Best anchorages and harbours in Loire-Atlantique
56 documented anchorages and harbours in Loire-Atlantique, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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1AnchorageFranceRoche-Bernard
5.0Anchorage on the river Vilaine at La Roche-Bernard, upstream of the Arzal dam and lock, southern Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
2AnchorageFranceLa Roche-Bernard
4.9River anchorage on the Vilaine upstream of the Arzal dam, in front of the town of La Roche-Bernard.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 3AnchorageFrance
Vilaine
4.8River anchorage on the Vilaine above the Arzal dam, between Arzal-Camoël and La Roche-Bernard, southern Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
4AnchorageFrancePort d Toul'Ru
4.8Mooring field of 200 buoys off Mesquer in the Baie de Pont-Mahé, Pays de la Loire, between the Pointe de Merquel and the salt marshes of Guérande.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 5AnchorageFrance
L’Isle
4.8Anchorage on the Vilaine upstream of the Arzal dam, mud bottom, well sheltered by surrounding wooded banks.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, S, SE
- 6AnchorageFrance
Île Dumet
4.6Anchorage off Ile Dumet, a 7-hectare island 3 NM off the Mesquer coast in southern Brittany.
- Sheltered NE, E
7AnchorageFrancePointe de Mindin
4.3Anchorage in the Loire estuary, on the south bank at Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, opposite Saint-Nazaire.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 8AnchorageFrance
Plage des Souzeaux - Anse Rouge
4.3Anchorage on the north coast of Noirmoutier island, between the Souzeaux beach and the Plantier point, with around 200 moorings on mud bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, S
9AnchorageFranceÎle du Pilier
4.2Anchorage off the Île du Pilier, a small granite island northwest of Noirmoutier in the Bay of Biscay.
- Sheltered W, SW
10AnchorageFrancePen Cadenic
4.2Anchorage on the north shore of the Pénerf estuary in southern Morbihan, Brittany, on the approach to the village of Le Tour-du-Parc.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 11AnchorageFrance
Île Dumet
4.1Rocky islet 3 NM off Piriac-sur-Mer in the bay of Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique. Forain anchorage on the south side.
- Sheltered NW, N
12AnchorageFranceLes Evens
4.0Open anchorage on sand off the Côte d'Amour between Pornichet and La Baule, Loire-Atlantique.
13AnchorageFrancePornichet
3.9Open roadstead anchorage off the beach of Pornichet, at the western end of the baie de La Baule, southern Brittany coast.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 14AnchorageFrance
Luzeronde
3.9Anchorage off the sand beach of Luzéronde on the north coast of the Île de Noirmoutier, west of L'Herbaudière.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 15AnchorageFrance
Rade du Croisic
3.9Outer roadstead east of the Le Croisic peninsula in Loire-Atlantique, used as a waiting anchorage off the entrance to the Traict.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 16AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Clere
3.7Sand anchorage on the north coast of the île de Noirmoutier, Vendée, between Noirmoutier-en-l'Île and L'Herbaudière.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
17AnchorageFrancePenerf
3.7Tidal anchorage in the Rivière de Pénerf, on the Morbihan coast between the Vilaine estuary and the Gulf of Morbihan.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S
18AnchorageFranceAnse du Boucau
3.6Mooring off the Pointe Saint-Gildas at Préfailles, on the south coast of Loire-Atlantique.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 19AnchorageFrance
Plage du Grand Lanroué
3.6Day anchorage off the Grand Lanroué beach on the Presqu'ile Guérandaise, west of Piriac-sur-Mer in Pays de la Loire.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 20AnchorageFrance
La Linière
3.6Sand anchorage on the north coast of Noirmoutier island, between L'Herbaudière and Noirmoutier-en-l'Île.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 21AnchorageFrance
Trehiguier
3.5Single visitor buoy on the Vilaine river estuary at Pénestin, south Brittany, mud bottom, well protected from N, NE, E, S and SE.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 22AnchorageFrance
Baie du Dervin
3.5Sandy bay between Le Croisic and Le Pouliguen on the south Brittany coast, sheltered from the northerly quadrant, open to the south.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
23AnchorageFranceZone mouillage du Traict
3.4Buoy field in the Traict du Croisic tidal lagoon, just north of Le Croisic harbour, on the southern Loire-Atlantique coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 24AnchorageFrance
Le Grand Traict
3.4Tidal lagoon north of Le Croisic and Guérande, on the south coast of Brittany, used as a waiting anchorage by shoal-draught boats.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
25AnchorageFrancePointe du Croisic
3.4Rocky anchorage off the tip of the Le Croisic peninsula, south Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
26AnchorageFrancePornichet
3.3Mooring field off Pornichet on the Baie de La Baule, Loire-Atlantique, at the western end of the Côte d'Amour.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
27AnchorageFrancePréfailles
3.3Open anchorage off Préfailles on the Pointe Saint-Gildas, south side of the Loire estuary in Pays de la Loire.
- Sheltered N, NE
28AnchorageFrancePlage des Dames
3.3Anchorage of around 53 places off the Plage des Dames on the north-east shore of the Île de Noirmoutier.
- Paid
- Sheltered S, SW, W
- 29AnchorageFrance
Poudrantais
3.3Anchorage off Pointe du Poudrantais on the west shore of the Vilaine estuary, south Brittany, near Pénestin.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
30AnchorageFrancePornic
3.2Anchorage in the bay of Pornic, Loire-Atlantique, off the Côte de Jade on the southern shore of the Loire estuary.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE