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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2101PortWittersheim, Francewaltenheim
2.8Small canal halt of 10 berths on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin at Waltenheim-sur-Zorn, in Wittersheim commune, Bas-Rhin.
2102PortFranceFree Pontoon Thionville
2.8Free public pontoon on the Moselle in Thionville, in the Moselle department, about 10 berths.
- 2103PortGrand'Rivière, Martinique
Grand'Rivière
2.8Small fishing harbour at Grand'Rivière, on the northern tip of Martinique below the north flank of Montagne Pelée.
- 2104MouillageSt. Barthélemy
Les Petits Saints
2.8Rocks at the south-west entrance to Gustavia harbour, 0.3 NM west of the quays, with mooring buoys on sand.
- Sheltered NE, E
- 2105PortGenay, France
Nautic Auto
2.8Private river marina on the Saône at Genay, 15 km north of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 40 berths.
2106MouillageFrancePlage du Porigo
2.8Beach on the east side of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, 0.2 nm SE of Port-Haliguen. Anchoring here is prohibited by local regulation.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
2107PortSouffelweyersheim, Franceport soiffelweyersheim
2.8Small pleasure port with 8 berths on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, in Souffelweyersheim north of Strasbourg.
- 2108MouillageFrance
Anse Medea
2.8Buoy field in a sandy cove on the west coast of Corsica, inside the Réserve Naturelle des Îles Sanguinaires, about 5 nm south of Ajaccio.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
2109MouillageFranceMouillage de la plage Centrale
2.8Anchorage off the main beach of Bandol, western Var, weed bottom on posidonia meadow.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
2110MouillageFranceMouillage près du port d’Arzal
2.8Anchorage on the Vilaine river, just downstream of the Arzal-Camoël dam and lock at the head of the Vilaine estuary in Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
2111MouillageFrancePlage de la Chambrette
2.8Anchorage off the sandy Chambrette beach at the tip of the Médoc peninsula, inside the Gironde estuary mouth near Le Verdon-sur-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
2112PortFrancePonton choisey
2.8Small river pontoon on the Doubs at Choisey, 4 berths, on the outskirts of Dole in Burgundy.
2113MouillageFranceAnse du Grand Mugel
2.8Prohibited anchoring cove at the foot of the Bec de l'Aigle, just south of La Ciotat. Sand and seagrass bottom, sheltered from NW, N, W and SW.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
2114MouillageFranceArgens
2.8Sand anchorage off the mouth of the Argens river, between Fréjus and Saint-Aygulf on the Var coast, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 2115PortMéry-sur-Oise, France
Auvers
2.8Simple river mooring on the right bank of the Oise at PK 20,4, between Mery-sur-Oise and the bridge of Auvers-sur-Oise.
2116PortFranceCapitainerie baume les dames
2.8Twenty-berth river marina on the Doubs at Baume-les-Dames, Canal du Rhône au Rhin, max draught 1.8 m.
2117MouillageFranceEntree Port De Jard Sur Mer
2.8Anchorage off the entrance to Jard-sur-Mer harbour, southern Vendée coast, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
2118MouillageFranceLe Prat
2.8Regulated buoy mooring on the north coast of Brittany east of Roscoff, between the Île de Batz channel and the Pointe de Bloscon.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
2119MouillageFranceMauguio
2.8Anchorage off the Mauguio coast in Languedoc, immediately south of Carnon marina and the etang de l'Or lagoon.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 2120MouillageSt. Martin
Mont Fortune
2.8Anchorage in the eastern part of the Simpson Bay lagoon, off Mont Fortune, 0.9 NM north of Lagoon Marina in Cole Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
2121PortLes Lecques, FranceNouveau port - Les lecques
2.8Marina of 432 berths in the bay of Les Lecques, on the commune of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, between La Ciotat and Bandol.
2122MouillageFrancePorticcio
2.8Mooring field of around 160 buoys in the Golfe d'Ajaccio, facing the city across the bay on the south shore.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 2123MouillageFrance
Anse Carlu Antu
2.8Small anchorage on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and the Gulf of Sant'Amanza.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 2124MouillageMartinique
Baie du Galion, fond de baie
2.8Anchorage at the head of Baie du Galion, on the Atlantic coast between Le Robert and La Trinité.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
2125MouillageFranceBalaruc les bains
2.8Anchorage on the étang de Thau off Balaruc-les-Bains, Hérault. Boats lie on good mud holding clear of the shellfish beds and cable crossings; tying up at the town and swimming-pool pontoons is prohibited.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 2126MouillageFrance
Ban-Gâvres
2.8Small anchorage with 8 spots off the fishing village of Gâvres at the entrance to the Lorient roadstead, sand bottom, sheltered from W through SE.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 2127MouillageFrance
Boucau near Bayonne
2.8Estuary area at the mouth of the Adour between Boucau and Anglet, near Bayonne. Anchoring is prohibited in the navigable channel used by commercial traffic.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SE
2128MouillageFranceBugueles
2.8Sand anchorage behind the island chain off Penvenan, north coast of Cotes-d'Armor in Brittany, sheltered from NW through S.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
2129MouillageFranceCalanques des Queyrons
2.8Small calanque on the Marseille coast inside the Parc national des Calanques, sand and rock bottom, open to NW, N and NE winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 2130MouillageFrance
Cendrecourt
2.8Stretch of the Saône river near the village of Cendrecourt in Haute-Saône, on the Petite Saône between Corre and Port-sur-Saône.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, 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.