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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2941AnchorageFrancePlage de Keremma
Open anchorage off the Keremma dunes on the north Finistère coast, sand bottom, sheltered from S to SW winds but fully exposed to the north swell.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
2942AnchorageFrancePlage de Kerfissien
Buoyed mooring off the beach of Kerfissien on the north coast of Finistere, between Cleder and Plouescat.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 2943AnchorageFrance
Plage de L'Anse du Fourneau
Anchorage off the north coast of the Île de Ré, between the villages of Ars-en-Ré and Loix, in Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered W, SW
2944AnchorageFrancePlage de l'arnèche
Anchorage in the Gironde estuary off Meschers-sur-Gironde, mud bottom, sheltered from N to E.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 2945AnchorageFrance
Plage de l'Avant port
Anchorage off the north side of Binic on the bay of Saint-Brieuc, Cotes-d'Armor.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
2946AnchorageFrancePlage de la pointe
Buoy mooring on the Rance river in Ille-et-Vilaine, off the village of Saint-Suliac upstream from the Rance tidal barrage.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 2947AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Vielle Nouvelle
Sand anchorage off the long beach south of Gruissan, between the Étang de l'Ayrolle and the Mediterranean, in Occitania.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
2948AnchorageFrancePlage de Port Pinard
Mud-bottom anchorage on the French shore of Lake Geneva, 0.5 NM E of Port de Ripaille and 0.8 NM NW of Port d'Amphion-Publier, Haute-Savoie.
- Sheltered SE, W
- 2949AnchorageFrance
Plage de Saint-Jacques
Day anchorage off the Plage de Saint-Jacques in Sarzeau, on the south coast of the Rhuys peninsula in Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 2950AnchorageMartinique
Plage de Tartane
Anchorage off the beach of Tartane fishing village, on the north side of the Caravelle peninsula, Atlantic coast.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 2951AnchorageFrance
Plage de Tibidy
Anchorage off Tibidy beach in the anse de Poulmic, rade de Brest, facing the Île Tibidy.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 2952AnchorageFrance
Plage de Trehervé
Anchorage off a mud-bottomed beach on the Rhuys peninsula, near the entrance of the rivière de Pénerf, in Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
2953AnchorageFrancePlage des Carrés
Mooring field off the plage des Carrés at Pornic, on the Jade coast of Loire-Atlantique, sand bottom, sheltered from N, NE and E winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 2954AnchorageFrance
Mouillage sud de Belle-Île
Rocky anchorage on the south coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Brittany, open to the Bay of Biscay.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 2955AnchorageFrance
Plage des Pommiers
Sheltered anchorage in a small cove on the Presqu'île de Giens, close to the Port de la Baie Saint-Michel, on the Var coast of Provence.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
2956AnchorageFrancePlage du Bouvet Cove
Daytime anchorage on the south coast of Giens peninsula, east of Port du Niel, facing the Îles d'Hyères.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 2957AnchorageFrance
Plage du galon d’or
Open anchorage off the long sand beach of Galon d'Or on the west coast of Île d'Oléron, south of Saint-Trojan-les-Bains.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
2958AnchorageFrancePlage du Lazaret
Anchorage off the Lazaret beach on the Sète lido, sand bottom, sheltered from most quarters except southerly winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
2959AnchorageFrancePlage du Moulin
Sand anchorage 0,5 nm south of Saint-Quay-Portrieux in the baie de Saint-Brieuc, Brittany.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
2960AnchorageFrancePlage du Port
Buoy field off the north Finistère coast near Roscoff, sand bottom, open to westerly swell.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
2961AnchorageFrancePlage du Veillon
Anchorage off the sandy Veillon beach at the mouth of the Payré estuary, south of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire in Vendée.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
2962AnchorageFrancePlage la Testa
Sand-bottom anchorage off Pianottoli-Caldarello on the south coast of Corsica, west of Bonifacio.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 2963AnchorageFrance
Plage le Bourdigou
Open anchorage off the Bourdigou beach on the Roussillon coast, between Le Barcares and Sainte-Marie-la-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
2964AnchorageFrancePlage Napoléon
Sand anchorage off the long Plage Napoléon at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, on the eastern side of the Rhône delta in the Camargue.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 2965AnchorageFrance
Plage Nord de Taussat
Anchorage on the northeast shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, off Taussat-les-Bains in Gironde.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
2966AnchorageFrancePlage Saint-Enogat
Open anchorage off the beach of Saint-Énogat on the west side of Dinard, facing the bay of Saint-Malo.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
2967AnchorageFrancePlage San Giovanni
Sand-bottom anchorage on the south coast of Corsica, between Pianottoli-Caldarello and the Bouches de Bonifacio.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 2968AnchorageFrance
Point du Jour
Anchorage on the Garonne river at Lormont, on the right bank opposite Bordeaux, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
2969AnchorageFrancepointe de gueretion
Anchorage on the north coast of Île du Levant, Var, facing the Parc national de Port-Cros to the west.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 2970AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Guerre Vieille
Buoy field off the Pointe de Guerre Vieille on the north side of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, facing the bay of Les Canoubiers.
- Sheltered 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.