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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2521AnchorageFranceAnse de Coat Melen
1.5Mooring buoys on the Aven river downstream of Kerdruc, between Pont-Aven and the open sea, Finistère.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
2522HarbourLes Monards, FranceLes Monards
1.5Tidal port on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, in the commune of Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d'Uzet, south of Mortagne-sur-Gironde.
2523AnchorageFranceBasse Cancale
1.5Small anchorage for about 5 boats off Cancale in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, eastern Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
- 2524AnchorageFrance
Gracie Ferrande
1.4Anchorage off Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie on the Vendée coast, close to the entrance of the Vie estuary.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 2525HarbourFrance
Ancien ecluse de losne h2o Hafen
1.4River base at the former lock of Saint-Jean-de-Losne on the Saône, at the junction with the Canal de Bourgogne and the Canal du Rhône au Rhin.
2526AnchorageFranceEtang de Thau
1.4Anchoring prohibited zone in the Étang de Thau lagoon, Occitanie, set aside for the shellfish tables that cover much of the lagoon.
- Sheltered S
- 2527AnchorageFrance
Mouillage Lafarge
1.4Anchorage off Sète in Occitanie, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from N through SE winds and exposed from SW to NW.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
2528HarbourFranceBourogne kai
1.4Quay on the Canal du Rhône au Rhin branche sud at Bourogne, Territoire de Belfort, about 6 km south of Belfort.
2529HarbourFranceGoury
1.4Small drying harbour at the northwest tip of the Cotentin peninsula, just south of the Raz Blanchard tidal race.
2530HarbourFranceHalte fluvial Saint-Gilles
1.4River stopover on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Saint-Gilles in the Gard, Occitanie.
- 2531HarbourOyster Pond, St. Martin
Captain Oliver's Marina, Oyster Pond
1.4Former marina of the Captain Oliver's resort in Oyster Pond, on the east coast of Saint-Martin, destroyed by Hurricane Irma in 2017.
2532HarbourPeillac, FrancePeillac
1.4River port on the Oust, part of the Nantes to Brest canal in inland Morbihan, Brittany.
- 2533HarbourValay, France
Port Saint Pierre
1.4Two-berth river base on the Ognon at Valay, a village of 650 inhabitants in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
- 2534AnchorageFrance
Saint-Guérin
1.4Anchorage in the ria of Pénerf, southern Brittany, on the west bank opposite the village of Saint-Guérin, in Morbihan.
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW
- 2535AnchorageFrance
Anse de Kerglaye
1.4Reach of the Aven near Rosbras, between Pont-Aven and the estuary at Port Manec'h, southern Finistere, where anchoring is restricted by shellfish beds and boats use the nearby pontoons instead.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 2536AnchorageFrance
Arnette
1.4Rocky-bottom anchorage on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, between Carro and Port des Laurons.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 2537AnchorageFrance
Marseillan Ville
1.4Anchorage off the town of Marseillan on the western shore of the Étang de Thau lagoon, Hérault.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
2538HarbourMoulins-lès-Metz, FranceMoulin les metz
1.4Single river berth on the Moselle at Moulins-lès-Metz, max draught 1.8 m, on the southern approach to Metz.
- 2539HarbourRichardménil, France
2 bollard mooring
1.4Two-bollard bank mooring on the Canal des Vosges near Richardmenil, a short halt between locks.
2540AnchorageFranceIle de Thau
1.4Anchorage off the Île de Thau islet, just outside Sète harbour on the Étang de Thau side, Occitanie.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 2541AnchorageFrance
L'Emprunt
1.4Mooring on the Rhône between Roquemaure and Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts, in the Gard department, lower Rhône Valley.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
2542HarbourLor, FranceBerry Au Bac
1.4River halt at the junction of the Canal lateral a l'Aisne and the Canal de l'Aisne a la Marne, in the Aisne valley south-east of Laon.
2543AnchorageFranceSt Pierre Port Sud
1.4Anchorage on sand south of Port Saint-Pierre on the Gruissan coast, Occitanie, sheltered from NW through SW winds.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 2544AnchorageGuadeloupe
Basse-Terre
1.3Anchorage off the town of Basse-Terre, administrative capital of Guadeloupe, on the south-west coast of Basse-Terre island. Mud and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E
- 2545HarbourThil, France
Ecluse n°4 - Alger
1.3Ten-berth canal halt at the Alger lock, PK 4,7 of the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne, between Berry-au-Bac and Reims.
2546HarbourFrancePort privé Mare E Stagnu St Florent
1.3Private marina on the southern shore of the Golfe de Saint-Florent, Haute-Corse, about 0,4 nm south of the town port of Saint-Florent.
2547AnchorageFranceCoti-Chiavari
1.3Anchorage off the Coti-Chiavari coast on the south shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio in Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 2548AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Ancien pont de la Peyrade
1.3Occitan anchorage on mud bottom, sheltered from NE to SE winds, 0.5 NM north of the Sterne Voiles dry port.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
2549AnchorageFrancePOULGUEN PER
1.3Small anchorage on the south coast of Finistère between Brigneau and the Bélon river, Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
2550AnchorageFranceSaint-Vallier sur Rhône Centre
1.3Anchorage on the Rhône at Saint-Vallier, Drôme, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
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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.