Best anchorages and harbours in Seine and Paris

Yacht club Triel

River mooring on the Seine at Triel-sur-Seine, in the Yvelines west of Paris, between the confluences of the Oise and the Mauldre.

Poses

Point on the Seine at the Poses-Amfreville dam, the tidal limit of the river upstream from Rouen. Anchoring is prohibited in the dam and lock zone.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, SW, S

Vaux

River anchorage on the Seine near Vaux-sur-Seine, upstream of L'Isle-Adam on the Oise tributary reach, Île-de-France.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Port-Cergy

River anchorage on the Oise at Cergy-Neuville, Île-de-France, adjacent to Port de Cergy. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW

Île des Rats

River mooring on the Oise at Compiègne, Hauts-de-France, weed bottom, sheltered by the banks.

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

Écluse De La Garenne Aval

Waiting mooring downstream of the Garenne lock on the Seine in Normandy. Bottom of mud and weed, sheltered from NW, N and NE.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Morsang

Buoyed moorings on the Seine at Morsang-sur-Seine, upstream of Corbeil-Essonnes in Essonne.

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

Meaux

River stopover on the Marne at Meaux in Seine-et-Marne, mud bottom, fully sheltered from all wind sectors.

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

Seine

River halt on the Seine in the Eure valley, on the navigable reach between Vernon and Rouen, lying alongside a dock or a small pontoon rather than at anchor.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, S

Halte Nautique de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine

River halt on the Seine at the confluence with the Oise, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Yvelines.

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

Île de la Chaussée

Anchorage on the Seine between Bougival and Croissy, sheltered by the Île de la Chaussée with shelter from most directions, mud and weed bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE

Suresnes

High concrete barge quay on the Seine at Suresnes, downstream of Paris between the Bois de Boulogne and Mont Valérien. Anchoring is not authorised and the wall serves only as an emergency overnight stop.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Beaumont-sur-Oise

River reach on the Oise in Val-d'Oise, 30 km north of Paris. Anchoring is prohibited on this stretch.

• Sheltered NW, N, E, S, SE

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

Mouillage de Boran-sur-Oise

River mooring on the Oise near Boran-sur-Oise, Hauts-de-France, between the Paris basin and the Compiègne forest.

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

Île de la Dérivation

River mooring on the Oise at L'Isle-Adam, north-west of Paris, weed bottom, sheltered by the river banks.

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

La Marne

River anchorage on the Marne east of Paris, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from NE, E and SE winds.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Pont du maréchal Juin

River mooring on the Seine at Boissise-le-Roi in Seine-et-Marne, just downstream of the maréchal Juin road bridge, around 45 km upstream of Paris.

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