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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1711HarbourLe Verdon-sur-Mer, FrancePort Médoc
3.4Marina at Le Verdon-sur-Mer on the left bank of the Gironde estuary mouth, 950 berths, max draught 3 m, VHF 9.
1712HarbourFranceSaintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
3.4Marina of 150 berths on the Mediterranean coast of the Camargue, in the Bouches-du-Rhône.
- 1713AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse à Cointe
3.4Buoy field in Anse à Cointe on the west coast of Terre-de-Haut in Les Saintes, next to the Pain de Sucre, 1 mile west of the village.
- Paid
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 1714AnchorageFrance
Baie de San Ciprianu
3.4Anchorage in a sandy bay on the east coast of Corsica, 10 km north of Porto-Vecchio.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
1715AnchorageFranceMouillage de Charron
3.4Tidal anchorage off the mudflats of Charron, north of La Rochelle at the mouth of the Sèvre Niortaise in Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 1716AnchorageSt. Martin
Grand Case Sud
3.4Southern end of Grand Case bay, 0.5 NM south-west of the main anchorage, on the north-west coast of French Saint-Martin.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 1717AnchorageFrance
La Coudoulière
3.4Anchorage off the sandy cove of La Coudoulière, on the west side of Six-Fours-les-Plages, Var. Sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1718AnchorageFrance
Le Grand Traict
3.4Tidal lagoon north of Le Croisic and Guérande, on the south coast of Brittany, used as a waiting anchorage by shoal-draught boats.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1719AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de la Pointe du Château
3.4Anchorage at the Pointe du Château in the rade de Brest, on the south shore of the Daoulas estuary in Finistère.
- Sheltered NE, E
1720AnchorageFrancePointe du Croisic
3.4Rocky anchorage off the tip of the Le Croisic peninsula, south Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1721HarbourPont-Aven, FrancePont Aven
3.4Tidal basin in the town of Pont-Aven, about 4 NM up the Aven river from its mouth at Port Manec'h, in southern Finistère.
1722HarbourPort-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone, FrancePort Navy Service
3.4Large dry-storage boatyard and wintering port on the Canal Saint-Louis at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Bouches-du-Rhône, near the mouth of the Rhône into the Mediterranean.
- 1723HarbourRavières, France
Quais ravière
3.4River halt on the Canal de Bourgogne at Ravières, in the Yonne valley between Tonnerre and Montbard.
- 1724AnchorageSt. Barthélemy
Anse de Grande Saline
3.3Anchorage off Grande Saline beach on the south coast of Saint-Barthélemy, 0.7 NM east of Anse du Gouverneur, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1725AnchorageFranceCalvi
3.3Buoy field in the bay of Calvi on the north-west coast of Corsica, below the Genoese citadel, sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
1726HarbourFranceHalte fluival collonges
3.3River halt on the Saône at Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, on the right bank just north of Lyon.
- 1727HarbourLa Faute-sur-Mer, France
La Faute sur Mer
3.3Tidal harbour on the left bank of the Lay estuary, in Vendée, opposite L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer across the river mouth.
1728AnchorageFrancePlage de L'Estaque
3.3Open anchorage off L'Estaque beach in the northern suburbs of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue side of the Rade.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
1729AnchorageFrancePornichet
3.3Mooring field off Pornichet on the Baie de La Baule, Loire-Atlantique, at the western end of the Côte d'Amour.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
1730HarbourLe Faou, FrancePort De Faou
3.3Drying harbour at the head of the ria of Le Faou, in the inner rade de Brest, western Brittany.
1731HarbourPort-la-Nouvelle, FrancePort-la-Nouvelle
3.3Mixed commercial and leisure harbour of 334 berths on the Aude coast in Occitanie, at the sea end of the Canal de la Robine linking Narbonne to the Mediterranean.
1732HarbourPorto-Vecchio, FrancePorto-Vecchio
3.3Marina of 380 berths at the head of the Porto-Vecchio gulf in south-eastern Corsica, below the old Genoese citadel.
1733AnchorageFranceSaint-Tropez
3.3Anchorage in the Golfe de Saint-Tropez, north of the old town and the Port du Pilon in the Var.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 1734AnchorageMartinique
Anse Dufour
3.3Cove on the west coast of Martinique between Anse Noire and Grande Anse d'Arlet. White bioclastic sand beach, bottom of sand and weed, sheltered from east through south to south-west.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1735AnchorageMartinique
Anse Figuier
3.3Cove of Anse Figuier, east of Sainte-Luce on the south coast of Martinique. Sand and rock. Anchoring is prohibited.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1736AnchorageFrance
Baie de San Ciprianu Nord
3.3Northern lobe of the San Ciprianu bay on the east coast of southern Corsica, between Pinarellu and the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
- 1737HarbourBram, France
Bram
3.3Small canal port on the Canal du Midi in the Aude, between Carcassonne and Castelnaudary, serving the circular village of Bram.
1738AnchorageFranceCala di u Grecu (Nord)
3.3Anchorage on the east side of the Golfe de Sant'Amanza, southern Corsica, 4.1 nm S of Sant'Amanza and 5.1 nm SE of Bonifacio. Anchoring is confined to two small buoyed zones inside the Bouches de Bonifacio reserve.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1739AnchorageFranceCarnon
3.3Open anchorage off the beach of Carnon, between La Grande-Motte and Palavas-les-Flots on the Occitan coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1740AnchorageFrance
Etang del Salé
3.3Sand anchorage on the east coast of Corsica facing the coastal lagoon of the Étang d'Urbino, between Aléria and Ghisonaccia.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
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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.