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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181AnchorageFrancePlage De Toul Gwen
4.7Anchorage off the sandy beach of Toul Gwen, on the Pink Granite Coast north of Lannion.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
182AnchorageFrancePorz Pin
4.7Sand and weed anchorage on the Côte du Goëlo, between Port Lazo and Paimpol, Côtes-d'Armor, north Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
183AnchorageFrancePuicheric
4.7Mooring on the Canal du Midi at Puicheric, in the Aude department, between Marseillette and Homps.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
184AnchorageFranceSaint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
4.7Anchorage off the estuary of the Vie on the Vendée coast, sand bottom, shelter from NW through E.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
185HarbourSaint Raphael, FranceVieux Port de Saint Raphael
4.7Town marina of 280 berths on the Esterel coast of the French Riviera, between Cannes and Saint-Tropez.
- 186AnchorageFrance
Plage de Carataggio
4.7Sand-bottom anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, south of the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 187AnchorageGuadeloupe
Plage de Petite Anse
4.7Anchorage off Petite Anse beach on the leeward coast between Deshaies and Pointe-Noire, sand and weed bottom, sheltered from N through S on the east side.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
188HarbourSaint-Quay-Portrieux, FranceSaint-Quay Portrieux
4.7Deep-water marina at Saint-Quay-Portrieux in the baie de Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany. 360 berths with 4 metres depth at low water.
189HarbourVerdun, FranceVerdun municipal pier
4.7Municipal pontoons on the Meuse in Verdun, along the Canal de l'Est branch nord, in the Grand Est region.
- 190AnchorageFrance
Cap L' Abeille
4.7Four visitor buoys off Cap l'Abeille, between Banyuls-sur-Mer and Cerbère on the Côte Vermeille.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 191AnchorageFrance
Ecluse La Benâtre
4.7Lock on the Mayenne river between Entrammes and Laval, mooring prohibited in the lock chamber and immediate approach.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
192AnchorageFranceGavrinis
4.7Anchorage off the island of Gavrinis in the Golfe du Morbihan, sand bottom, sheltered from W and SW.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, W
193AnchorageFranceÎle aux moines
4.7Anchorage off the Île aux Moines in the Golfe du Morbihan, mud bottom, sheltered from the westerly quadrant.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 194AnchorageFrance
Anse du Trez
4.7Sand cove on the west bank of the Odet estuary, between Bénodet and Sainte-Marine in southern Finistère.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 195AnchorageFrance
Castellare-de-Casinca Cove
4.7Open anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, off the alluvial Casinca plain south of the Golo river mouth.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
196HarbourFranceLa Rochelle - Vieux port
4.7Historic wet dock in the heart of La Rochelle, 390 berths between the Tour Saint-Nicolas and the Tour de la Chaîne, Charente-Maritime.
197AnchorageFranceLes Gobis
4.7Anchorage on the north-west coast of Île du Levant, Hyères archipelago, on sand and rock.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 198AnchorageFrance
Plage de Brouhel
4.7Sand anchorage on the south-west shore of Île d'Arz in the Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
199AnchorageFrancePointe de la Chappe
4.7Anchorage under the eastern slope of the Cap Lardier massif, Var, between Cavalaire and the Baie de Briande. Sand and seagrass bottom, shelter from N winds only.
- Sheltered N
200HarbourTrélou-sur-Marne, FranceSous Le Clocher
4.7River halt on the Marne at Trélou-sur-Marne in the Aisne, attached to the municipal campsite of the same name, in the Champagne hills opposite Dormans.
- 201AnchorageSt. Barthélemy
Anse du Colombier
4.7Bay at the north-west tip of Saint-Barthélemy, 2 NM north-west of Gustavia, inside the Saint-Barthélemy nature reserve, with ecological mooring buoys over seagrass.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 202HarbourChartrettes, France
Chartrettes
4.7River port on the upper Seine between Melun and Samois, in Seine-et-Marne, opposite the forest of Fontainebleau.
- 203AnchorageFrance
La Falaise
4.7Mooring field of 35 buoys off Locmariaquer, at the entrance of the Golfe du Morbihan.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
204HarbourMarseille, FranceMarseille - CNTL
4.7Cercle Nautique et Touristique du Lacydon, 750 berths on the south side of Marseille Vieux-Port, next to the Pharo.
205AnchorageFrancePenn ar Roc’h
4.7Exposed rocky anchorage on the Finistère coast of Brittany, sheltered only from NW and W.
- Sheltered NW, W
206AnchorageFrancePointe du Banditu
4.7Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica near Tizzano, south of the Golfe de Valinco, on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
207HarbourAgde, FranceQuai François Palumbo - Marine et compagnie
4.7Service quay on the Hérault river at Agde, used by the Marine et Compagnie yard, opposite the old town basalt ramparts.
- 208AnchorageFrance
Relais Nautique Hachette
4.7Mooring buoy station on the inland waterways of the Hauts-de-France canal network, north-east of the Somme estuary.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
209AnchorageFranceAnse du Bois Foucaut
4.7Anchorage on the south-west shore of Lac d'Orient, Aube, close to the marina of Mesnil-Saint-Père. Weed bottom.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
- 210AnchorageFrance
Cap des Medes
4.7Prohibited anchorage at the north-east tip of Porquerolles, inside the Port-Cros National Park core zone.
- Sheltered E, SE
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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.