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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241AnchorageFranceMouillage de Bellevue
4.6Anchorage of about 69 buoys on the Vannes channel, between Conleau and Port-Anna, in the Gulf of Morbihan.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, NE, E, S
242HarbourOuistreham, FranceOuistreham Riva-Bella
4.6Lock-gated marina of 650 berths at the mouth of the Orne canal in Normandy, entry point to Caen by the ship canal.
243AnchorageFrancePlage de Brouel
4.6Anchorage in the Golfe du Morbihan, south of Île d'Arz, sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
244AnchorageFrancePointe de Kerat
4.6Anchorage off the Pointe de Kerat in the Golfe du Morbihan, off Arradon, on sand and weed, sheltered from NW to NE winds.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 245AnchorageFrance
Pointe du Sud - Port Cros
4.6Anchorage off the southern tip of Port-Cros island, inside the Port-Cros national park, Var.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 246AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse à Dos
4.6Anchorage on the south coast of Terre-de-Bas in Les Saintes, sand bottom, 3.7 miles west-south-west of the Terre-de-Haut mooring field.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 247AnchorageFrance
Anse de l'Auberlac'h
4.6Mud-bottom cove on the south shore of the rade de Brest in Brittany, sheltered from NW through E.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
248AnchorageFranceAnse du Brick
4.6Sandy cove on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula, six miles east of Cherbourg, sheltered from westerly winds.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 249AnchorageFrance
Cala Grande
4.6Anchorage on the limestone cliffs west of Bonifacio, southern Corsica, about 2.9 NM from the commercial marina.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
250HarbourConcarneau, FranceConcarneau
4.6Working fishing port and marina of 304 berths on the south Finistère coast, opposite the walled Ville Close.
- 251AnchorageFrance
Embarcadère de Lamarque
4.6River anchorage off the Lamarque ferry landing on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, in the Médoc, opposite Blaye.
- Sheltered W
- 252AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlet à Cabrit, anse sous le Vent
4.6Buoy field in the Anse sous le Vent on Îlet à Cabrit, an uninhabited islet facing the village of Terre-de-Haut in Les Saintes, 0.8 miles across the bay.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E
253HarbourJoigny, FranceJoigny
4.6River port on the Yonne at Joigny, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, on the navigable route between the Seine and the Canal de Bourgogne.
- 254AnchorageMartinique
Les Boucaniers
4.6Beach of Les Boucaniers on the west side of the Pointe Marin peninsula, Sainte-Anne. Anchoring has been prohibited off this beach since the end of 2022.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
255AnchorageFranceMontmarin
4.6Anchorage on the Rance estuary upstream of the Saint-Malo tidal barrage, Brittany, weed bottom.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
256AnchorageFrancePointe de Carapègue
4.6Rock anchorage on the western shore of Pomègues in the Frioul archipelago, 2 nm west of the Vieux-Port of Marseille.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
257AnchorageFranceAnse de Tamaris
4.6Sandy cove on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, between Sausset-les-Pins and Carro, on the coastline of the Parc Marin de la Côte Bleue.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 258AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse du Souffleur, La Désirade
4.6Anchorage off the Souffleur beach on the south coast of La Désirade, sand and rock bottom, 1.8 miles east of the harbour.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
259AnchorageFranceCala di u Ghiuncu
4.6Sand anchorage on the south coast of Corsica, between the Golfe de Sant'Amanza and Bonifacio.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
260AnchorageFranceCorps de garde
4.6Open roadstead on the Côtes-d'Armor coast between Binic and Saint-Quay-Portrieux, sand bottom, sheltered from the western sectors and open from the east.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 261AnchorageMartinique
Embouchure de la rivière Salée
4.6Anchorage at the mouth of the Rivière Salée, in the south-east corner of Fort-de-France bay.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 262AnchorageFrance
Giottani
4.6Open anchorage on the western coast of Cap Corse, off the hamlet of Giottani in the commune of Barrettali.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
263HarbourGravelines, FranceGravelines
4.6Lock-gated marina of 430 berths at the mouth of the river Aa, on the Opal Coast between Dunkerque and Calais.
- 264AnchorageMartinique
Îlet Chancel
4.6Anchorage under Îlet Chancel, in Le Robert harbour on the Atlantic coast. The islet is private land protected by a biotope protection order since 2005.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 265AnchorageFrance
Kerletu
4.6Anchorage on the west side of the Petite Mer de Gâvres, at the entrance of the rade de Lorient in Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 266HarbourMalicorne-sur-Sarthe, France
Malicorne
4.6River port on the Sarthe at Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, a village known since the seventeenth century for tin-glazed earthenware.
267AnchorageFrancePlage du petit Spérone
4.6Sand-bottom anchorage off the Petit Sperone beach at the southern tip of Corsica, east of Bonifacio and facing the Lavezzi islands across the strait.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
268HarbourCap d'Agde, FrancePort Ambonne
4.6Small marina on the eastern edge of the Cap d'Agde resort complex in the Hérault, Occitanie. About 300 berths, shallow with max draught 1 m.
269HarbourLes Issambres, FrancePort de San Peïre Les Issambres
4.6Marina of 409 berths at Les Issambres, on the northern shore of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, between Sainte-Maxime and Saint-Aygulf.
270AnchorageFranceAnse de Méjan
4.6Small cove on the eastern flank of Cap Brun, east of Toulon and west of Carqueiranne, with room for two or three boats on sand and patches of algae.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
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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.