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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2882HarbourLorient, FranceLorient Port à sec
Dry stack marina of 280 spaces at Lorient La Base, on the west bank of the Ter, in the former submarine base of Keroman.
2883HarbourFranceLormont Bas
Small tidal harbour on the right bank of the Garonne in Lormont, across the river from Bordeaux.
2884AnchorageFranceLuc sur mer
Open roadstead off Luc-sur-Mer on the Calvados coast, between Courseulles and Ouistreham.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 2885HarbourLumes, France
Lumes
Small river halt on the Meuse in the Ardennes, 8 berths, south-east of Charleville-Mezieres.
2886HarbourPlouhinec, FranceMagouer
Small harbour on the west bank of the ria d'Étel at Plouhinec, facing the town of Étel across the channel in Morbihan.
- 2887AnchorageFrance
Magouër
Mooring field of 31 buoys on the west bank of the Étel river, opposite the village of Étel in Morbihan.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 2888AnchorageFrance
Maison blanche
Anchorage in the rade de Brest, on the south shore between Pointe de l'Armorique and the entrance to the Élorn, in Finistère.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
2889HarbourSaint-Just-Luzac, FranceMarennes
Small tidal harbour at the head of the Seudre estuary, opposite the Île d'Oléron, in Charente-Maritime.
2890HarbourSaint-Just-Luzac, FranceMarennes
Oyster and pleasure port at the head of the Cayenne channel, on the right bank of the Seudre estuary in Charente-Maritime.
- 2891AnchorageMartinique
Anse Marigot
Cove north of Bellefontaine village, on the Caribbean coast between Case-Pilote and Le Carbet.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 2892HarbourLe Robert, Martinique
Marina du Robert - Port à sec
Dry stack and small marina at Le Robert, Four à Chaux district, in the southern part of Le Robert harbour on the Atlantic coast.
- 2893HarbourFrance
Marina Park Offendorf
Inland marina on a backwater of the Rhine at Offendorf, in the Bas-Rhin north of Strasbourg.
2894HarbourFranceMarine Palumbo
River marina on the Hérault at Agde, on the left bank just upstream from the old town.
- 2895AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de l'étang de Berre
Anchorage in the étang de Berre, Provence, mud bottom, sheltered from E, SW, S and SE winds.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 2896AnchorageFrance
Marquise
Sand anchorage off l'Ayguade d'Hyeres in the Var, east of the Giens peninsula on the Provencal coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 2897HarbourMarseilles-lès-Aubigny, France
Marseilles les aubigny
Canal port on the Canal latéral à la Loire in the Cher, at the junction with the Canal de Berry, about 30 km east of Bourges.
2898AnchorageFranceMartigues
Anchorage in the étang de Berre basin off Martigues, at the north end of the Canal de Caronte.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
2899AnchorageFranceMenton
Anchorage off the town of Menton on the Côte d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes, close to the Italian border, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 2900HarbourFrance
Meyran
Oyster and leisure port on the south-east shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon at Gujan-Mestras, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
2901HarbourMittersheim, Francemittersheim
Inland marina of 10 berths at Mittersheim in Moselle, on the Canal des Houillères de la Sarre beside the Étang de Mittersheim.
- 2902AnchorageFrance
Montertelot
River mooring on the Nantes-Brest canal in Morbihan, between the locks of Montertelot and Le Roc-Saint-André.
- Sheltered SW
2903HarbourMornac-sur-Seudre, FranceMornac
Tidal oyster-farming port on the Seudre estuary, in Mornac-sur-Seudre, Charente-Maritime.
2904AnchorageFranceMornac-sur-Seudre
Drying anchorage in the Seudre estuary, opposite the oyster village of Mornac-sur-Seudre, Charente-Maritime.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 2905AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Billon
Rocky-bottom anchorage on the Lac du Bourget in Savoie, sheltered from W through S winds, exposed to the easterly Vaudaire.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 2906AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Bois de Ham
Anchorage on the Lac du Der-Chantecoq in the Marne, the largest artificial lake in France at 4 800 hectares.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 2907AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Courrières
Estuarine mooring on the Authie bay on the Hauts-de-France coast between Berck and Fort-Mahon-Plage, on the border of the Somme and Pas-de-Calais départements.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 2908AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Gauseirans
Open roadstead off the beaches of Anglet on the Basque coast, sand bottom, exposed to the Atlantic swell.
- Sheltered E
2909AnchorageFranceMouillage de Kermagen
Three-buoy anchorage in the Trieux estuary between Lézardrieux and the Île-de-Bréhat, northern Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 2910AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Larrigade
Sand-bottom anchorage on the Landes coast in New Aquitaine, sheltered from S, SW, W and NW.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, 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.