Best anchorages and harbours in Normandy

Port Dielette

Wet-basin marina on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, 420 berths, max draught 4 m, one of the few refuges on this exposed shore.

Le Havre

Marina of 1300 berths at the mouth of the Seine estuary, on the Normandy coast, the largest yacht harbour on the French Channel coast.

Barfleur

Tidal harbour of 125 berths on the north-east tip of the Cotentin peninsula, in Normandy.

Roche Cardin

Anchorage on sand off Roche Cardin in the Chausey archipelago area west of Granville, sheltered only from SW winds.

• Sheltered SW

L'anneau de la Marguerite

Anchorage off Courseulles-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast, on Juno Beach of the 6 June 1944 landings.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Golfe d'Étrétat

Open roadstead off the chalk cliffs of Étretat on the Normandy Alabaster Coast, between the Falaise d'Amont and the Falaise d'Aval with its arch and needle.

• Free
• Sheltered E, S, SE

La Seine Aval - Poses

Section of the Seine at Poses in Eure, immediately upstream of the écluse de Poses-Amfreville, the last lock on the Seine before the tidal river to the sea.

Port De Roubary

Small drying anchorage north of Barfleur on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Port de Fécamp

Marina with 900 berths on the Alabaster Coast, draught up to 2.5 metres, fuel berth on site. VHF 9. Le Havre-Antifer lies 10.8 nm to the south-west.

Port Mer

Buoy mooring in the bay of Port-Mer, on the north side of the Pointe du Grouin peninsula near Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, where anchoring is discouraged.

• Paid
• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Anse de Saint-Martin

Sand-bottomed cove on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula, between Omonville-la-Rogue and Port Racine, in the Raz Blanchard tidal stream area.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W

Courseulles-sur-Mer

Tidal marina at the mouth of the Seulles river on the Calvados coast, 750 berths, max draught 1.8 m.

Le Port Levi

Small drying harbour on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula, in the village of Fermanville, about 6 nautical miles east of Cherbourg.

Ouistrahem

Tidal harbour at the mouth of the Canal de Caen à la mer in Calvados, Normandy, combining a marina basin, a ferry terminal and the lock giving access to Caen 15 kilometres inland.

Halte de plaisance de Rouen

River halt for pleasure craft on the Seine at Rouen, on the left bank below the Pont Guillaume-le-Conquérant.

• Sheltered N, E, S, W

La Dives

River anchorage at the mouth of the Dives estuary, between Cabourg and Houlgate in Normandy.

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

Isigny-sur-Mer

Small river marina of 54 berths in the Aure estuary, 4 NM inland from the Baie des Veys on the Normandy coast.

Bassin Vauban

Enclosed dock in central Le Havre, next to the Bassin du Commerce, in Normandy at the mouth of the Seine estuary.

Le canal du retour

Drying anchorage in the old port of Berville-sur-Mer on the south bank of the Seine estuary in Normandy, which empties at low water and suits boats able to take the ground.

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

Rochers aux ânes

Sandy anchorage off the Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Normandy, named after a cluster of rocks south of Grande Île.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Chantier Des Torpilleurs

Boatyard and pontoon on the Canal de Tancarville at Tancarville, Seine estuary, Normandie, at the foot of the Pont de Tancarville.

Havre de Rothéneuf

Open roadstead east of Saint-Malo in Brittany, sand bottom, fully exposed with no natural shelter from any wind direction.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W

Chantier Naval JPL

Boatyard on the Caen canal at Ouistreham, in Normandy, offering haul-out and refit services for pleasure craft.

Île de Terre (Sud)

Prohibited anchorage south of the Ile de Terre in the Saint-Marcouf archipelago, off the east coast of the Cotentin in Normandy.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage du platé

Open roadstead off Diélette on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, sand bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE, S

Picain Boys

Mooring buoy field off Port-Picain, on the east side of the Baie de Cancale in Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Quinéville

Drying tidal harbour on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Manche, between Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and Barfleur.

Écluse des Poses "quais"

Lock and quays at Poses-Amfreville on the Seine, the last lock before the tidal estuary, 160 km upstream of Le Havre.

Fécamp

Roadstead off Fécamp on the Côte d'Albâtre in Normandy, at the foot of chalk cliffs rising to 110 metres.

• Free
• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Basse Cancale

Small anchorage for about 5 boats off Cancale in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, eastern Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW