Best anchorages and harbours in Provence and Côte d'Azur
387 documented anchorages and harbours in Provence and Côte d'Azur, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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61AnchorageFranceLe Petit Rhône
4.4Anchorage off the mouth of the Petit Rhône on the Camargue coast, mud bottom, 0.8 nm NW of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 62AnchorageFrance
Calanque de la Tripe
4.3Small calanque on the south side of Cap Bénat in the Var, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and the Île du Levant. Bottom of sand and posidonia.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
- 63AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Morgiou
4.3Calanque east of Sormiou with a small fishing port in the Calanques national park, where anchoring is limited to the sand outside a buoyed protection zone that shields the posidonia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 64AnchorageFrance
Anse du Rouet
4.3Small calanque on the Côte Bleue, just east of Carry-le-Rouet inside the Parc marin de la Côte Bleue.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 65AnchorageFrance
Baie de la Vierge
4.3Anchorage on the north-east side of La Ciotat bay, sand bottom, shelter from W through N to NE, exposed to southerly swell.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 66AnchorageFrance
Grand-Cale - Porquerolles
4.3Anchorage on the south coast of Porquerolles, within the Parc national de Port-Cros, between Calanque de l'Oustaou de Diou and the south-eastern headland of the island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 67AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Pouars
4.3Narrow calanque on the southern coast of the Marseilleveyre massif, inside the Parc national des Calanques between Les Goudes and Morgiou.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
68AnchorageFranceCalanque du Port d'Alon
4.3Rocky creek on the Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer coast, inside the Natura 2000 marine site between La Madrague and Bandol.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
69AnchorageFranceLes issambres - San perre
4.3Sand-bottom anchorage off the shore of San Peïre-sur-Mer, in the Issambres district of Roquebrune-sur-Argens, on the Esterel coast of the Var.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
70AnchorageFranceMouillage du Portet
4.3Anchorage on the north-east side of Île Sainte-Marguerite in the Lérins islands, off Cannes.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 71AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Saint-Barthelmy
4.3Red rock inlet of the Esterel massif on the Corniche d'Or, between Agay and Théoule-sur-Mer, mixed sand and weed bottom, sheltered from N, NE, W and NW winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
72AnchorageFranceÎlot de l'Îlon
4.3Anchorage off the small islet of l'Îlon on the south side of Île Sainte-Marguerite, the largest of the Lérins Islands off Cannes.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
73AnchorageFranceBaie des Fourmis
4.3Small bay on the Beaulieu-sur-Mer waterfront on the French Riviera, between Nice and Cap Ferrat.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
74AnchorageFranceLe Petit Rhône
4.3Anchorage on the Petit Rhône branch of the Rhône delta in Camargue, mud bottom, sheltered from northerly winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
75AnchorageFranceAnse de la Salis
4.3Sandy cove between the Cap d'Antibes and the ramparts of old Antibes, on the Côte d'Azur.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 76AnchorageFrance
Baie de la Moutte
4.3Open roadstead west of Bandol between the Pointe de la Cride and Île Rousse, on the Provence coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
77AnchorageFrancePlage des Salins
4.3Long sand beach on the eastern shore of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, 2.7 nm east of the town harbour.
- Sheltered W, NW
- 78AnchorageFrance
Pointe de la Paume
4.3Anchorage at the Pointe de la Paume on the Esterel shore between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar, in the western Gulf of La Napoule.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
79AnchorageFranceAnse des Fossettes
4.3Cove on the south-eastern side of the Cap Ferrat peninsula, between Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Beaulieu-sur-Mer in the Alpes-Maritimes.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
80AnchorageFranceîlot Tiboulen
4.3Small rocky islet at the NW tip of the Frioul archipelago off Marseille, inside the Calanques national park.
- Sheltered S
81AnchorageFrancePlage de Boulouris
4.3Anchorage off the beach at Boulouris, on the Esterel coast between Saint-Raphaël and Agay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
82AnchorageFrancePlage du Layet
4.3Sand anchorage off Plage du Layet at Cavalière, on the Var coast between Le Lavandou and Cap Nègre.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 83AnchorageFrance
Calanque Seynerolles
4.2Small rocky inlet on the eastern flank of La Ciotat bay, just south of the Port Vieux.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
84AnchorageFranceFort Sainte-Marguerite
4.2Buoy field of 28 moorings on the north side of Île Sainte-Marguerite, the larger of the Îles de Lérins, facing Cannes across the Baie de Cannes.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
85AnchorageFranceÎle du Grand Ribaud
4.2Anchorage on algae and posidonia seabed off the Île du Grand Ribaud, at the south-west tip of the Giens peninsula near Hyères.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
86AnchorageFranceMouillage de Jova
4.2Anchorage in the bay of Bonporteau, west of Cavalaire-sur-Mer, sheltered from the mistral blowing down from the north and east.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
87AnchorageFrancePlage de Carro
4.2Small sand-bottom anchorage off Carro at the entrance to its fishing harbour, on the Cote Bleue west of Marseille, with room for only a few boats.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 88AnchorageFrance
Anse Saint Pierre
4.2Small cove on the eastern shore of the Rade des Vignettes, near Le Pradet in the Var, with room for about two boats at anchor.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
- 89AnchorageFrance
Cap Rousset
4.2Anchorage on the north coast of Porquerolles, west of the island, off a rocky headland in the Parc national de Port-Cros.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
90AnchorageFranceEscampo-Barriou
4.2Anchorage on the east side of the Giens peninsula, between La Madrague and Port du Niel, Var.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W