Best anchorages and harbours in Loire-Atlantique

Mouillage au large de Piriac-sur-Mer

Sand anchorage off Piriac-sur-Mer on the Guérande peninsula, southern Brittany approaches.

• Sheltered E, SE

Lanséria

Buoy mooring field off the coast near Kercabellec, northern entrance of the Traict de Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Pointe de Pen-Bron

Anchorage off the sand spit of Pen-Bron at the entrance to the Traict du Croisic, opposite the fishing harbour of Le Croisic in Pays de la Loire.

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

Saint-Guérin

Anchorage in the ria of Pénerf, southern Brittany, on the west bank opposite the village of Saint-Guérin, in Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW

Plage du Grand Traict

Open anchorage off the sandy beach of Grand Traict on the Guérande peninsula, between Pornichet and Le Croisic, on the southern Loire-Atlantique coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Bassin de St Nazaire

Locked commercial basin at the mouth of the Loire in Saint-Nazaire, no longer open to pleasure craft and now reserved for commercial shipping.

Criée du Croisic

Working fish auction quay on the north side of the Le Croisic harbour channel, in southern Brittany.

Île du Pilier

Sand anchorage off the Île du Pilier, a granite islet 2.7 NM northwest of L'Herbaudière on Noirmoutier, Vendée.

• Sheltered SW, S

La Nor

Anchorage in the baie de Bourgneuf, Pays de la Loire, mud bottom with good holding, open to westerly weather.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

La vilaine

River anchorage on the Vilaine between the Arzal dam and La Roche-Bernard, rock bottom, protected from W to SE winds.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Lavau-sur-Loire

Small tidal harbour on the north bank of the Loire estuary between Nantes and Saint-Nazaire, in the Brière regional park.

Le Cormier

Anchorage on the Jade coast near Pornic, sand and rock bottom, shelter from NE through E and from SW through SE.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Les Formes

Mud-bottom anchorage in the Baie de Bourgneuf, southern Loire-Atlantique, sheltered from NW and W.

• Sheltered NW, W

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

Plage 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

Pointe du Bec

Rocky anchorage off Pornichet on the southern Brittany coast, just east of the Baie de La Baule.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Port Charly

Sand anchorage off Le Croisic peninsula, on the southern Loire-Atlantique coast.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Port de Lérat

Small drying harbour on the rocky coast north of Piriac-sur-Mer, on the Guérande peninsula in Pays de la Loire.

Port Saint-Michel

Open anchorage off the south coast of the Le Croisic peninsula, Loire-Atlantique.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Port st gildas

Marina of 288 berths at Préfailles, on the south side of the Pointe Saint-Gildas at the entrance of the Loire estuary.

Vieux port

Old drying harbour at the head of the Anse de Pornic in Loire-Atlantique, overlooked by the 13th-century château de Gilles de Rais.