Best anchorages and harbours in Morbihan

Pointe de Brehuidic

Mooring buoys off the Brehuidic headland in the Golfe du Morbihan, mud bottom, well sheltered on most bearings.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Port de la Roche Bernard

River port of 563 berths on the Vilaine, 8 nautical miles upstream from the Arzal dam, in Morbihan, Brittany.

Anse du Guip

Anchorage on the east coast of the Île aux Moines in the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany. Sand bottom, open to the east.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Plage des pirates

Anchorage off a small sand beach on the Rhuys peninsula, south Brittany, near Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Port Aux Moines

Drying harbour of 117 berths on the south coast of the Rhuys peninsula at Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, Morbihan.

Port de l'Argol

Mooring field of around 135 buoys at Port de l'Argol, the main harbour of Île d'Hoedic in the Morbihan, southern Brittany, sand bottom, open to the north and northeast.

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

Tréac'h er Baron

Anchorage on the north coast of Houat, Morbihan, over patchy sand and rock.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Côte d'Heno

Anchorage on the northeast coast of Île de Groix, off Port-Tudy, sand bottom.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Île des Poulains

Anchorage off the Pointe des Poulains at the north-west tip of Belle-Île-en-Mer, on sand and rock.

• Sheltered SW, S

Anse de Stole

Sandy anchorage off Lomener, on the Morbihan coast between Lorient and Plœmeur in southern Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Plage du Béniguet

Sandy anchorage off the north-west coast of Île de Houat, in the Mor Bras between Quiberon and Belle-Île.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Le Pouldu - Laïta

Anchorage in the Laïta estuary at Le Pouldu on the Finistère and Morbihan border, 250 berths on sand.

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

Portz chudell - West

Anchorage on the west side of the Île-aux-Moines approach, Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany. Sand and rock bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Stêr-Vraz

Deep inlet cutting into the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, just west of Sauzon. The name means "big estuary" in Breton.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Port Blanc

Anchorage in the Golfe du Morbihan off Baden, facing the Île aux Moines ferry slip, mud and algae bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered W, SW, S

Saint-Pierre Lopérec

Sheltered drying anchorage in the Rivière d'Auray, upstream of Locmariaquer in the Golfe du Morbihan.

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

Pornichet

Open 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

Kerners-Bilouris

Buoy mooring field of about 380 moorings on the south side of the Rhuys peninsula, in the bay of Kerners between Arzon and Sarzeau, inside the Gulf of Morbihan, run by the port of Arzon.

Port Goulphar

Narrow rocky inlet on the south coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, below the cliffs of Bangor, on the Côte Sauvage.

• Free
• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Pen-Mané

Marina of 150 berths in Locmiquélic, on the east bank of the Lorient harbour, facing the city across the Blavet estuary.

Pointe de port Ladron

Anchorage off the south-east shore of Île d'Arz, inside the Golfe du Morbihan, mud bottom with good holding.

• Sheltered W, SW, S

Port du Bélon

Tidal estuary port on the Bélon river at Riec-sur-Bélon in southern Finistère, between the Aven and the Laïta. The river gives its name to the Belon flat oyster, Ostrea edulis.

Rade du Croisic

Outer 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

Auray - Saint-Goustan

River port of 154 berths on the Loc'h river at Auray, 7 nautical miles upstream from the Gulf of Morbihan.

Penera - Nord

Buoy mooring field of 61 buoys off the north shore of Île d'Arz in the Golfe du Morbihan, south Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

île Piren

Anchorage east of Arradon, between Île Piren and Île d'Irus in the Golfe du Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, N

La petite cale

Small sand anchorage on the Ploemeur coast of the Morbihan, west of Lomener and sheltered by the Île aux Souris.

Port de Malestroit

Inland port on the canal de Nantes à Brest at Malestroit, a medieval town in the Morbihan 40 km north-east of Vannes.

Plage du Fogeo

Sandy beach anchorage on the W side of the Presqu'île de Rhuys, just S of Port du Crouesty at the entrance to the Golfe du Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

La Trinité-sur-Mer

Marina of 1250 berths on the estuary of the Crac'h river, between Carnac and the Gulf of Morbihan in southern Brittany.