Best anchorages and harbours in Normandy

Pirou Plage

Open anchorage off Pirou beach on the west coast of the Cotentin, Manche, on sand, sheltered from NE, E and SE.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Pointe de la Chaine

Anchorage off the Pointe de la Chaine on the eastern side of the baie de Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, northern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W

Port a sec Fécamp

Dry stack storage for 180 motor boats, on the basin of Fécamp in Seine-Maritime, alongside the main marina.

Port de Cancale

Drying tidal harbour at Cancale on the eastern shore of the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.

Port des Flamands

Small harbour of 50 berths on the eastern shore of the Cherbourg roadstead, Cotentin peninsula.

Port Racine

Small tidal harbour at Saint-Germain-des-Vaux on the Cap de la Hague peninsula, often cited as the smallest port in France.

Querqueville

Small port on the west side of the great Cherbourg roadstead, Cotentin peninsula, maximum draught 2 m.

Rive De Lorne

Mooring along the Quai Amiral Hamelin in Caen, Normandy, next to the Rives de l'Orne urban development and the city's leisure basin.

Rocher aux mouettes

Open anchorage off the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Saint Aubin les Elbeuf

River port of 70 berths on the Seine, between Rouen and the Poses lock, in Normandy.

Saint-Jean-de-la-Rivière

Rock-bottom anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Manche, Normandy, between Barneville-Carteret and Portbail.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Utah

Open roadstead off Utah Beach on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy. Sand bottom.

Yport

Open roadstead off the village of Yport, on the Alabaster Coast between Fécamp and Étretat in Seine-Maritime.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE