfret, easternmost island of the Glénan archipelago off south Finistère.
- Sheltered NE, E
- 1538AnchorageFrance
Cigntra
3.5Sand anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, roughly 6 NM west of Ajaccio.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
1539AnchorageFranceDigue Saint-Louis
3.5Anchorage in the Golfe de Fos, along the Saint-Louis breakwater that protects the industrial harbour west of the Rhône delta.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1540HarbourAuxonne, FranceHalte Fluviale Auxonne
3.5Small river stopover on the Saône at Auxonne, in Côte-d'Or, with about 10 berths along the left bank.
1541AnchorageFranceîle Maire
3.5Rocky islet off the Marseille coast at the western edge of the Calanques national park, separated from Cap Croisette by the Tiboulen channel.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
1542AnchorageFranceLa Spiaggia
3.5Anchorage off Le Brusc in the lagoon approach to the Embiez archipelago, west of Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
1543HarbourPorto Vecchio, FranceMarina Di Fiori
3.5Private marina of 142 berths on the south side of the gulf of Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, inside the Punta di Fiori cove.
- 1544AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Moune
3.5Anchorage in the gulf of Saint-Tropez off the Moune beach, between the Marines de Cogolin to the west and the entrance of Port-Grimaud to the north.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1545Harbourarzal, FrancePort d'Arzal-Camoël
3.5Marina of 1250 berths on the Vilaine, immediately upstream of the Arzal dam, between the Morbihan communes of Arzal and Camoël.
- 1546AnchorageFrance
Port Miou
3.5Buoy field in the Calanque de Port-Miou, the first calanque west of Cassis, inside the Parc national des Calanques.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1547AnchorageFrance
Roche de la Cheminée
3.5Anchorage off the Frioul archipelago west of Marseille, between Pomègues and Ratonneau.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, W, NW
1548AnchorageFranceSte-Marie La Mer
3.5Open roadstead off the Roussillon coast, just north of Canet-en-Roussillon, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1549HarbourFrance
West Marina
3.5Seine pleasure craft base in the Yvelines, between Triel-sur-Seine and Meulan-en-Yvelines, downstream of the Conflans confluence.
- 1550AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Péguière
3.5Small cove on the Estérel coast between Boulouris and Saint-Raphaël, Var.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
1551HarbourOuge, FranceMarina de Corre
3.5Inland marina at the village of Corre in Haute-Saône, at the junction of the Saône river and the Canal des Vosges, marking the start of the Freycinet canal network into north-east France.
- 1552AnchorageFrance
Pointe du Térénéz
3.5Mooring field of 16 buoys off the Pointe du Térénez in the Rade de Brest, on the north shore of the Aulne estuary, mud bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
1553AnchorageFrancePorh Roëd
3.5Anchorage on the south side of Île de Groix, Morbihan, with sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1554HarbourLux, FrancePort-Lauragais
3.5Halt on the Canal du Midi between Toulouse and the seuil de Naurouze, near the commune of Avignonet-Lauragais in Occitanie.
- 1555AnchorageFrance
Port-Lay
3.5Small cove with a dozen moorings on the north coast of Île de Groix, off the Morbihan coast in Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1556AnchorageFrance
Porzmeur
3.5Anchorage on the north shore of the rade de Brest, sand bottom, shelter from NE, E and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1557AnchorageFrancePunta Vallitone
3.5Anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica west of Ile Rousse, sand, rock and weed bottom, open to E, SE, S and SW.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 1558AnchorageGuadeloupe
Rivière-Sens Sud
3.5Anchorage and buoys just south of Marina de Rivière-Sens, in Gourbeyre, sand bottom with a long beach ashore.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1559AnchorageFrance
Rupt s. Saône
3.5River anchorage on the Petite Saône off Rupt-sur-Saône, a village in Haute-Saône dominated by its 11th-century keep.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 1560HarbourDaoulas, France
Daoulas
3.5Drying harbour at the head of the Daoulas river, a ria on the south shore of the Rade de Brest in Finistère.
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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.