Best anchorages and harbours in North Brittany

Porsmilin

Anchorage off Plage de Porsmilin in Locmaria-Plouzané, on the north shore of the Rade de Brest, western Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Porz Donan

Sand anchorage off Porz Lazo on the Plouezec coast, east side of the Paimpol bay in northern Brittany.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Porz Pin

Sand and weed anchorage on the Côte du Goëlo, between Port Lazo and Paimpol, Côtes-d'Armor, north Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Trévou-Tréguignec

Open roadstead off the beach of Trestel at Trévou-Tréguignec, on the Côte de Granit Rose between Perros-Guirec and Tréguier. Sand bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE, S

Trez Bihan

Sandy cove on the south shore of the Crozon peninsula in Finistère, inside the Bay of Douarnenez.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Anse de Saint - Hernot

Sand anchorage on the east side of the Cap de la Chèvre, Presqu'île de Crozon, Finistère.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Baie du port

Anchorage in the lower reach of the Jaudy estuary, downstream of the town of Tréguier, on the Trégor coast of northern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Île de l'Aber

Anchorage off the Île de l'Aber on the south coast of the Crozon peninsula, in the bay of Douarnenez, Finistère.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Penn ar créac'h

Buoy mooring in the Aber Benoît, on the north Finistère coast of Brittany, inside one of the long rias that cut into the Pays des Abers.

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

Plouescat

Small drying harbour on the north coast of Finistère, Brittany, serving the commune of Plouescat in the Bay of Kernic.

Anse des Blancs-Sablons

Wide sandy bay north of Le Conquet, at the western tip of Finistere, used as a fair-weather anchorage before or after transiting the Chenal du Four.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW

Anse du Moulin Blanc

Anchorage in the anse du Moulin Blanc, east of Brest, adjacent to the Port du Moulin Blanc marina.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Argenton

Anchorage off the village of Argenton in Landunvez, north Finistère, between Le Conquet and Portsall, opposite the Île d'Yoc'h.

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

Gorrequer

Small mooring field with 3 buoys in the Rade de Brest, on the north shore of the Anse de Moulin Mer, Brittany.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW

Île Tomé

Rocky islet off Perros-Guirec on the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany, anchorage on its south side.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Kervili

Anchorage in the Aber-Wrac'h estuary, on the north coast of Finistère in Brittany.

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

Korejou

Anchorage off the Plouguerneau coast in north Finistère, Brittany, sand bottom.

• Free
• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Mouillage des herbiers

Anchorage in the baie de Morlaix off the northern Finistère coast, sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Plage jardin exotique

Anchorage off the Jardin exotique et botanique de Roscoff on the Île de Batz channel, northern Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Plougasnou - Terenez

Anchorage off the hamlet of Térénez on the north Finistère coast, sand bottom, 8 moorings available.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Pointe de la Varde

Open anchorage off the rocky headland between Saint-Malo and Rothéneuf, on the Côte d'Émeraude in Brittany.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Pointe du Menhir

Rocky anchorage off the Crozon peninsula in Brittany, just north of Morgat in the baie de Douarnenez.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Port Blanc

Anchorage on the Cote de Granit Rose at Penvenan, sheltered by a belt of pink granite islets including Île Saint-Gildas and Île du Château Neuf.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Porz Kernok

Drying harbour on the east side of Île de Batz, off Roscoff in north Finistère, the main anchorage of the island.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Postermen

Anchorage in the Rade de Brest north of the Crozon peninsula, sand and mud holding, useful shelter from westerly weather.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Roc'h Gouarivinou

Open anchorage off the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany, roughly 3.8 nm north of Tréguier and 4.4 nm east of Port-Blanc.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE

Tourelle Figuiet

Anchorage near the Figuiet cardinal mark in the bay of Morlaix, north Finistère, south of Île Callot and the Roscoff approaches.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Bihit

Sand-bottom anchorage off the Pointe de Bihit, just south of Trébeurden on the Côte de Granit Rose in Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Dinan

River port of 100 berths on the Rance, 18 km upstream of the Rance tidal dam, at the foot of Dinan's medieval ramparts in the lower town of Le Port.

Île des Morts

Anchorage near the Île des Morts at the entrance of the rade de Brest, off the presqu'île de Crozon.

• Sheltered E, SW, W