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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2791AnchorageFranceÎle du Pilier
Sand anchorage off the Île du Pilier, a granite islet 2.7 NM northwest of L'Herbaudière on Noirmoutier, Vendée.
- Sheltered SW, S
- 2792AnchorageFrance
Île Illiec
Sand-bottom anchorage off Port-Blanc on the Côtes-d'Armor pink granite coast, roughly 1 nm NE of the harbour.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
2793AnchorageFranceÎle Lemenez
Anchorage off the small island of Lémenez in the Bay of Paimpol, between Loguivy-de-la-Mer and the Bréhat archipelago.
- Sheltered NE
- 2794AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlet Kahouanne
Uninhabited islet of about 20 ha, some 1.5 km off the north-west coast of Basse-Terre near Deshaies. Anchorage with sand, rock and weed on the bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W
2795HarbourSaint-Jean-de-Losne, FranceIn Front Of Slope Before Bridge
River mooring on the Saône at Saint-Jean-de-Losne in Côte-d'Or, in front of the slipway before the road bridge, at the junction of the Canal de Bourgogne and the Canal du Rhône au Rhin.
- 2796HarbourSireuil, France
Inter-Croisières
River base on the Charente at Sireuil, 15 km downstream of Angoulême, New Aquitaine. Licence-free cruiser rentals.
- 2797AnchorageFrance
Jetée Thiers
Anchorage off the Jetée Thiers in the Bassin d'Arcachon, just west of the town of Arcachon.
2798AnchorageFranceJouan
Open anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, rocky bottom, used as a daytime stop between Diélette and Carteret.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 2799AnchorageFrance
Kerroch le Dolmen
Anchorage off Kerroch, on the western shore of the Baie de Quiberon near Carnac, Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 2800HarbourSainte-Marie-de-Gosse, France
L'Adour Dock
Pontoon on the right bank of the Adour at Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse, in the Landes, around PK 104 upstream from Bayonne.
2801HarbourLa Teste-de-Buch, FranceL’aiguillon
Tidal harbour at La Teste-de-Buch on the Bassin d'Arcachon, used by oyster farmers and leisure boats, just south of Arcachon town.
- 2802HarbourLe Gua, France
L'Eguille
Tidal oyster-farming port on the Seudre estuary, commune of L'Eguille-sur-Seudre, Charente-Maritime, New Aquitaine.
- 2803AnchorageFrance
L'Erdre
Anchorage on the Erdre river at Sucé-sur-Erdre, north of Nantes, mud bottom, sheltered from all sectors except south and east.
- Sheltered N, NE, SE, SW, W, NW
- 2804HarbourChagny, France
L'Escarg'eau / Snaily
Small hire base and pontoon on the Canal du Centre at Chagny, southern Burgundy, between the Saone valley and the Cote Chalonnaise vineyards.
- 2805AnchorageFrance
L'Isula Piana
Anchorage on the south shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio in Corsica, sand bottom, sheltered from E and SE.
- Sheltered E, SE
- 2806AnchorageFrance
La Baie des Curés
Anchorage on the south coast of Île de Groix off the Morbihan coast, with a sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 2807AnchorageFrance
La Coudalère
Mooring on mud inside the marina basin of La Coudalere at Le Barcares, on the Languedoc coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 2808HarbourRegnéville-sur-Mer, France
La Crouie
Drying harbour at the head of the Sienne estuary at Regnéville-sur-Mer, on the west coast of the Cotentin in Normandy.
- 2809HarbourLa Ferté-sous-Jouarre, France
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre
River halt on the Marne at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre in Seine-et-Marne, at the confluence with the Petit Morin, at the border of Brie and Champagne.
- 2810AnchorageFrance
La Flotte
Buoy field off La Flotte-en-Ré on the north coast of Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, sand bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
2811AnchorageFranceLa Gourgue
Lake anchorage on the Cazaux-Sanguinet lake in the Landes de Gascogne, weed bottom.
- Sheltered SW
2812AnchorageFranceLa Grande Escoure
Lake anchorage on the Étang de Lacanau in the Médoc, mud bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 2813AnchorageFrance
La Grande Vallée
Buoy mooring area off the north-east coast of the Île de Ré, in the Pertuis Breton, opposite Rivedoux-Plage.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
2814AnchorageFranceLa Gravelouse
Buoy field off the beach of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Émeraude, west of Dinard, sand and algae bottom.
- Sheltered W, S, SE
2815AnchorageFranceLa Grève Blanche
Buoy mooring off the pink granite beach of La Grève Blanche in Trégastel, northern Finistère coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, S
2816HarbourFranceLa Hume
Drying harbour of 450 berths at Gujan-Mestras on the Bassin d'Arcachon, used by shallow-draught boats and flat-bottomed oyster skiffs.
2817AnchorageFranceLa Manneporte
Open anchorage off the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux, Normandy, between Fécamp and the oil terminal of Antifer.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
- 2818AnchorageFrance
La Marne
River anchorage on the Marne east of Paris, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from NE, E and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 2819AnchorageFrance
La Maulde
Buoy mooring on the Lac de Vassivière, a 1 000 hectare reservoir in the Limousin uplands of Haute-Vienne and Creuse.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 2820AnchorageFrance
La Mauvaise
Anchorage off the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in the Chausey archipelago waters, sand bottom, sheltered from NW winds only.
- Sheltered 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.