Best anchorages and harbours in Morbihan

Port - Tudy

Main harbour of Île de Groix, on the north coast of the island off Lorient in south Brittany. About 350 berths across an outer basin and a lock-gated inner basin.

St Goustan

Visitor moorings on the river Auray at the foot of the old Saint-Goustan quarter, mud bottom, fully sheltered from all winds.

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

Carnac - plage

Anchorage off the Grande Plage of Carnac in Quiberon Bay, south Brittany. Sand bottom over a wide gently shelving beach.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Guidel

River marina on the Laïta estuary between Morbihan and Finistère, 220 berths upstream of the Guidel-Plages bar.

Brouel Sud

Open anchorage south of Brouel point, on the southern shore of Île d'Arz in the Gulf of Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Pen Cadenic

Anchorage 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

Plage de Kaolins

Anchorage off the Kaolins beach at Ploemeur on the southern Brittany coast, west of Lorient.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Pointe du Grand Mont

Anchorage off the Pointe du Grand Mont on the west coast of the Rhuys peninsula in southern Brittany, on rock and sand.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Le blavet aval ferme

River anchorage on the lower Blavet below Hennebont, sheltered from all directions, mud bottom.

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

Le Bono

Tidal harbour of 428 berths on the rivière du Bono, a tributary of the Golfe du Morbihan in southern Brittany.

Portz Plous

Anchorage on the south coast of the Île de Groix, off Morbihan in southern Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Samzun

Anchorage on the east side of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, south of Le Palais.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Île de la Jument

Small island in the Gulf of Morbihan between Larmor-Baden and the Île-aux-Moines, with 8 visitor buoys on a mixed mud and weed bottom.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Mouillage de Merrien

Anchorage in the ria of Merrien, a narrow inlet on the south coast of Finistere between Doelan and Brigneau.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Plage de Isthme

Anchorage off the sandy isthmus linking the Quiberon peninsula to the mainland, south Brittany, on the east-facing baie de Quiberon side.

• Free
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Beg Salus

Open anchorage on rock and algae bottom on the Breton coast, 0.7 NM south-west of the port of Saint-Gildas.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Port de l'Argol

Small drying harbour of about 35 places on Hoedic, a Breton island of roughly 100 inhabitants south of Quiberon.

Stêr-Ouen

Narrow inlet on the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, open to the north.

• Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Sainte Catherine - Sud

Mooring field of 69 spots in the Lorient roadstead off Locmiquélic, sand bottom, sheltered from NE to SE.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Port Belloc

Anchorage with 22 moorings on sand north of Sauzon, on Belle-Île-en-Mer.

• Paid
• Sheltered W, SW, S

Les Sept îles - Baden

Anchorage with 36 mooring spots off Baden in the Gulf of Morbihan, sand bottom, well sheltered inside the gulf.

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

Pointe de Penkernéo

Anchorage at the mouth of the Aven and Bélon rivers in southern Finistère, off Port-Manec'h on the Cornouaille coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Anse de Goërem

Small cove on the west side of the Gâvres peninsula, in the Lorient roadstead, southern Brittany.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Baie de la chapelle

Anchorage on the east coast of Île-d'Arz in the Gulf of Morbihan, 5 berths on sand and weed bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Lorient - La Base

Marina set inside the former Keroman submarine base in the Lorient roadstead, Morbihan.

Île Dumet

Rocky islet 3 NM off Piriac-sur-Mer in the bay of Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique. Forain anchorage on the south side.

• Sheltered NW, N

Île Berder

Anchorage on 31 visitor buoys off Île Berder in the Golfe du Morbihan, opposite Larmor-Baden.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Port du Palais

Main harbour of Belle-Île-en-Mer, 245 berths at the foot of the Vauban citadel, on the island's north coast facing the Morbihan mainland.

île holavre

Anchorage off Île Holavre, a small islet in the Golfe du Morbihan north of the Île aux Moines, near Arradon.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

La Marle

Buoy mooring on the Marle river, a tidal arm of the Gulf of Morbihan just south of Vannes.

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