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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- 1591AnchorageMartinique
Anse Chaudière
3.5Cove on the west coast of Martinique, 0.55 miles south of the Anses-d'Arlet bourg. Sand, rock and weed, sheltered from north-east through east to south-east.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1592AnchorageFrance
Anse de Focolara
3.5Small cove on the west coast of Corsica, between Galéria and the Golfe de Girolata, inside the Parc Naturel Marin du Cap Corse et de l'Agriate buffer zone.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1593AnchorageMartinique
Baignoire de Joséphine
3.5White sand shoal fringed with coral between Îlet Thierry and Îlet Oscar off Le François, where you can stand in 0.5 to 1.5 m of water.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1594AnchorageFrance
Cap Rossu Nord
3.5Anchorage on the north side of Capu Rossu, west coast of Corsica between the Gulf of Porto and the Gulf of Sagone.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
1595AnchorageFranceGolfe de Calvi
3.5Deep sandy bay on the north-west coast of Corsica, overlooked by the Genoese citadel of Calvi, with holding on sand across most of the anchorage.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1596AnchorageSt. Martin
Petite Plage, Grand Case
3.5Anchorage off Petite Plage at the north-east end of Grand Case bay, on the north-west coast of French Saint-Martin.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1597AnchorageFrance
Halte Nautique de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
3.5River halt on the Seine at the confluence with the Oise, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Yvelines.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1598HarbourParis, FranceLa Villette Marina
3.5Marina in the Bassin de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, on the canal de l'Ourcq between the Rotonde de Ledoux and the pont levant de la rue de Crimée.
1599HarbourMarennes, FranceMarennes
3.5Tidal lock marina of 160 berths in Marennes, on the Seudre estuary in Charente-Maritime.
- 1600HarbourLes trois îlets, Martinique
Marina Pointe du Bout
3.5Marina of about 100 berths at Pointe du Bout, Les Trois-Îlets, on the south shore of Fort-de-France bay, in the island's main hotel resort.
- 1601AnchorageMartinique
Morne Cabri
3.5Anchorage at the head of Fort-de-France bay, off Morne Cabri on the Le Lamentin shore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
1602AnchorageFrancePointe de Combrit
3.5Anchorage in the Odet estuary between Sainte-Marine and Bénodet, southern Finistère.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 1603AnchorageFrance
Port Melin
3.5Small anchorage on the north coast of the Île de Groix, east of Port-Tudy, with sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1604AnchorageFrance
Rade de Fornali
3.5Anchorage in the inner roadstead of Saint-Florent, 0.4 NM from the harbour entrance, on the north shore of the gulf under the Tour de Fornali.
- Free
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
1605AnchorageFranceAnse de Camaret
3.5Anchorage in the bay of Camaret-sur-Mer on the Crozon peninsula, west Finistère, between the Pointe du Toulinguet and the Sillon de Camaret shingle bank.
- Free
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
- 1606AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Scaletta
3.5Small cove on the east side of the Cap Ferrat peninsula, between Nice and Villefranche-sur-Mer, on the Côte d'Azur.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
1607AnchorageFranceBaie de Crovani
3.5West-facing bay on the Corsican coast between Galéria and Calvi, backed by a long pebble beach and the Argentella mountains.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 1608AnchorageFrance
Plage De Fleury
3.5Sand anchorage off the beach of Fleury-d'Aude, at the mouth of the Aude river on the Occitan coast between Narbonne and Béziers.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1609AnchorageFrancePlage de la Garite
3.5Anchorage on the French south shore of Lake Geneva, east of Nernier village in Haute-Savoie, sand bottom sheltered from S to SE winds.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1610HarbourHyères, FrancePort Saint Pierre - Hyères
3.5Marina of 1432 berths at Hyères, rade d'Hyères, Var. Main harbour of the commune.
1611AnchorageFrancePorts Darland
3.5Mooring marked as prohibited in the Molène archipelago off western Brittany, inside the Parc naturel marin d'Iroise.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1612HarbourStrasbourg, FranceStrasbourg
3.5Inland marina of 80 berths on the Rhine waterway network at Strasbourg, Alsace.
- 1613AnchorageMartinique
Anse Turin
3.5Cove north of Le Carbet village, on the Caribbean coast, where Paul Gauguin and Charles Laval stayed in 1887.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1614HarbourBarfleur, FranceBarfleur
3.5Tidal harbour of 125 berths on the north-east tip of the Cotentin peninsula, in Normandy.
1615AnchorageFranceCalanque de l'Erevine
3.5Narrow limestone calanque on the Côte Bleue between Niolon and Méjean, west of Marseille, inside the Côte Bleue marine park.
- Sheltered NW, N
1616HarbourFrontignan, FranceFrontignan plage
3.5Marina of 600 berths on the Frontignan lido, between the Étang d'Ingril and the Gulf of Lion, in the Hérault.
1617AnchorageFrancePietracorbara
3.5Anchorage off the long sand beach of Pietracorbara, east coast of Cap Corse.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1618HarbourDeshaies, Guadeloupe
Port de Deshaies
3.5Fishing harbour and town quay of Deshaies, in the north-west of Basse-Terre, at the head of the bay where yachts lie on buoys or at anchor.
1619HarbourSérignan, FrancePort de Sérignan - l'Orb
3.5River port of 400 berths on the lower Orb, 2 km inland from the river mouth, commune of Sérignan in Hérault.
- 1620HarbourLey, France
Port Fluvial de Lagarde
3.5River harbour on the canal de la Marne au Rhin in Moselle, between Nancy and Strasbourg.
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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.