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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2251HarbourFrancePort De Goisil
2.6Drying tidal harbour on the north shore of the Ile de Re, between Loix and Saint-Martin-de-Re, in the Fier d'Ars.
- 2252AnchorageFrance
Réserve de Tré padule
2.6Rocky anchorage on the south-east coast of Corsica near the Réserve naturelle de Tre Padule de Suartone, between Sant'Amanza and Bonifacio.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 2253AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse du Figuier
2.6Anchorage on the south coast of Terre-de-Haut in Les Saintes, sand bottom, 0.6 miles south of the village.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
2254HarbourComberge, FranceComberge
2.6Small drying harbour on the south coast of the Pays de la Loire, between Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef and Pornic, a short hop from the Île du Pilier anchorages.
- 2255AnchorageFrance
Damgan plage
2.6Visitor buoys off the plage de Damgan in the Morbihan, south Brittany, on mud holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 2256AnchorageFrance
Plage municipale de Sciez
2.6Lake anchorage on the Petit Lac of Lake Geneva, off the Château de Coudrée at Sciez, Haute-Savoie.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
2257AnchorageFrancePulvinier
2.6Rock-strewn anchorage on the Côte de Granit Rose just off Ploumanac'h, between the pink granite boulders of Trégastel and Perros-Guirec.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
2258AnchorageFranceVert Bois
2.6Anchorage on the west coast of the Île d'Oléron, off the Vert Bois beach and the Saint-Trojan forest, Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered NE, E
- 2259AnchorageFrance
Anse des Salettes
2.6Cove on the south side of the Giens peninsula in Le Pradet, Var, on the north shore of the rade d'Hyères.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
2260AnchorageFrancePlage du Vau Chaperon
2.6Sand anchorage in the bay of Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, between Binic and Saint-Quay-Portrieux on the north Brittany coast.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 2261HarbourParroy, France
port plaisance de parroy
2.6Six-berth canal halt at Parroy on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin eastern branch, close to the Étang de Parroy.
2262AnchorageFranceAnse du sec
2.6Small cove on the east side of La Ciotat, at the foot of the Bec de l'Aigle cliffs in the Parc national des Calanques.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W
2263HarbourArcachon, FranceArcachon
2.6Marina of 2 600 berths at the south edge of the Arcachon basin in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the largest pleasure port on the French Atlantic coast.
- 2264AnchorageFrance
dettviller ost
2.6Point on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin east of Dettwiller village in Bas-Rhin, Alsace. Mooring is prohibited on this reach, bottom is mud.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 2265HarbourSaint-Dolay, France
Port De Cran
2.6River port on the Vilaine in Saint-Dolay, Morbihan, on the estuarine section upstream of the Arzal dam.
2266HarbourNarbonne, FrancePort de Narbonne plage
2.6Marina on the Languedoc coast at Narbonne-Plage, 576 berths behind a sandy shoreline south of the Aude estuary.
2267AnchorageFranceTiboulen de Maire
2.6Small islet off Cap Croisette at the southern entrance to the Marseille archipelago, inside the Calanques national park.
- Sheltered SE, S
2268AnchorageFranceBaie de Fornello
2.5Sand-bottom anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica, about 2.4 nm NE of Algajola and 2.8 nm SW of Île Rousse.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 2269AnchorageGuadeloupe
Baillif
2.5Anchorage off the beach of Baillif, 1.5 nm north-west of Basse-Terre town on the leeward coast, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
2270AnchorageFranceCala De Tizzano
2.5Small cove on the south-west coast of Corsica, below the village of Tizzano, about 8 nm south of Propriano.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
2271AnchorageFranceMerquel
2.5Small buoy field off the Pointe de Merquel at Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique, north of the Traict de Mesquer salt marshes.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 2272AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Boran-sur-Oise
2.5River mooring on the Oise near Boran-sur-Oise, Hauts-de-France, between the Paris basin and the Compiègne forest.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 2273AnchorageFrance
Pointe du Tedey
2.5Anchorage on the western shore of Lac de Lacanau in the Médoc, about 1.6 nm west of Lacanau-Ville.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
2274HarbourFranceTalais
2.5Tidal creek port on the Gironde estuary at Talais, on the Medoc bank north of Saint-Vivien-de-Medoc.
2275AnchorageFranceAnse de la Coué
2.5Small anchorage on the south side of the Fouras peninsula, Charente-Maritime, tucked beside Fouras Port Sud.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 2276AnchorageMartinique
Baie de Saint-Pée
2.5Bay on the south shore of Le Robert harbour, on the Atlantic coast.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
2277AnchorageFranceBerriau Plage
2.5Anchorage off Berriau beach on the eastern shore of the Salins d'Hyères, Var, with mixed sand, rock and algae bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
2278AnchorageFranceHalte nautique de Libourne
2.5River halt on the Dordogne at the confluence with the Isle, on the Libourne town quay, mud bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, E, SE, S, NW
- 2279AnchorageFrance
Jaudy
2.5Anchorage in the Jaudy estuary north of Tréguier, on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SE
- 2280AnchorageFrance
Plage Sud
2.5Open roadstead off Mimizan-Plage on the Landes coast, south of the Arcachon basin, sand bottom.
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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.