Best anchorages and harbours in Morbihan

Port Guen

Cove on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, just east of Le Palais, with room for about 10 boats on sand.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Port-Haliguen - Quiberon

Marina of 1300 berths on the east side of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, inside the Baie de Quiberon.

La Turballe

Fishing and leisure harbour of 329 berths on the Guérande peninsula, between Le Croisic and Piriac-sur-Mer, first sardine port of France.

Treac'h er Gorlé

White sand anchorage on the north-east coast of Île d'Houat, Morbihan, sheltered from winds from SE through S to SW.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Merrien

Small drying ria on the south coast of Finistère between Le Pouldu and Doëlan, sheltered behind the headlands of Beg Morg and Beg Porz.

Beg Run er Vilaine

Anchorage off the west shore of the Vilaine estuary, just north of the Pointe de Penlan, near Saint-Gildas-des-Bois side of the river mouth.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Gâvres

Sand-bottom anchorage with 6 berths off the Gâvres peninsula at the entrance to the Rade de Lorient.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Kernével

Deep-water marina in the rade de Lorient on the Larmor-Plage shore, 1,000 berths with 5 m draught available at all tides.

La Baule - Le Pouliguen

Tidal harbour at the mouth of the étier du Pouliguen between La Baule and Le Pouliguen in southern Brittany, 820 berths.

Îlot de Toul-Bras

Day anchorage off the eastern shore of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, between Port-Haliguen and Port-Maria.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Le Croisic

Drying town harbour of 500 berths at the end of a narrow tidal ria on the Guérande peninsula, where visitors take the ground on soft mud or lie on buoys in the pool, with an active fishing fleet and a bottlenose dolphin research station on the quay.

Anse de Penhap

Anchorage at the southern tip of the Île aux Moines in the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany. Mixed sand, rock and weed bottom, open to the south.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Port Blanc

Small sandy cove on the south-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, in the commune of Bangor.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Île De Saint Armel

Anchorage off the Île de Saint-Armel in the southeast of the Golfe du Morbihan, between Le Hézo and the Pointe du Bill.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Port de Deuborh

Anchorage on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, 0.8 NM NW of Sauzon, sand bottom.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Les 7 iles

Anchorage off the Sept-Îles archipelago, north of Perros-Guirec on the Côtes d'Armor coast, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Locmariaquer

Drying harbour of 119 berths on the western shore of the entrance to the Golfe du Morbihan, opposite Port-Navalo across the narrow pass.

Le Moustoir Baie de l'Ours

Buoy field in the baie de l'Ours on the east side of the Île de Bréhat, north Brittany, sand and weed bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, E

Penerf

Tidal 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

Banc de Kergonan

Anchorage on a sand bank north of Île aux Moines, in the Golfe du Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Rade de Houat

Roadstead on the south-east side of Île de Houat, used as the natural waiting area for Port Saint-Gildas.

• Sheltered NW, W

Réduit de Béniguet

Anchorage off Île de Béniguet, in the Chaussée de Sein archipelago west of the Brittany mainland.

• Sheltered E, S, SE

Rohu

Anchorage off the Pointe du Rohu in the golfe du Morbihan, sand and weed bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Mouillage du golfe du Morbihan

Anchorage in the golfe du Morbihan, Brittany, sand bottom, sheltered from NE, E, S and SE winds.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Anse er Goret

Small cove on the west side of the Rhuys peninsula in the Gulf of Morbihan. Eight moorings, sand and weed bottom.

• Free
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Plage du Grand Lanroué

Day 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

Sauzon - Avant port

Outer anchorage of Sauzon on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, the largest island off southern Brittany.

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

Beg er Sennerion

Small sand anchorage on Île d'Hoedic, just east of Port de l'Argol.

• Sheltered W

Ban-Gâvres

Small harbour of 5 visitor berths on the Gâvres peninsula, at the south entrance of the Lorient harbour.

Port de Saint-Jacques

Marina with 365 berths at Saint-Jacques, Sarzeau, in the Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany.