Best anchorages and harbours in North Brittany

Le moulin neuf

Mooring area on the Rance maritime estuary near La Richardais, between Dinard and the Chatelier lock, mud bottom.

Le Pouldu

Anchorage off Le Pouldu, at the mouth of the Laita river between Finistere and Morbihan, southern Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Le Rieul

Mooring on buoys off the plage de Longchamp at Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, Côte d'Émeraude, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Les HÔPITAUX

Drying cove east of Cap d'Erquy in the Côtes-d'Armor, north Brittany, used by shallow-draught boats and local dinghies.

Locquemeau

Small drying harbour on the west side of the Baie de Lannion, in Trédrez-Locquémeau, northern Brittany.

• Sheltered E, S

Locquirec

Tidal drying harbour of 433 moorings on the north coast of Finistère, at the mouth of the Douron estuary, between the bays of Lannion and Morlaix.

Maison blanche

Anchorage in the rade de Brest, on the south shore between Pointe de l'Armorique and the entrance to the Élorn, in Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Mouillage de Kermagen

Three-buoy anchorage in the Trieux estuary between Lézardrieux and the Île-de-Bréhat, northern Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Mouillage de Le Puits

Sand-bottom anchorage in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, sheltered from NE and E winds.

• Sheltered NE, E

Moulin Mer

Anchorage and small harbour at the head of the Anse de Moulin Mer, on the south shore of the rade de Brest, commune of Logonna-Daoulas.

Pen Vir

Anchorage off the Trieux estuary in the Côtes-d'Armor, west of the Île de Bréhat archipelago in northern Brittany.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Penn énez

Buoyed mooring area off Penn Enez, in the estuary of the Aber Wrac'h, north Finistère.

• Sheltered SW, S

Perroz

Small port on the north bank of the Aber Wrac'h estuary, Plouguerneau, Finistère Nord. Six berths and a fuel point.

Plage de Keremma

Open anchorage off the Keremma dunes on the north Finistère coast, sand bottom, sheltered from S to SW winds but fully exposed to the north swell.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Plage de Kerfissien

Buoyed mooring off the beach of Kerfissien on the north coast of Finistere, between Cleder and Plouescat.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Plage de l'Avant port

Anchorage off the north side of Binic on the bay of Saint-Brieuc, Cotes-d'Armor.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Plage de la pointe

Buoy mooring on the Rance river in Ille-et-Vilaine, off the village of Saint-Suliac upstream from the Rance tidal barrage.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Plage de Tibidy

Anchorage off Tibidy beach in the anse de Poulmic, rade de Brest, facing the Île Tibidy.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Plage du Moulin

Sand anchorage 0,5 nm south of Saint-Quay-Portrieux in the baie de Saint-Brieuc, Brittany.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Plage du Port

Buoy field off the north Finistère coast near Roscoff, sand bottom, open to westerly swell.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Plage Saint-Enogat

Open anchorage off the beach of Saint-Énogat on the west side of Dinard, facing the bay of Saint-Malo.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

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

Porspaul

Open anchorage in the cove of Porspaul at Lampaul-Plouarzel, on the Iroise coast of Finistère.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Port Adhoc

Marina of 240 berths in the outer basin of Paimpol harbour, on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany.

Port Blanc

Natural harbour on the Pink Granite Coast of north Brittany, set among rocky islets off the commune of Penvénan.

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 de Saint Briac

Drying tidal harbour at the mouth of the Frémur river on the Emerald Coast, around 600 moorings on buoys and fore-and-aft lines.

Port de Saint-Suliac

Tidal harbour of 100 moorings on the right bank of the Rance estuary, Brittany, at the village of Saint-Suliac listed among Les Plus Beaux Villages de France.

Port du Chatelet

Tidal drying harbour on the Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer peninsula, Côte d'Émeraude, 66 berths, between the Baie de l'Arguenon and the Baie de Lancieux.

Port Du Yaudet

Drying anchorage at the mouth of the Léguer river on the commune of Ploulec'h, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.