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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2851AnchorageFranceLe Minihic-sur-Rance
Anchorage in the Rance estuary upstream of Saint-Malo, mud bottom, between Dinard and Dinan.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
2852AnchorageFranceLe moulin neuf
Mooring area on the Rance maritime estuary near La Richardais, between Dinard and the Chatelier lock, mud bottom.
- 2853AnchorageFrance
Le Passage
Sheltered anchorage in the golfe du Morbihan, at the narrows of Le Passage between Arradon and Île-aux-Moines.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
2854AnchorageFranceLe petit Gerard
Rocky anchorage on the west side of the Embiez archipelago, off Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 2855AnchorageFrance
Le Petit Piquey
Anchorage on the eastern shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, off the village of Petit Piquey on the Lège-Cap-Ferret peninsula, in New Aquitaine.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 2856HarbourLa Barre-de-Monts, France
Le Pont Neuf
Tidal harbour on the Goulet de Fromentine channel, commune of La Barre-de-Monts in northern Vendée, opposite Noirmoutier.
2857HarbourFranceLe Port des Pêcheurs
Small fishing harbour tucked under the cliffs of Biarritz, between the Grande Plage and the Rocher de la Vierge, on the Basque coast.
2858HarbourAngoulins, FranceLe port du Loiron
Small drying harbour at Angoulins, on the Pertuis d'Antioche between Châtelaillon and La Rochelle.
- 2859AnchorageFrance
Le Pouldu
Anchorage off Le Pouldu, at the mouth of the Laita river between Finistere and Morbihan, southern Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 2860AnchorageFrance
Le Rieul
Mooring on buoys off the plage de Longchamp at Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, Côte d'Émeraude, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 2861AnchorageFrance
Le Rohaliguen
Rocky anchorage on the south coast of the Rhuys peninsula in southern Brittany, just east of the fishing port of Saint-Jacques, commune of Sarzeau.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
2862AnchorageFranceLe Rohaliguen
Buoy field of 31 moorings off Rohaliguen, on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer in Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 2863HarbourCarry-le-Rouet, France
Le rouet
Small harbour on the Côte Bleue at the east end of Carry-le-Rouet, between Marseille and Martigues.
2864HarbourSallèles-d'Aude, FranceLe Somail
Historic halt on the Canal du Midi at Le Somail, commune of Sallèles-d'Aude, Occitanie, about 15 km west of Narbonne.
2865AnchorageFranceLe Traon
Buoy mooring on mud in the Rivière d'Auray, Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E
2866AnchorageFranceLes Alises
Anchorage on the north coast of the Île d'Oléron, close to Saint-Denis-d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
- 2867AnchorageFrance
Les Chappas
Sand-bottom anchorage on the Provence coast, open to the south between Port de Eygoires and Baie Saint Michel.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
2868HarbourSète, FranceLes Eaux Blanches
Shallow light-craft area on the étang de Thau at Sète, on the lagoon side of the Languedoc coast.
- 2869AnchorageFrance
Les Echos De BRUNEVAL
Beach anchorage under the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux in Normandie, 0,8 nm north of the Port du Havre-Antifer oil terminal.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 2870AnchorageFrance
Les Formes
Mud-bottom anchorage in the Baie de Bourgneuf, southern Loire-Atlantique, sheltered from NW and W.
- Sheltered NW, W
2871HarbourErquy, FranceLes HÔPITAUX
Drying cove east of Cap d'Erquy in the Côtes-d'Armor, north Brittany, used by shallow-draught boats and local dinghies.
- 2872AnchorageFrance
Les Oursinières
Sand-bottom anchorage on the south side of the Presqu'île de Giens in the bay of Le Pradet, Var.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
2873HarbourMauguio, FranceLesCanalous
Canal boat hire base on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Carnon, commune of Mauguio, Hérault.
2874- 2875HarbourPazy, France
Locaboat
Canal boat rental base on the Canal du Nivernais near Corbigny, in the commune of Pazy in the Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
- 2876HarbourRichardménil, France
Lock Mooring In Pound Danger Low Pier Cable In Front Of Mooring
Canal stop on the Canal des Vosges in Lorraine, Meurthe-et-Moselle, roughly halfway between Nancy and Épinal.
- 2877AnchorageFrance
Locmalo
Anchorage off the hamlet of Locmalo, on the western shore of the Gâvres peninsula at the entrance to the Lorient roadstead, Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
2878HarbourTrédrez-Locquémeau, FranceLocquemeau
5.0(1)Small drying harbour on the west side of the Baie de Lannion, in Trédrez-Locquémeau, northern Brittany.
- Sheltered E, S
2879HarbourLocquirec, FranceLocquirec
Tidal drying harbour of 433 moorings on the north coast of Finistère, at the mouth of the Douron estuary, between the bays of Lannion and Morlaix.
- 2880AnchorageFrance
Logéo West - Le Poul
Mooring field on buoys off Le Logeo, on the western shore of the Gulf of Morbihan, sand bottom.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
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