Best anchorages and harbours in Loire-Atlantique

Baie du Dervin

Sandy 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

Ponton Aval - Port d'Arzal-Camoël

Downstream visitor pontoon at the Arzal-Camoel marina, just below the Arzal dam on the Vilaine estuary in southern Brittany.

Zone mouillage du Traict

Buoy 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

Port du Collet

Tidal harbour at the northern edge of Baie de Bourgneuf, on the Loire-Atlantique coast facing Noirmoutier.

Le Grand Traict

Tidal 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

Pointe du Croisic

Rocky anchorage off the tip of the Le Croisic peninsula, south Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Pornichet

Mooring 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

Les Portes de l'Atlantique - Port à Sec

Dry-stack marina on the south bank of the Loire estuary at Le Migron, commune of Frossay, between Paimbœuf and Nantes.

Préfailles

Open anchorage off Préfailles on the Pointe Saint-Gildas, south side of the Loire estuary in Pays de la Loire.

• Sheltered N, NE

Plage des Dames

Anchorage of around 53 places off the Plage des Dames on the north-east shore of the Île de Noirmoutier.

• Paid
• Sheltered S, SW, W

Poudrantais

Anchorage off Pointe du Poudrantais on the west shore of the Vilaine estuary, south Brittany, near Pénestin.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

La Gravette

Drying tidal harbour on the Jade coast at La Plaine-sur-Mer, at the northern entrance to the Bay of Bourgneuf.

Pornic

Anchorage in the bay of Pornic, Loire-Atlantique, off the Côte de Jade on the southern shore of the Loire estuary.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage des Sableaux

Anchorage off the Plage des Sableaux on the east coast of Noirmoutier island, Vendée, 16 berths on sand.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Kervoyal

Sand and mud anchorage off Kervoyal beach in Damgan, on the south coast of Morbihan between the Vilaine estuary and the Rivière de Penerf.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Paimboeuf

River port on the left bank of the Loire estuary, about 15 nautical miles downstream of Nantes and 10 miles upstream of Saint-Nazaire.

Anse de Toulin

Sandy anchorage off the Côte d'Amour, just south of Le Pouliguen harbour entrance in the bay of La Baule.

• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Anse de Trébézy

Anchorage on the north shore of the Loire estuary, west of Saint-Nazaire, mud bottom, sheltered from NW, N and W winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Pornichet

Marina of 1150 berths on the Baie de La Baule south of the Loire estuary, one of the largest marinas on the French Atlantic coast.

Baie du Pouliguen

Sand anchorage in the bay of La Baule, between Le Pouliguen to the W and Pornichet to the SE, on the Guerande peninsula.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Port de Gourmalon

Marina of 350 berths in Pornic on the south Brittany coast of Loire-Atlantique, on the north shore of the Baie de Bourgneuf.

Port de Penerf

Tidal harbour of 110 berths on the Penerf river estuary in southern Morbihan, Brittany, serving the village of Damgan.

Anse Gavy

Buoy mooring on the Saint-Nazaire side of the Loire estuary, near the Pointe de Chémoulin.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Mouillage près du port d’Arzal

Anchorage on the Vilaine river, just downstream of the Arzal-Camoël dam and lock at the head of the Vilaine estuary in Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Île du Pilier Nord

Anchorage on the north side of Île du Pilier, a small rocky island off Noirmoutier, 2.7 NM west of L'Herbaudière.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Cale De Vielle Roche

Mooring buoys on the Vilaine estuary just upstream of the Arzal dam, mud bottom with shelter on most points of the compass.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Kercabellec

Drying harbour on the Mesquer estuary, in the salt-marsh hinterland of Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique.

Comberge

Small drying harbour on the south coast of the Pays de la Loire, between Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef and Pornic, a short hop from the Île du Pilier anchorages.

Damgan plage

Visitor buoys off the plage de Damgan in the Morbihan, south Brittany, on mud holding.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Merquel

Small buoy field off the Pointe de Merquel at Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique, north of the Traict de Mesquer salt marshes.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S