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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- 2131MouillageFrance
Île des Levrettes
2.8Sand anchorage on the north coast of Brittany, 0.8 NM north of Port-Blanc village, in the Côtes-d'Armor.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W
- 2132MouillageFrance
Ile Verte
2.8Anchorage in the Gironde estuary off the Île Verte, a wooded island on the right bank between Blaye and Bourg, about 35 NM upstream from Royan.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SW, W
2133PortFranceNouvelle Marina Port Saint-Louis
2.8River marina on the Seine at Villennes-sur-Seine, Yvelines, downstream of Paris.
- 2134MouillageFrance
Plage De La Moutte
2.8Anchorage off a sandy beach on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Les Salins and Cap des Salins, in the Var.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
2135MouillageFrancePointe de la Cride
2.8Sand-bottom anchorage off the Pointe de la Cride headland, between Sanary-sur-Mer and Bandol on the Provence coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
2136PortKerdruc, FrancePort de Kerdruc Nevez
2.8Small wet harbour on the right bank of the Aven estuary, in the commune of Névez, 1.2 NM upstream from Port Manec'h.
- 2137PortAgde, France
Quai Commandant Méric
2.8River quay on the Hérault in Agde, about 4 km upstream from the sea entrance at Le Grau d'Agde, Occitanie.
2138MouillageFranceAnse de Bertheaume
2.8Roadstead east of the Pointe Saint-Mathieu at the entrance of the Brest channel, between Plougonvelin and the Fort de Bertheaume.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
2139MouillageFranceFalaises de Bonifacio
2.8Anchorage along the white limestone cliffs of Bonifacio at the southern tip of Corsica, above a sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
2140MouillageFranceLa Grand Motte
2.8Prohibited anchoring zone off the beach of La Grande-Motte on the Occitan coast. Sand bottom, water point ashore via the harbour.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
2141MouillageFrancePont L'Abbé
2.8Mooring on buoy in the Pont-l'Abbé river, south Finistère, on the Pays Bigouden coast.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, S
2142PortGrau d'Agde, FrancePort du Grau d'Agde
2.8Small river harbour of 100 berths on the Hérault estuary, on the left bank facing La Tamarissière, in Occitanie.
- 2143PortVilleneuve-lès-Béziers, France
Villeneuve-lès-Béziers Town Quay
2.8Town quay on the Canal du Midi at Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, Hérault, between the Portiragnes lock and the Béziers flight.
2144MouillageFranceBarcaju
2.8Anchorage on the south-west coast of Corsica, just west of Tizzano, between Campomoro and the Sénétosa lighthouse.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
2145MouillageFranceLa Faviere
2.8Anchorage off La Favière beach in the Bay of Bormes, Var, east of the Cap de Brégançon.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 2146MouillageMartinique
Le Vauclin
2.8Anchorage off the bourg of Le Vauclin on the Atlantic coast of Martinique. Sand and weed, sheltered only from north-west through south-west.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 2147MouillageFrance
Pointe de Taravo
2.8Anchorage off the mouth of the Taravo river in the Gulf of Valinco, western Corsica, sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 2148MouillageMartinique
Îlet à Ramiers, côté sud
2.8Anchorage 0.4 miles south-west of Îlet à Ramiers, off the west coast of the Trois-Îlets peninsula. Sand and rock, sheltered from north-east through east to south.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 2149MouillageFrance
Anse Bénodet - Ouest
2.8Anchorage west of Bénodet at the mouth of the Odet in Finistère, sand bottom, sheltered from N and NE winds.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 2150PortLe Havre, France
Bassin Vauban
2.8Enclosed dock in central Le Havre, next to the Bassin du Commerce, in Normandy at the mouth of the Seine estuary.
- 2151PortFrance
Halte de Gigny sur Saône
2.8River halt on the Saône in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, with 10 berths and up to 2.5 m draught.
2152MouillageFranceLe Moulon
2.8Calanque anchorage on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, between Niolon and Calanque du Petit Méjean.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 2153MouillageFrance
Pointe de Hautebelle
2.8Anchorage on the north shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, between Claouey and Andernos-les-Bains, mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
2154MouillageFrancePointe de la Croisette
2.8Anchorage off the Pointe de la Croisette east of Cannes, facing the bay and the Îles de Lérins, Alpes-Maritimes.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 2155MouillageGuadeloupe
Terre-de-Bas, côte est
2.8Anchorage on the east side of Terre-de-Bas in Les Saintes, facing Terre-de-Haut across the channel, sand bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 2156MouillageFrance
Anse du Pérello
2.8Rocky cove on the coast of Ploemeur, Morbihan, west of Lorient and the approach to the Blavet.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 2157MouillageFrance
Anse du Ter
2.8Sheltered anchorage on the west bank of the Lorient roadstead, Morbihan, opposite La Base.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
2158MouillageFranceÎle du Pilier Nord
2.8Anchorage on the north side of Île du Pilier, a small rocky island off Noirmoutier, 2.7 NM west of L'Herbaudière.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 2159MouillageFrance
Le canal du retour
2.8Drying anchorage in the old port of Berville-sur-Mer on the south bank of the Seine estuary in Normandy, which empties at low water and suits boats able to take the ground.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 2160MouillageFrance
Molène
2.8Anchorage on sand off the Trégor coast in Brittany, sheltered from NW through W to SW winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
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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.