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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1801AnchorageFranceAnse du Moustran
3.3Anchorage in the Gulf of Morbihan, 0.7 NM NW of Port-Blanc on the Île-aux-Moines shore and 1.6 NM W of Arradon.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
1802AnchorageFranceHaut Pyla
3.3Anchorage at the foot of the Dune du Pilat, the tallest sand dune in Europe at 102 m, southern entrance of the Bassin d'Arcachon.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1803AnchorageFranceLarmor-Plage
3.3Anchorage off Larmor-Plage at the entrance to the Lorient roadstead, Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1804HarbourFranceMeillerie
3.3Small lakeside harbour on the south shore of Lake Geneva, French Chablais, opposite Lausanne.
1805AnchorageFrancePlage de Malpasset
3.3Anchorage off a small beach on the south coast of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, west of Toulon bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 1806AnchorageMartinique
Pointe Cayot nord
3.3Anchorage off the north side of Pointe Cayot, charted as Pointe Cailloux, in the Cul-de-Sac du Marin. Sand, rock and weed, sheltered from north through east to south-west, open to the west and north-west.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
1807HarbourFrancePort de Plaisance de Deûlémont
3.3River marina at the confluence of the Deûle and the Lys, north of Lille, Hauts-de-France.
1808HarbourPléneuf-Val-André, FrancePort du Piegu
3.3Small drying harbour on the western side of the bay of Pléneuf-Val-André in the Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
1809AnchorageFrancePort-York
3.3Open anchorage on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, on a sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1810AnchorageFrance
Poudrantais
3.3Anchorage off Pointe du Poudrantais on the west shore of the Vilaine estuary, south Brittany, near Pénestin.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 1811AnchorageFrance
Vignola West
3.3Anchorage west of Ajaccio, over sand, facing the Sanguinaires islands.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1812HarbourFranceAudenge
3.3Small drying harbour on the north-east shore of Bassin d'Arcachon, in the commune of Audenge.
1813AnchorageFranceBaie des Nations
3.3Anchorage on the north shore of the Baie de La Ciotat, off Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer in Provence.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1814AnchorageMartinique
La Colline
3.3La Colline cove, on the Caribbean coast between Schœlcher and Case-Pilote.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1815HarbourLa Plaine-sur-Mer, FranceLa Gravette
3.3Drying tidal harbour on the Jade coast at La Plaine-sur-Mer, at the northern entrance to the Bay of Bourgneuf.
- 1816AnchorageFrance
mobilhome
3.3Anchorage inside the Arcachon basin, on the west shore off the Cap Ferret peninsula, New Aquitaine.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1817AnchorageFrance
Plage Est
3.3Open roadstead off the east beach of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, in the Camargue, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1818AnchorageFrancePointe de Balaruc
3.3Anchorage on the étang de Thau near Balaruc, Occitanie. Mud bottom, shelter from NW through SW, open to the SE.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
1819AnchorageFranceRade de la Badine - Hyères
3.3Anchorage on the northern side of the Giens tombolo, east of Hyères, with sand and patches of posidonia seagrass on the bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1820AnchorageFrance
Sainte-Maxime
3.3Anchorage in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez off the Sainte-Maxime seafront, sand bottom, open to the south.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 1821AnchorageSt. Barthélemy
Shell Beach
3.3Anchorage off Shell Beach, the beach at the southern edge of Gustavia, 0.3 NM south of the harbour quays.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1822AnchorageFranceAéroport Ajaccio
3.3Sand anchorage in the Golfe d'Ajaccio off the Campo dell'Oro beach and the runway of Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport, Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
1823AnchorageFrancePen mané
3.3Anchorage of 45 moorings on sand in the Blavet estuary at Locmiquélic, on the east bank of the Lorient roadstead.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 1824AnchorageFrance
Plage de Suveret
3.3Small cove at Théoule-sur-Mer on the red porphyry coast of the Esterel, between Cannes and La Napoule.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
1825HarbourDouarnenez, FrancePort Rhu
3.3Enclosed lock basin of around 470 berths between Douarnenez and Tréboul, home of the Port-Musée and its fleet of historic vessels.
1826HarbourCassis, FrancePort-Miou
3.3A 457-berth marina set inside the Port-Miou calanque, 0.9 NM SW of Cassis, within the Calanques National Park.
- 1827AnchorageFrance
Suresnes
3.3High concrete barge quay on the Seine at Suresnes, downstream of Paris between the Bois de Boulogne and Mont Valérien. Anchoring is not authorised and the wall serves only as an emergency overnight stop.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1828AnchorageFranceAnse de Bernon
3.2Anchorage on the Presqu'île de Rhuys, just east of Port du Crouesty and close to Port-Navalo, Brittany. Sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1829AnchorageGuadeloupe
Baie du Marigot
3.2Bay on the north coast of Terre-de-Haut in Les Saintes, sand and weed bottom, 0.7 miles north-east of the village.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1830HarbourMarseille, FranceCorbières Port
3.2A 320-berth harbour set below the Corbières cliffs, between L'Estaque and the Côte Bleue, north of Marseille.
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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.