Best anchorages and harbours in Atlantic coast
158 documented anchorages and harbours in Atlantic coast, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 61HarbourLa Faute-sur-Mer, France
La Faute sur Mer
3.3Tidal harbour on the left bank of the Lay estuary, in Vendée, opposite L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer across the river mouth.
- 62HarbourFrossay, France
Les Portes de l'Atlantique - Port à Sec
3.3Dry-stack marina on the south bank of the Loire estuary at Le Migron, commune of Frossay, between Paimbœuf and Nantes.
63HarbourTonnay-Charente, FranceTonnay-Charente
3.3Former commercial river port on the right bank of the Charente, 4 km upstream of Rochefort in New Aquitaine.
64HarbourÎle-d'Aix, FranceRade De L'île D'Aix
3.3Open roadstead east of the Île d'Aix in the Pertuis d'Antioche, between Fouras and Oléron, with sand and mud holding.
65HarbourFranceAudenge
3.3Small drying harbour on the north-east shore of Bassin d'Arcachon, in the commune of Audenge.
66HarbourLa Plaine-sur-Mer, FranceLa Gravette
3.3Drying tidal harbour on the Jade coast at La Plaine-sur-Mer, at the northern entrance to the Bay of Bourgneuf.
67HarbourBordeaux, FranceBègles
3.2River marina of 40 berths on the left bank of the Garonne at Bègles, in the southern outskirts of Bordeaux.
68HarbourLa Rive, FranceMortagne sur Gironde
3.2River port on the right bank of the Gironde estuary in Charente-Maritime, 15 nm upstream of Royan. Max draught 2 m in the basin.
69HarbourFrancePlassac
3.1River port of 40 berths on the right bank of the Gironde estuary at Plassac, in Gironde, New Aquitaine.
70HarbourAndernos-les-Bains, FranceOstréïcole Andernos-les-Bains
3.1Oyster-farming harbour on the north shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, at Andernos-les-Bains in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- 71HarbourCassy, France
Cassy
3.1Tidal harbour of 225 berths on the east shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, at Lanton, Gironde.
72HarbourFrancePort de Larros
3.1Oyster-farming port at Gujan-Mestras on the southern shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, the main shellfish harbour of the basin.
73HarbourPaimbœuf, FrancePaimboeuf
3.0River port on the left bank of the Loire estuary, about 15 nautical miles downstream of Nantes and 10 miles upstream of Saint-Nazaire.
- 74HarbourFrance
Port de Loix
3.0Tidal port in the salt marshes of Loix, Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, 50 berths.
75HarbourPornichet, FrancePornichet
3.0Marina of 1150 berths on the Baie de La Baule south of the Loire estuary, one of the largest marinas on the French Atlantic coast.
76HarbourCapbreton, FranceCapbreton
3.0Marina of 960 berths at the mouth of the Boudigau channel in the Landes, the only sheltered port on the 100 km sand coast between the Adour and the Arcachon inlet.
77HarbourPornic, FrancePort de Gourmalon
2.9Marina of 350 berths in Pornic on the south Brittany coast of Loire-Atlantique, on the north shore of the Baie de Bourgneuf.
78HarbourLa Cotinière, FranceLa Cotinière
2.9Fishing and leisure harbour on the west coast of the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime. Fifth French Atlantic fishing port by tonnage landed.
- 79HarbourFrance
Port Des Callonges
2.7Small tidal harbour on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, in the Saintonge marshes north of the Medoc.
- 80HarbourFrance
Port de Goulée
2.7Tidal creek port on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, commune of Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac, northern Médoc.
81HarbourMimizan, FranceMimizan
2.7River port on the Courant de Mimizan, between the Atlantic beach and the Etang d'Aureilhan, in the Landes forest of New Aquitaine.
82HarbourFrancePort De Goisil
2.6Drying tidal harbour on the north shore of the Ile de Re, between Loix and Saint-Martin-de-Re, in the Fier d'Ars.
83HarbourComberge, FranceComberge
2.6Small drying harbour on the south coast of the Pays de la Loire, between Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef and Pornic, a short hop from the Île du Pilier anchorages.
84HarbourArcachon, FranceArcachon
2.6Marina of 2 600 berths at the south edge of the Arcachon basin in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the largest pleasure port on the French Atlantic coast.
85HarbourFranceTalais
2.5Tidal creek port on the Gironde estuary at Talais, on the Medoc bank north of Saint-Vivien-de-Medoc.
- 86HarbourUrcuit, France
Ponton de Lahonce
2.4River pontoon on the Adour at Urcuit, upstream of Bayonne in the Basque Country.
87HarbourFranceSaint-Vivien-de-Médoc
2.4Tidal port on the Chenal de Saint-Vivien, left bank of the Gironde estuary, 14 km south of Pointe de Grave.
- 88HarbourMarans, France
Marans
2.3Inland marina at the head of the Sèvre Niortaise canal in the Marais Poitevin, 24 km from the sea, maximum draught 1.4 m.
89HarbourFrancePort Bloc
2.3Small harbour on the north tip of the Médoc peninsula at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary mouth.
90HarbourMaubert, FrancePort Maubert
2.3Tidal harbour on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, in the commune of Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime.