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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1651AnchorageFranceAnse de Cargèse
3.4Anchorage in the bay fronting Cargèse village, on the west coast of Corsica between the Golfe de Sagone and the Golfe de Porto.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1652AnchorageFranceÎle Longue Sud
3.4Anchorage on the south side of Île Longue in the Golfe du Morbihan, inshore waters of southern Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1653AnchorageFrance
Les Baronnets
3.4Sand anchorage off the Espiguette sand spit, 3.5 NM SE of Port Camargue and 4.3 NM S of Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard.
- Sheltered N
1654AnchorageFranceMadrague Montredon
3.4Anchorage off the south-eastern tip of Marseille, just east of Port de la Madrague de Montredon, within the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 1655AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Vasina
3.4Anchorage off a sand beach on the east coast of Cap Corse, 3 nautical miles north of Bastia.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1656AnchorageGuadeloupe
Port de pêche de Sainte-Anne
3.4Anchorage opposite the fishing harbour of Sainte-Anne on the south coast of Grande-Terre, mud bottom, a usual stop between Bas-du-Fort and Saint-François.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, S, SE
- 1657HarbourSarralbe, France
port Saaralbe
3.4Inland canal port with 8 berths at Sarralbe on the Canal des houilleres de la Sarre, in Moselle.
1658AnchorageFranceToull an trebez
3.4Sandy anchorage in the Aber Wrac'h estuary, north Finistère, about 1.4 NM NW of the port of L'Aber-Wrac'h.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1659AnchorageFrance
Baie de Stagnolu
3.4Small bay on the south side of the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio, in south-east Corsica.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 1660AnchorageFrance
Bonne Terrasse
3.4Sheltered bay on the east coast of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Cap Camarat and Cap Taillat, in the Var.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1661AnchorageFrance
La Chambre - Île Logodec
3.4Small buoyed anchorage with 4 moorings off Île Logodec, south of the Bréhat archipelago, in the passage known as La Chambre.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW
1662HarbourLa Ciotat, FranceLa Ciotat - Port vieux
3.4Historic harbour of 700 berths in the heart of La Ciotat, at the foot of the former shipyards now converted into a superyacht refit centre.
1663AnchorageFrancePointe Bacon
3.4Anchorage off the eastern side of the Cap d'Antibes, near Port Vauban, sand bottom, open to the east.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
- 1664AnchorageMartinique
Pointe Cayot
3.4Anchorage south-west of Pointe Cayot, charted as Pointe Cailloux, in the Cul-de-Sac du Marin. Sand and weed with seagrass, sheltered from north-east through south to south-west.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
1665HarbourMiramar, FrancePort Miramar
3.4Marina of 1160 berths at La Londe-les-Maures, between Hyères and Le Lavandou on the Var coast.
- 1666AnchorageFrance
Tahiti
3.4Anchorage in the Gulf of Ajaccio, 1.3 NM east of Port Tino Rossi, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1667AnchorageFranceLe Palais
3.4Visitor mooring buoy field in the roadstead off Le Palais, the main port of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, south Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1668AnchorageFrancePlage Pointe des Douaniers
3.4Anchorage below the Pointe des Douaniers at Cap d'Ail, on the Cote d'Azur between Monaco and Eze.
- Sheltered NW, N
1669HarbourCannes, FrancePort Canto - Cannes
3.4Marina of 553 berths on the eastern side of the Cannes bay, between the Palm Beach and Pointe Croisette in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
- 1670AnchorageFrance
Port La Nouvelle - Sud
3.4Sand-bottomed anchorage off the beach south of Port-la-Nouvelle, on the Aude coast between Narbonne and Leucate.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1671HarbourL'Estaque, FranceL'Estaque
3.4A 600-berth harbour on the northern shore of Marseille bay, in the L'Estaque district at the foot of the Nerthe range.
- 1672AnchorageMartinique
Loup Garou
3.4Sand cay off Le Robert harbour on the Atlantic coast, protected by a biotope protection order since 2002.
- Sheltered NE, E
- 1673HarbourBaie-Mahault, Guadeloupe
Port de Baie-Mahault
3.4Small-boat harbour of Baie-Mahault at the southern end of the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, on the north side of the Jarry industrial area.
1674HarbourSaint-Raphaël, FrancePort du Poussaï
3.4Small marina of 90 berths at Agay, on the Estérel coast east of Saint-Raphaël, Var.
1675HarbourFrancePort Méditerranée
3.4Marina of 58 berths at Six-Fours-les-Plages on the Var coast, between Sanary-sur-Mer and La Seyne.
- 1676AnchorageFrance
Rade de Ceyreste/ Grande Plage
3.4Anchorage off the Grande Plage of La Ciotat, in the bay shared by Ceyreste and La Ciotat on the eastern Bouches-du-Rhône coast, between the Bec de l'Aigle and the port entrance.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 1677AnchorageGuadeloupe
Rivière-Sens Nord
3.4Anchorage on the north side of Marina de Rivière-Sens, south of Basse-Terre town, sand and weed bottom with a beach ashore, sheltered from N through SE.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1678AnchorageFranceSauzon - ville
3.4Anchorage off the village of Sauzon on the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer in Morbihan, sand bottom, just outside the drying harbour.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1679AnchorageFrance
Embouchure du Rhône
3.4Anchorage off the mouth of the Grand Rhone, at the entrance to the Golfe de Fos, in the Camargue.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1680HarbourFranceClub Nautique Taussat-Cassy
3.4Small harbour on the east shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, at Taussat-les-Bains in the commune of Lanton, Gironde.
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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.