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.
158 places
Oyster-farming port on the east shore of the Cap Ferret peninsula, on the Bassin d'Arcachon. Rows of wooden cabins on stilts at the quayside, active shellfish trade and a handful of visitor moorings.
Tidal harbour on the Goulet de Fromentine channel, commune of La Barre-de-Monts in northern Vendée, opposite Noirmoutier.
123Small fishing harbour tucked under the cliffs of Biarritz, between the Grande Plage and the Rocher de la Vierge, on the Basque coast.
124Small drying harbour at Angoulins, on the Pertuis d'Antioche between Châtelaillon and La Rochelle.
125Small tidal harbour on the right bank of the Garonne in Lormont, across the river from Bordeaux.
126Small tidal harbour at the head of the Seudre estuary, opposite the Île d'Oléron, in Charente-Maritime.
127Oyster and pleasure port at the head of the Cayenne channel, on the right bank of the Seudre estuary in Charente-Maritime.
Oyster and leisure port on the south-east shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon at Gujan-Mestras, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
129Tidal oyster-farming port on the Seudre estuary, in Mornac-sur-Seudre, Charente-Maritime.
Small river harbour on the north bank of the Loire at Oudon, between Ancenis and Nantes in the Pays de la Loire.
Small lake port of 4 berths on the south-east shore of the Biscarrosse et Parentis lake, in the Landes.
Freshwater pontoon on the Canal des Landes at La Teste-de-Buch, linking the Arcachon basin to Lac de Cazaux-Sanguinet.
133Waiting pontoon on the Charente river just downstream of Rochefort's locked marina, for boats holding off outside the lock window.
134Lake port on the west shore of the Biscarrosse et Parentis lake, at Gastes in the Landes.
135Dry storage and service yard on the Adour at Anglet in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, near the Bayonne estuary.
136Tidal oyster port at the mouth of the Leyre on the eastern shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, with 153 berths.
137Tidal harbour on the right bank of the Lay estuary, on the north side of the Baie de l'Aiguillon, in the Vendée.
138Small freshwater harbour on the lake of Biscarrosse-Parentis, in the Landes, near the canal linking to the lake of Cazaux.
Small freshwater harbour on the eastern shore of Lac de Cazaux-Sanguinet, in the Landes. Main port of the commune of Sanguinet.
Small Gironde estuary port at La Belle Étoile, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, between the Bec d'Ambès and the Médoc shore.
River port on the Loire between Ancenis and Champtoceaux, on the right bank, Pays de la Loire.
142Tidal port on the south shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, at the mouth of the Craste de Nézer.
143Freshwater marina on the Étang de Cazaux-Sanguinet at Biscarrosse, in the Landes forest south of Arcachon.
144Drying harbour on the east coast of the Île de Ré, facing the pont de l'Île de Ré, in Charente-Maritime.
Drying tidal harbour on the north shore of the Baie de Bourgneuf, commune of Bouin in the Vendée marshes.
Small drying harbour at the edge of the Bouin polders, on the east side of the Baie de Bourgneuf.
147Oyster harbour on the north side of the Baie de Bourgneuf, commune of Beauvoir-sur-Mer, known for its timber jetties.
Marina of 156 berths at the western end of Saint-Jean-de-Luz bay, below the Fort of Socoa, in Ciboure on the Basque coast.
Small drying oyster and mussel harbour on the Baie de l'Aiguillon, at Charron in Charente-Maritime, at the edge of the Marais Poitevin.
Freshwater harbour of 70 berths on the Étang de Sanguinet, north Landes, about 10 km south of the Arcachon basin by land.