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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- 1981AnchorageFrance
Anse de Saint-Martin
3.1Sand-bottomed cove on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula, between Omonville-la-Rogue and Port Racine, in the Raz Blanchard tidal stream area.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
1982HarbourDinard, FranceDinard
3.1Municipal harbour of Dinard on the left bank of the Rance estuary, in the Anse du Prieuré between the Pointe du Moulinet and the Anse de la Morgane, opposite Saint-Malo.
1983HarbourHomps, FranceHomps
3.1Canal port in the village of Homps on the Canal du Midi, roughly midway between Carcassonne and Beziers in the Aude.
1984AnchorageFrancePlage de la Reine Jeanne
3.1Sand anchorage off the beach of the same name on the eastern side of the Cap Bénat, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and Le Lavandou in the Var.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1985AnchorageFrance
Plage des Saumonards
3.1Anchorage off the east coast of Île d'Oléron, behind the Forêt des Saumonards, facing Fort Boyard, Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1986HarbourFrancePonton fluival st. laurent
3.1River pontoon on the left bank of the Saône at Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône, opposite Mâcon.
1987HarbourSaint-Mandrier-sur-Mer, FrancePort Pin Rolland
3.1Marina of 350 berths on the north shore of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, inside the western part of the Petite Rade de Toulon.
1988HarbourRieux, FranceRieux
3.1River port of 25 berths on the Vilaine, downstream of Redon in Morbihan.
- 1989AnchorageFrance
Anse du Cabestan
3.0Small cove on the west side of the Baie d'Audierne in southern Finistère, Brittany, sand bottom, open to the south-west.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1990AnchorageFranceCogolin
3.0Sand anchorage at the head of the Golfe de Saint-Tropez, off the mouth of the Giscle river between Port-Grimaud and the Marines de Cogolin.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
1991HarbourFranceCourseulles-sur-Mer
3.0Tidal marina at the mouth of the Seulles river on the Calvados coast, 750 berths, max draught 1.8 m.
- 1992AnchorageGuadeloupe
Grand-Bourg
3.0Anchorage off Grand-Bourg on the south-west coast of Marie-Galante, sand and rock bottom, beside the island's main harbour.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1993HarbourLe Conquet, FranceLe Conquet
3.0Tidal harbour at the western tip of Finistère, facing the Chenal du Four and the islands of Ouessant and Molène.
1994HarbourPaimbœuf, FrancePaimboeuf
3.0River port on the left bank of the Loire estuary, about 15 nautical miles downstream of Nantes and 10 miles upstream of Saint-Nazaire.
1995AnchorageFrancePlage du Gros Jonc
3.0Open roadstead off the south-west coast of the Île de Ré in Charente-Maritime, facing the Pertuis d'Antioche.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 1996AnchorageFrance
Anse de Bonnieu
3.0Small cove on the Côte Bleue west of Martigues, between Port des Laurons and Carro, Bouches-du-Rhône.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW
- 1997AnchorageFrance
Anse de Toulin
3.0Sandy anchorage off the Côte d'Amour, just south of Le Pouliguen harbour entrance in the bay of La Baule.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
- 1998HarbourFrance
Port de Loix
3.0Tidal port in the salt marshes of Loix, Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, 50 berths.
1999AnchorageFranceThéâtre de la mer
3.0Anchorage off the Théâtre Jean Vilar open-air amphitheatre on the eastern seafront of Sète, Hérault.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 2000AnchorageFrance
Anse de Trébézy
3.0Anchorage on the north shore of the Loire estuary, west of Saint-Nazaire, mud bottom, sheltered from NW, N and W winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
2001AnchorageFranceAvant-port de Sainte-Maxime
3.0Prohibited anchoring zone in the outer harbour of Sainte-Maxime, Gulf of Saint-Tropez, sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 2002AnchorageFrance
Golfe de Chiuni
3.0Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, 1.8 nm NW of Cargèse, on a seabed of posidonia meadow.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
2003HarbourFermanville, FranceLe Port Levi
3.0Small drying harbour on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula, in the village of Fermanville, about 6 nautical miles east of Cherbourg.
- 2004AnchorageFrance
Plage De Figuerolle, Saint Mitre
3.0Anchorage off Figuerolles beach on the north shore of the Étang de Berre, near Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, Bouches-du-Rhône.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
2005AnchorageFrancePlage de Frontignan
3.0Sand anchorage off Frontignan-Plage on the Golfe du Lion coast, Occitanie, sheltered from NW through NE.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
2006HarbourArzon, FrancePort Navalo
3.0Small harbour of 235 berths at the northern tip of the Rhuys peninsula, on the west side of the entrance to the Gulf of Morbihan.
- 2007AnchorageFrance
Anse de Ker Châlon
3.0Sand anchorage on the north-east coast of the Île d'Yeu, 0.4 NM south-east of Port Joinville, close to the town and the Plage de Ker Châlon.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
- 2008AnchorageMartinique
Anse Robert Est
3.0Anchorage in the southern part of Le Robert harbour, Atlantic coast, 900 m east of Marina du Robert.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
2009AnchorageFranceCamping D'Aglio
3.0Sandy anchorage in the Golfe du Valinco off the Aglio beach, 1.6 nm NW of Propriano on the west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 2010HarbourSanta-Maria Poggio, France
Port Taverna
3.0Marina of 405 berths on the east coast of Corsica, in the commune of Santa-Maria-Poggio, about 20 nautical miles south of Bastia.
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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.