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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2191AnchorageFranceÉtang de Leucate
2.7Coastal lagoon north of Perpignan, shared between Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales, linked to the sea by the grau de Leucate.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 2192AnchorageFrance
Golfe de Péru
2.7Rocky cove on the west coast of Corsica, north of Cargèse, rock bottom, sheltered from the northerly quadrant only.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
2193HarbourCheuge, FranceHalte Fluvial Cheuge
2.7Small canal halt in the village of Cheuge, Côte-d'Or, on the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne in rural Burgundy.
- 2194AnchorageMartinique
Plage de Case Navire
2.7Case Navire beach in Schœlcher, on the north shore of Fort-de-France bay, where anchoring is prohibited because of a submarine cable area.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
2195HarbourXures, Franceport xures
2.7Fifteen-berth canal port at Xures on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin eastern branch, in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
- 2196AnchorageFrance
Tourradons
2.7Anchorage on the Canal du Rhône à Sète in the Petite Camargue, fond of mud, sheltered from almost all directions except NE.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, S, SE
2197AnchorageFranceAnse de Rénécros
2.7Sand cove on the W side of Bandol, separated from the main harbour by the Pointe du Cap Rousset, in the Var.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 2198AnchorageFrance
Calanque de jonquier
2.7Small calanque on the Côte Bleue between Niolon and Méjean, west of Marseille.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
2199HarbourTancarville, FranceChantier Des Torpilleurs
2.7Boatyard and pontoon on the Canal de Tancarville at Tancarville, Seine estuary, Normandie, at the foot of the Pont de Tancarville.
- 2200AnchorageFrance
Étang De Diana
2.7Brackish coastal lagoon on the east coast of Corsica, north of Aléria, connected to the Tyrrhenian Sea by a narrow channel.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
2201AnchorageFranceHavre de Rothéneuf
2.7Open roadstead east of Saint-Malo in Brittany, sand bottom, fully exposed with no natural shelter from any wind direction.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W
- 2202AnchorageFrance
Île de Patiras
2.7Estuary anchorage in New Aquitaine, 0.9 nm W of Port de la Belle Étoile, mud bottom, sheltered from the south.
- Sheltered S
- 2203AnchorageGuadeloupe
Cul-de-sac de Jarry
2.7Anchorage in the cul-de-sac off the Jarry industrial area in the Petit Cul-de-Sac Marin, mud bottom, 3 miles west of Marina Bas-du-Fort.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 2204AnchorageFrance
Île aux Chevaux
2.7Anchorage off a small islet in the Gulf of Morbihan, sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered W, SW
- 2205AnchorageFrance
L'Arbre-Sec
2.7Prohibited anchoring zone on the river Yonne, in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, between Vermenton and Migennes.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 2206HarbourÉpinal, France
Port de Plaisance d’Épinal
2.7Canal port in the centre of Epinal, prefecture of the Vosges department, on the embranchement d'Epinal of the Canal des Vosges.
2207HarbourMesquer, FranceKercabellec
2.7Drying harbour on the Mesquer estuary, in the salt-marsh hinterland of Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique.
- 2208AnchorageFrance
la Pointe aux chevaux
2.7Anchorage on the western shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon between Claouey and Le Canon, on the Cap-Ferret peninsula, sand bottom, sheltered from N, W and NW winds.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
2209AnchorageFranceLa poire
2.7Anchorage on sand and weed south of Penmarc'h, at the western tip of the pays Bigouden in southern Finistère. Shelter from NW to NE winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
2210HarbourMimizan, FranceMimizan
2.7River port on the Courant de Mimizan, between the Atlantic beach and the Etang d'Aureilhan, in the Landes forest of New Aquitaine.
- 2211AnchorageGuadeloupe
Pointe-à-Pitre, Mémorial ACTe
2.6Anchorage in Pointe-à-Pitre harbour off the Mémorial ACTe, mud bottom, 0.8 miles north of Marina Bas-du-Fort.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 2212AnchorageGuadeloupe
Les Roches Noires
2.6Anchorage 0.4 nm south of Marina de Rivière-Sens, in Gourbeyre, sand and weed bottom with a beach ashore, sheltered from N through SE.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 2213AnchorageFrance
Roches du repos
2.6Rock anchorage off the Vendée coast, south of Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, open to the Atlantic swell.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E
2214AnchorageFranceSaint Briac sur Mer
2.6Anchorage off Saint-Briac-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Émeraude, west of Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
2215HarbourPlouguerneau, FranceClub Nautique de Plouguerneau
2.6Sailing club base on the Aber Wrac'h estuary at Plouguerneau, north Finistere.
- 2216AnchorageFrance
Havre de Rothéneuf
2.6Anchorage 3.2 nm NE of Saint-Malo, sand bottom, sheltered from E through NW winds.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 2217HarbourJarville-la-Malgrange, France
km 167.5
2.6Canal halt at PK 167.5 on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin at Jarville-la-Malgrange, southern suburb of Nancy, 3 berths.
- 2218AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Beg Douar
2.6Anchorage off the Beg Douar headland in the baie de Locquirec, northern Brittany. Rock bottom, shelter from the N only.
- Paid
- Sheltered N
2219AnchorageFrancePort-des-Barques
2.6Mooring on buoys off Port-des-Barques in the Charente estuary, Charente-Maritime, 4 berths on sand.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
2220HarbourCarnin, FrancePublic Mooring "quais"
2.6Public quay mooring on the canal network near Carnin, south of Lille in the Pévèle countryside.
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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.