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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- 2011HarbourCambrai, France
Public Mooring "quais"
3.0Public quayside moorings on the Canal de Saint-Quentin in Cambrai, northern France.
2012AnchorageFranceAnse de la Maronaise
3.0Small cove on the Marseille coast near Les Goudes, at the western edge of the Calanques National Park, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S
2013AnchorageFranceBaie de Bandol
3.0Anchorage in the bay of Bandol in the Var, between the mainland and the Île de Bendor 300 m offshore.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 2014AnchorageMartinique
Chaudière
3.0Chaudière anchorage, on the Atlantic coast north of Le Vauclin village.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
2015AnchorageFranceFret South
3.0Anchorage off Le Fret on the east side of the Crozon peninsula, in the Rade de Brest, Finistère. Sand, rock and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
2016HarbourIstres, FranceIstres- Les Heures Claires
3.0Marina of 210 berths on the western shore of the Étang de Berre, south of Istres town.
2017AnchorageFranceL'Île-Rousse
3.0Buoy field off the town of L'Île-Rousse in Balagne, northern Corsica, over a Posidonia meadow, open to the north.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
2018HarbourFranceLarmor Baden
3.0Small tidal harbour on the north shore of the Gulf of Morbihan, west of Vannes, facing the Île aux Moines.
2019HarbourOuistreham, FranceOuistrahem
3.0Tidal harbour at the mouth of the Canal de Caen à la mer in Calvados, Normandy, combining a marina basin, a ferry terminal and the lock giving access to Caen 15 kilometres inland.
2020AnchorageFranceAnse du Logéo
3.0Large buoy field of around 290 moorings in the Golfe du Morbihan, on the south shore of the Presqu'île de Rhuys.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 2021AnchorageFrance
Bonporteau
3.0Sand-bottomed cove on the Var coast between Cavalaire-sur-Mer and Cap Lardier, sheltered from N, NE and NW winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
2022AnchorageFranceHalte de plaisance de Rouen
3.0River halt for pleasure craft on the Seine at Rouen, on the left bank below the Pont Guillaume-le-Conquérant.
- Sheltered N, E, S, W
- 2023HarbourFrance
La Madelon
3.0Small mooring site on the Authie estuary between Berck and Fort-Mahon-Plage, Hauts-de-France.
- 2024AnchorageFrance
Marseillan Plage
3.0Open roadstead off the beach of Marseillan Plage, on the Languedoc lido between the étang de Thau and the Mediterranean, sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NW
2025AnchorageFrancePierre Vassiliu
3.0Anchorage on the étang de Thau off Mèze, mixed bottom of sand, mud and rock, exposed to easterly winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 2026HarbourSarralbe, France
Quai Saaralbe
3.0Two-berth canal quay at Sarralbe on the Canal des houilleres de la Sarre, 0,8 NM from the main Port de Sarralbe.
2027HarbourDouarnenez, FranceRosmeur
3.0Fishing harbour of Douarnenez on the north shore of the baie de Douarnenez, Finistère, Brittany.
2028AnchorageFranceAnse de Magaud
3.0Small rocky cove on the western flank of the Cap Brun, east of Toulon, in Provence.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
2029HarbourHaybes, FranceHaybes
3.0Small river halt on the right bank of the Meuse in the Ardennes, 10 berths, opposite the Roc de Fépin rock face.
2030HarbourHyères les Palmiers, FranceL'Ayguade du Levant
3.0Floating pontoon of 33 berths with no breakwater, on the north coast of the Île du Levant, Îles d'Hyères, facing the mainland in Provence.
- 2031AnchorageFrance
Plage de L'Aiguade
3.0Sand anchorage on the north coast of Porquerolles, just west of the village harbour, inside the Port-Cros National Park perimeter.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
2032AnchorageFranceRade de Cannes
3.0Open roadstead off the Croisette at Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, between the seafront and the Îles de Lérins 1 NM south. Anchoring is regulated and banned from 1 June to 31 August.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
2033AnchorageFranceSaint-Colomban
3.0Sand anchorage off the Saint-Colomban beach at Carnac-Plage, south Brittany. Water point ashore.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 2034AnchorageFrance
A cala Pulgiaghja
3.0Rocky anchorage on the west coast of southern Corsica, around 3 NM NW of Tizzano.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
2035HarbourPornichet, FrancePornichet
3.0Marina of 1150 berths on the Baie de La Baule south of the Loire estuary, one of the largest marinas on the French Atlantic coast.
2036HarbourAntibes, FrancePort du Croûton
3.0Municipal port of about 390 berths on the western shore of the Cap d'Antibes, at Juan-les-Pins, Alpes-Maritimes.
2037AnchorageFranceStibiden
3.0Anchorage on the east side of the Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany, between Île aux Moines and the Rhuys peninsula.
- Sheltered NW, W
2038AnchorageFranceAber Wrac'h
3.0Mooring field of ten buoys in the Aber Wrac'h ria, northern Finistère, mud bottom, opposite the village of L'Aber-Wrac'h.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 2039AnchorageFrance
Baie de Solana Nord
3.0Anchorage on the western coast of Corsica, inside the Réserve Naturelle de Scandola, just north of Girolata.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 2040AnchorageFrance
Banc du Tourlinguet
3.0Sandbank at the entrance of Arcachon Bay, Gironde, where anchoring is prohibited by maritime regulation.
- Sheltered NW, N
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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.