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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- 1861AnchorageFrance
Baie de Stagnoli
3.2Sandy cove at the head of the Gulf of Sagone, between Cargèse to the north-west and Sagone to the east, west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1862AnchorageFranceCala di u Grecu
3.2Small cove on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Bonifacio and Sant'Amanza, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
1863HarbourFranceCommercial Marina of Bonifacio
3.2Commercial quay at the head of the Bonifacio fjord in southern Corsica, used by the Bonifacio to Sardinia ferries and by large yachts up to 4 m draught.
- 1864AnchorageFrance
Golbey ecluse no 5
3.2Waiting zone on the canal des Vosges at Golbey lock 5, mooring prohibited outside of lock operations.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1865HarbourFranceHennebont
3.2River marina on the Blavet, 4.8 NM upstream from Lorient, 130 berths, Brittany.
1866AnchorageFranceLa Bouillabaisse
3.2Anchorage in the Baie de Saint-Tropez off Plage de la Bouillabaisse, at the western entrance to the town, in the Var.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1867AnchorageFranceLa chèvre
3.2Anchorage off the Île de Bréhat archipelago in northern Brittany, sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
1868HarbourLa Ciotat, FranceLa Ciotat - Nouveau Port
3.2Marina of 640 berths at La Ciotat, east of Marseille, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
1869HarbourMantoche, FranceMantoche
3.2Small river halt on the Saône in the village of Mantoche, Haute-Saône, seven berths for inland cruisers.
- 1870HarbourMarigot, St. Martin
Marina Port La Royale
3.2Marina in Marigot, on the French side of the Simpson Bay lagoon, reached from the sea through the Sandy Ground bridge.
- 1871HarbourNomexy, France
Nomexy Dock
3.2Small river halt on the Canal des Vosges at Nomexy in the Moselle valley, Grand Est.
1872AnchorageFrancePlage des Sableaux
3.2Anchorage off the Plage des Sableaux on the east coast of Noirmoutier island, Vendée, 16 berths on sand.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1873AnchorageFrancePlage du Cosker
3.2Anchorage off a sand beach on the Crozon peninsula coast, in Finistère, open to the Iroise sea.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1874AnchorageFrancePointe de l'Ours
3.2Anchorage in the Gulf of Morbihan near the entrance of the Rivière de Noyalo, sand bottom, shelter from E through S to SW.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
- 1875HarbourPort-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France
Port Abris Du Rhone
3.2Inland marina at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône on the Rhône delta, at the junction of the river with the Canal Saint-Louis and the Mediterranean.
1876HarbourFrancePort de Fontet
3.2River port of 30 berths on the Canal lateral a la Garonne at Fontet, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
1877HarbourFranceTournus
3.2River port on the right bank of the Saône at Tournus, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, with 10 berths.
- 1878AnchorageFrance
Anse Saint-Gervais
3.2Anchorage in the Golfe de Fos, on the western edge of Fos-sur-Mer, inside the commercial port zone.
- Sheltered N, NE
1879AnchorageFranceCalanque de Callelongue
3.2Calanque at the southern tip of Marseille, at the entrance of the Parc national des Calanques, on a rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 1880AnchorageFrance
Gurgazu
3.2Small cove on the north shore of the Golfe de Santa Manza in southern Corsica, sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1881AnchorageFranceMouillage de l'Untxin
3.2Anchorage in the Bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure, off the mouth of the Untxin river, sheltered by the Artha, Sainte-Barbe and Socoa breakwaters.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1882HarbourFécamp, FrancePort de Fécamp
3.2Marina with 900 berths on the Alabaster Coast, draught up to 2.5 metres, fuel berth on site. VHF 9. Le Havre-Antifer lies 10.8 nm to the south-west.
- 1883AnchorageFrance
Anse de Porto-Vecchio
3.2Sand anchorage off the old port of Bastia, on the east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
- 1884AnchorageFrance
Bunkers allemands
3.2Rock-bottom anchorage on the Esterel coast between Agay and Le Dramont, off the wartime concrete bunkers that give the spot its name, in the Var.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1885AnchorageFranceCapu di Fora
3.2Anchorage off the Capu di Fora headland on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and the Cerbicale islands.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
1886AnchorageFrancePlage de La Conque
3.2Open anchorage off the volcanic black-sand beach on the east side of the Cap d'Agde promontory, Languedoc.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1887HarbourBeaulieu-sur-Mer, FrancePort des Fourmis
3.2Small marina of 243 berths at Beaulieu-sur-Mer, east of the main harbour of Beaulieu, reserved for shallow-draught boats.
1888HarbourPalavas-les-Flots, FrancePort fluvial - Palavas les flots
3.2River port on the canal du Rhône à Sète, in the middle of Palavas-les-Flots, on the Occitan coast between Montpellier and the sea.
- 1889AnchorageFrance
Sant' Amanza
3.2Anchorage in the Golfe de Sant'Amanza on the south east coast of Corsica, 4.7 NM north east of Bonifacio.
- Sheltered SE, S
- 1890AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Crawen
3.2Anchorage in Anse Crawen on the south-west coast of Terre-de-Haut in Les Saintes, sand bottom, 1.2 miles south-west of the village.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
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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.