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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- 1621AnchorageFrance
Port Saint-Julien
3.5Sand bottom anchorage on the east coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer in Brittany, sheltered from W and SW winds.
- Sheltered W, SW
1622AnchorageFranceRaguénez
3.5Anchorage between the Île de Raguénez and the mainland, on the southern coast of Finistère between Concarneau and the Aven estuary.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1623AnchorageFranceSagone - West
3.5Anchorage in the Golfe de Sagone on the west coast of Corsica, between Cargèse and Cap Rossu, with sand and rock seabed.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1624AnchorageFranceSagone Anchorage
3.5Sand-bottomed roadstead in the Golfe de Sagone on the west coast of Corsica, just south of Port de Sagone.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1625AnchorageMartinique
Anse Fortune
3.5Small cove on the west coast of Martinique, 0.7 miles north of Grande Anse d'Arlet. Sand and rock, sheltered from east through south-east to south.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
1626AnchorageFranceAnse Dite Port Mirabelle
3.5Anchorage on the lac de Madine, a 1100-hectare reservoir in the Meuse, Grand Est region, used for inland sailing.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
1627HarbourBrest, FranceBrest Moulin Blanc
3.5Large marina on the north shore of the rade de Brest, Finistère, with 1460 berths and 3 m maximum draught.
- 1628AnchorageSt. Barthélemy
Île Chevreau
3.5Day anchorage by Île Chevreau, an islet off the north-west coast of Saint-Barthélemy, 0.9 NM north-east of Anse du Colombier.
- Sheltered NE, E
- 1629AnchorageFrance
Île de Farina
3.5Sand-bottom anchorage off the Îles Cerbicale, 3 NM east of the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio in southern Corsica.
- Sheltered N, SE, S, W, NW
- 1630AnchorageFrance
La chaussée
3.5Anchorage in the Somme estuary, Hauts-de-France, over weed bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1631AnchorageFrance
Pointe d'Acula
3.5Rocky anchorage off the western coast of Corsica, between Tizzano and the Gulf of Valinco.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1632AnchorageFrance
Porz Coz
3.5Mud-bottomed anchorage on the north shore of the Rade de Brest, opposite the Île Ronde, in Finistère.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1633AnchorageFrance
Trégarvan
3.5River anchorage on the Aulne estuary off the village of Trégarvan, in the Finistère, Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1634AnchorageMartinique
Vatable
3.5Anchorage off Vatable in the bay of Les Trois-Îlets, south side of the Baie de Fort-de-France. Sand and mud, sheltered from east through south to west, open to the north.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1635AnchorageFrance
Anse de Cornaud
3.5Sand and rock anchorage on the south-east coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, in Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1636AnchorageFranceBaie de Cayola
3.5Rocky bay on the Vendée coast between Les Sables-d'Olonne and Port-Bourgenay, 1.9 nm NW of Port-Bourgenay.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1637AnchorageFranceBeauduc
3.5Open anchorage off the Beauduc beach on the south shore of the Camargue, in the Rhône delta.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
1638AnchorageFranceCalanque du Cap Nègre
3.5Regulated buoy field of around 40 to 70 moorings in the calanque below Cap Nègre, on the coast of Le Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer between Le Lavandou and Cavalaire, where anchoring is restricted once the buoys are laid.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1639AnchorageFrancePointe des Salis
3.5Rocky anchorage off the northwest tip of the Giens peninsula in the Var, between Hyères and the Presqu'île de Giens.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 1640AnchorageFrance
Pointe Notre Dame
3.5Day anchorage on the Esterel coast south-west of Cannes, sand bottom below the red porphyry cliffs of the Corniche d'Or.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1641HarbourArzal, FrancePonton Aval - Port d'Arzal-Camoël
3.5Downstream visitor pontoon at the Arzal-Camoel marina, just below the Arzal dam on the Vilaine estuary in southern Brittany.
1642AnchorageFranceMouillage de la Citadelle d'Ajaccio
3.4Anchorage on sand and Posidonia under the walls of the Citadelle Miollis at the entrance of the Golfe d'Ajaccio, Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1643AnchorageSt. Martin
Grand Étang de Simsonbaai
3.4Western part of the Simpson Bay lagoon on the French side, 1.9 NM west of Port La Royale, an enclosed anchorage with sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
1644HarbourOuzouer-sur-Trézée, FranceHalte De Plaisance
3.4Canal stopover on the Canal de Briare at Ouzouer-sur-Trézée, Loiret, in Centre-Val de Loire.
1645HarbourNemours, FranceHalte De Plaisance Nemours
3.4Recent river halt on the canal du Loing at Nemours in Seine-et-Marne, between Fontainebleau and Montargis, in the Gâtinais.
1646AnchorageFrancePlage De Gatseau
3.4Buoy mooring off the plage de Gatseau at the southern tip of the île d'Oléron, 3 buoys available.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1647HarbourLe Grau d'Agde, FrancePort nautic service
3.4Private yard and pontoon on the right bank of the Hérault at Le Grau d'Agde, 500 metres from the river mouth.
1648AnchorageFranceSan Damiano
3.4Rocky anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica, about 1.2 nm east of Port Eugène Ceccaldi and 4 nm southwest of Île-Rousse.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
- 1649AnchorageFrance
Vignola
3.4Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica in the Golfe d'Ajaccio, between the Pointe de la Parata and the town of Ajaccio.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1650AnchorageFranceAlgajola
3.4Sand-bottomed anchorage off the village of Algajola in Balagne, Corsica, between Île-Rousse and Calvi.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
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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.