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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- 2221MouillageFrance
Traou Meur
2.6Mud-bottom anchorage in the estuary of the Trieux, between Lezardrieux and Pontrieux in northern Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, S, SE
2222MouillageFranceValenti
2.6Buoy mooring on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales, inside the Cerbère-Banyuls marine reserve.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 2223MouillageSt. Martin
Baie des Petites Cayes
2.6Small bay on the north coast of French Saint-Martin, 0.7 NM north-east of Anse Marcel, inside the Saint-Martin national nature reserve.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
2224MouillageFranceChâtelaillon - Plage
2.6Anchorage off Châtelaillon-Plage on the Pertuis d'Antioche, south of La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
2225PortRogny-les-sept-écluses, FranceHalte Quai Sully
2.6River halt on the Canal de Briare at Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses, in the Loiret, with 1.5 m maximum draught.
- 2226MouillageFrance
Anse de Desvenel
2.6Sandy anchorage on the Cap Sizun coast in western Brittany, a few miles north of Audierne.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 2227MouillageFrance
Cala Sciumara
2.6Small cove on the south coast of Corsica east of Bonifacio, in the Bouches de Bonifacio marine reserve. Anchoring is prohibited.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
2228MouillageFranceCavallo West
2.6Anchorage on the western shore of Île Cavallo in the Lavezzi archipelago, Bouches de Bonifacio, sand bottom, sheltered from N, NE and E winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 2229MouillageGuadeloupe
Site de l'épave
2.6Organised mooring zone around a wreck in the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, 3.2 nm east of Sainte-Rose, sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
2230PortFranceGruissan Port à sec
2.6Dry stack storage at Gruissan, in the Aude department of Occitanie, adjoining the Port de Gruissan marina. Around 250 spaces.
- 2231MouillageFrance
Lac d'Hourtin - Piqueyrot
2.6Sand-bottom anchorage on the eastern shore of the lac d'Hourtin-Carcans, Gironde, the largest natural freshwater lake in France at around 6,200 hectares.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, SE, S, SW, W, NW
2232PortFranceLigny-en-Barrois
2.6Canal halt on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin in the Meuse department, Grand Est, serving the small town of Ligny-en-Barrois.
- 2233MouillageFrance
Port Mélite
2.6Small cove anchorage on the northern coast of Île de Groix, Morbihan, Brittany, 0.8 NM E of Port-Tudy.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 2234PortOuistreham, France
Chantier Naval JPL
2.6Boatyard on the Caen canal at Ouistreham, in Normandy, offering haul-out and refit services for pleasure craft.
- 2235PortSy, France
Halte fluviale du Chesne
2.6Fluvial halt of 4 berths on the Canal des Ardennes, at Le Chesne, on the plateau between the Aisne and the Meuse.
- 2236MouillageFrance
Marseillan Marine
2.6Anchorage on the Étang de Thau off Marseillan, weed bottom, sheltered from SW, W and NW winds.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 2237MouillageFrance
Mouillage de La Cafetière
2.6Mooring on the south-west shore of Lac du Bourget, 0.4 nm N of Charpignat and 0.7 nm N of Le Bourget-du-Lac, Savoie.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
2238PortNiolon, FrancePort de Niolon
2.6Small harbour of 60 berths in the calanque of Niolon, on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, inside the Parc Marin de la Côte Bleue.
2239MouillageFrancePointe de Manson
2.6Buoy mooring with 2 berths off the Pointe de Manson on Île d'Oléron, sand bottom, sheltered from W through SW, open to the E across the Pertuis de Maumusson.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
2240MouillageFrancePointe du Blair
2.6Anchorage on the west side of the Golfe du Morbihan, off Locmariaquer, with room for about 70 boats on sand and weed.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
2241MouillageFranceRaka
2.6Sand anchorage on the east side of the Giens peninsula near Hyères, between La Capte to the north and Port Auguier to the south.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 2242PortBonifacio, France
Sant'Amanza
2.6Deep bay on the southeast coast of Corsica, 2.9 nm east of Bonifacio, open to the east.
2243MouillageFranceFouras - La Fumée
2.6Anchorage off the Pointe de la Fumée at Fouras, Charente estuary, facing the Île d'Aix and the approaches to Rochefort.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 2244PortFouchécourt, France
Halte Fluvial de Fouchécourt
2.6Small river stop on the Petite Saone at Fouchecourt, Haute-Saone, in the upper navigable reach of the river.
2245PortFrancePonton Camping les harlequins
2.6Private pontoon of the Les Arlequins campsite on the Saône at Saint-Jean-de-Losne, 5 berths, close to the town quay.
- 2246MouillageFrance
Rade de Portrieux
2.6Open roadstead off Saint-Quay-Portrieux on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany, in the bay of Saint-Brieuc.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
2247PortLarmor-Plage, FranceToulhars
2.6Small drying harbour at Larmor-Plage on the west side of the Lorient roadstead, Morbihan, south Brittany.
2248PortBogy, FranceAndance
2.6River pontoon on the right bank of the Rhône at Andance, opposite Andancette in the Ardèche, north of Valence, limited to craft up to 7 m and used mainly for water sports.
2249MouillageFranceCanal de Saint-Antoine
2.6Mooring buoys in the canal de Saint-Antoine at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, mud bottom, sheltered from the W.
- Sheltered W
- 2250MouillageFrance
Marine de Sisco
2.6Anchorage off the Marine de Sisco on the east coast of Cap Corse, between Bastia and Macinaggio.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
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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.