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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151AnchorageFranceDuingt
4.8Anchorage off the village of Duingt on the west shore of Lac d'Annecy, at the narrow waist of the lake between the Grand Lac and the Petit Lac.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
152AnchorageFranceEstuaire de l'Orne
4.8Buoy mooring field of 180 berths in the estuary of the Orne, between Ouistreham and Merville-Franceville, in Calvados.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 153AnchorageFrance
L'Odet
4.8Mooring buoys on the Odet river between Bénodet and Quimper in south Finistère.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, S, SE
154AnchorageFrancePlage de la Calanca
4.8Sand anchorage on the north shore of the Golfe de Valinco, 0.9 NM from Propriano, sheltered from N, NE, E and NW winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
155HarbourFrancePont-à-Mousson Port
4.8Inland marina of 100 berths on the Moselle canalised at Pont-a-Mousson, Meurthe-et-Moselle, between Metz and Nancy.
156AnchorageFrancePorsisquin
4.8Small cove in the Anse de Poulmic, on the south shore of the rade de Brest opposite the Presqu'île de Plougastel.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
157AnchorageFrancePunta di l'Oscelluccia south
4.8Anchorage on the west coast of the Revellata peninsula, 1.4 NM west of Calvi, Haute-Corse.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 158AnchorageSt. Barthélemy
Baie de Saint-Jean
4.8Bay on the north coast of Saint-Barthélemy, below the end of the airport runway, 1 NM east of Gustavia across the island, where anchoring is not allowed.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
159HarbourLagny-sur-Marne, FranceBase Nautique De Lagny-sur-Marne
4.7River halte on the Marne at Lagny-sur-Marne, about 30 km east of Paris in Seine-et-Marne.
160AnchorageFranceJonville
4.7Open anchorage on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula, just north of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW
161HarbourMenton, FranceMenton Vieux-Port
4.7Marina of 590 berths on the Franco-Italian border, at the eastern end of the French Riviera.
162AnchorageFranceNorth Rondinara
4.7Anchorage on the northern side of the Rondinara bay in southern Corsica, sand bottom, sheltered from NW through W.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
163AnchorageFrancePoses
4.7Point on the Seine at the Poses-Amfreville dam, the tidal limit of the river upstream from Rouen. Anchoring is prohibited in the dam and lock zone.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, SW, S
164HarbourFranceSaverne
4.7Inland marina of 30 berths on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, in Saverne, Bas-Rhin, at the foot of the Vosges.
- 165AnchorageFrance
Vaux
4.7River anchorage on the Seine near Vaux-sur-Seine, upstream of L'Isle-Adam on the Oise tributary reach, Île-de-France.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
166HarbourBoyardville, FranceBoyardville
4.7Marina of 180 berths on the east coast of the Île d'Oléron, facing Fort Boyard and the Île d'Aix.
- 167AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlet la Biche
4.7Islet in the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, 2.9 nm east of Sainte-Rose, inside the cœur of the Parc national de la Guadeloupe. Sand, rock and weed bottom, small beach.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
168AnchorageFrancePlage de la Polynésie
4.7Anchorage off a sand beach on the western shore of the Giens peninsula, near Hyères in the Var.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
169AnchorageFrancePunta di Furmiguli
4.7Sand anchorage on the west coast of Cap Corse, in the Agriates desert sector, north of Saint-Florent, Corsica.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
170HarbourAjaccio, FranceDinghy Dock Ajaccio
4.7Dinghy landing in the harbour of Ajaccio on the west coast of Corsica, between Port Charles Ornano and Port Tino Rossi.
171AnchorageFranceFond de Baleta
4.7Anchorage of about 20 berths in the Anse de Baleta, immediately SE of Collioure on the Côte Vermeille, Pyrénées-Orientales.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
172HarbourSaint-Mammès, FranceHalte Fluviale Saint Mammes
4.7River port at the confluence of the Seine and the Loing, 75 km south-east of Paris, in Seine-et-Marne.
- 173HarbourFrance
Halte Nautique
4.7Small canal halt in Alsace with 10 berths and 1.2 m maximum draught, on the Canal du Rhône au Rhin between Biesheim and Colmar.
- 174AnchorageFrance
Île Roy
4.7River anchorage on the Saône near Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, north of Lyon, weed bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, W
175HarbourMarseille, FranceNCVP - Nautic Club du Vieux Port
4.7Yachting club pontoon in the Vieux-Port of Marseille, on the north quay near the Hôtel de Ville. Members only, occasional visitor berths by arrangement.
176HarbourSaint Valery en caux, FranceSaint Valery-en-Caux
4.7Lock-gated harbour of 560 berths set in a breach in the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux, on the Seine-Maritime coast between Dieppe and Fecamp.
177AnchorageFranceSérignan Plage
4.7Open roadstead off Sérignan-Plage on the Hérault coast, sand bottom, exposed to most sectors except NW.
- Sheltered NW
- 178AnchorageFrance
Anse de Morgat
4.7Sandy anchorage in the bay of Morgat on the Crozon peninsula, western Brittany, well sheltered from the west to north-east.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
179AnchorageFranceCalanque des Contrebandiers
4.7Rock-bottomed calanque within the Calanques National Park south of Marseille, between Port des Goudes and Port de Morgiou.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 180AnchorageFrance
Figareto
4.7Anchorage on the east coast of Corsica in the Costa Verde, south of Moriani-Plage and north of the Tavignano estuary.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
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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.