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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- 2161PortVermenton, France
vermenton
2.8River halt on the Cure, a branch off the Canal du Nivernais, in the Yonne department of Burgundy.
- 2162MouillageFrance
Yachts area
2.8Anchorage in the Gulf of Saint-Florent, northern Corsica, about 0.8 nm north of the town port.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
2163MouillageFranceÉtang d'urbin
2.7Open anchorage off the étang d'Urbinu lagoon on the east coast of Corsica, between Aléria and Solenzara.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
2164PortSarzeau, FranceLe Logeo
2.7Harbour of 155 berths on the south shore of the Golfe du Morbihan, in the commune of Sarzeau, facing the Île aux Moines.
- 2165MouillageFrance
Le Pradon
2.7Anchorage on the south slope of the Giens peninsula in Var, between La Madrague and Les Salettes.
- Sheltered NW
- 2166PortFrance
Port Des Callonges
2.7Small tidal harbour on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, in the Saintonge marshes north of the Medoc, drying to soft mud at low water.
2167MouillageFranceRade de Morlaix
2.7Mooring buoys in the Rade de Morlaix between the Île Noire and the mainland, mud bottom, shelter from NW to SW.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 2168MouillageFrance
Rochers aux ânes
2.7Sandy anchorage off the Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Normandy, named after a cluster of rocks south of Grande Île.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
2169PortSaint-Léger-sur-Dheune, FranceSaint Leger Sur Dheune
2.7Inland halt on the Canal du Centre in Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, about halfway between Chalon-sur-Saône and Digoin.
2170MouillageFranceTheven
2.7Buoy field off the Theven beach on the Sibiril coast, west of Roscoff in north Finistere.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
2171PortÉtupes, FranceHalte Nautique D’Etupes
2.7River halt on the Canal du Rhône au Rhin at Étupes, in the Pays de Montbéliard area of Franche-Comté.
- 2172MouillageFrance
Miramar
2.7Buoy field off the Miramar beach at La Londe-les-Maures, on the Var coast between Hyères and Le Lavandou.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 2173PortFrance
Port de Cruas
2.7River marina of 60 berths on the right bank of the Rhône in Ardèche, between the Logis-Neuf and Châteauneuf-du-Rhône locks.
- 2174MouillageFrance
Toul-Bihan
2.7Rocky cove on the west coast of the presqu'île de Quiberon, south Brittany. Anchoring prohibited.
- Sheltered NE, E
2175MouillageFranceHenamenil pk 197
2.7Point on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin western branch near Hénaménil village in Meurthe-et-Moselle, at kilometre mark 197. Mooring is prohibited along this reach.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
2176MouillageFranceplage Beauvallon
2.7Open anchorage in the Golfe de Saint-Tropez off the Beauvallon beach, at the foot of Grimaud, mixed sand, rock and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
2177MouillageFrancePorh Puns
2.7Rock-bottom anchorage on the Gâvres peninsula inside the Rade de Lorient, with water point ashore.
- Sheltered E, SE
2178PortSagone, FrancePort De Sagone
2.7Mooring buoy field in the gulf of Sagone on the west coast of Corsica, between the gulf of Ajaccio to the south and the gulf of Porto to the north. There is no marina, only private buoys managed locally plus a welcome pontoon.
2179PortPort-Launay, FrancePort Launais
2.7River quay of about 6 berths on the tidal Aulne at Port-Launay, Finistère, Brittany.
- 2180PortFrance
Port Maladiere
2.7River halt on the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne near Chaumont, Haute-Marne.
2181PortSeurre, FranceSurrey Marina
2.7Small river marina on the right bank of the Saône at Seurre, in Côte-d'Or, Burgundy.
- 2182MouillageFrance
Cala d’Oru
2.7Anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, 2 nm south of Solenzara, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the foothills of the Bavella massif.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
2183MouillageFranceCale De Vielle Roche
2.7Mooring buoys on the Vilaine estuary just upstream of the Arzal dam, mud bottom with shelter on most points of the compass.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
2184PortBaden, FrancePonton du Blair
2.7Two-berth pontoon off Baden, on the western shore of the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany.
- 2185MouillageFrance
Ruisseau des Grésillions
2.7Anchorage on the Mayenne river in Pays de la Loire, a canalised waterway between Laval and Angers used by canal boats and small pleasure craft.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
2186MouillageFranceAnse du dellec
2.7Cove on the north shore of the Brest roadstead, in Plouzané, opposite the entrance to the Penfeld river and the city of Brest.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 2187PortPort Louis, Guadeloupe
Marina de Port-Louis
2.7Small marina of Port-Louis on the north-west coast of Grande-Terre, at the north-eastern entrance to the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin.
- 2188MouillageFrance
Maubuisson
2.7Anchorage on the east shore of Lac d'Hourtin-Carcans, the largest natural freshwater lake in France, in the Médoc.
- Free
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
- 2189PortFrance
Port de Goulée
2.7Tidal creek port on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, commune of Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac, northern Médoc.
- 2190MouillageFrance
Anse de Boumandariel
2.7Sand cove on the Côte Bleue between Carro and Sausset-les-Pins, Bouches-du-Rhône.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
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