Best anchorages and harbours in North Brittany

Port Launais

River quay of about 6 berths on the tidal Aulne at Port-Launay, Finistère, Brittany.

Anse du dellec

Cove on the north shore of the Brest roadstead, in Plouzané, opposite the entrance to the Penfeld river and the city of Brest.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Havre de Rothéneuf

Open roadstead east of Saint-Malo in Brittany, sand bottom, fully exposed with no natural shelter from any wind direction.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W

Saint Briac sur Mer

Anchorage off Saint-Briac-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Émeraude, west of Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Club Nautique de Plouguerneau

Sailing club base on the Aber Wrac'h estuary at Plouguerneau, north Finistere.

Havre de Rothéneuf

Anchorage 3.2 nm NE of Saint-Malo, sand bottom, sheltered from E through NW winds.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Pointe de Beg Douar

Anchorage off the Beg Douar headland in the baie de Locquirec, northern Brittany. Rock bottom, shelter from the N only.

• Paid
• Sheltered N

Traou Meur

Mud-bottom anchorage in the estuary of the Trieux, between Lezardrieux and Pontrieux in northern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, S, SE

Rade de Portrieux

Open roadstead off Saint-Quay-Portrieux on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany, in the bay of Saint-Brieuc.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Pulvinier

Rock-strewn anchorage on the Côte de Granit Rose just off Ploumanac'h, between the pink granite boulders of Trégastel and Perros-Guirec.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Plage du Vau Chaperon

Sand anchorage in the bay of Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, between Binic and Saint-Quay-Portrieux on the north Brittany coast.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Jaudy

Anchorage in the Jaudy estuary north of Tréguier, on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SE

Anse de la Souhaitiep

Anchorage in a small cove on the west bank of the Rance estuary between Saint-Suliac and Plouër-sur-Rance, Brittany.

• Sheltered W, SW, S

Île Harbour

Anchorage in the Rance estuary between Dinard and Saint-Malo, sand bottom, sheltered from N to NE winds.

• Sheltered N, NE

Picain Boys

Mooring buoy field off Port-Picain, on the east side of the Baie de Cancale in Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Anse de Beauport

Sand-bottom anchorage in the Baie de Paimpol, Côtes-d'Armor, 1.6 NM SE of Paimpol marina.

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

Saint-Briac-sur-Mer

Anchorage off Saint-Briac at the mouth of the Frémur, on the Emerald Coast between Saint-Malo and Dinard.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Locquénolé

River anchorage on the Morlaix estuary in northern Finistère, off the village of Locquénolé, on a mud bottom.

• Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Linkin

Large anchorage of 200 moorings on sand along the Linkin seafront at Perros-Guirec, Côte de Granit Rose.

• Free
• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW

Grève de Saint-Michel

Anchorage on the north Brittany coast between Locquémeau and Locquirec, sand bottom with patches of weed.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Moll

Small drying harbour on the south coast of Île-de-Batz, Finistère, in the Canal de l'Île-de-Batz opposite Roscoff.

Plage du Centre, Erquy

Sand-bottom anchorage off the main beach of Erquy on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany, a short distance east of the fishing harbour.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Landévennec

Anchorage in the Aulne estuary where the river bends around the Landévennec peninsula, inside the rade de Brest in Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Île de Bréhat Nord

Anchorage off the northern shore of Île de Bréhat, Côtes-d'Armor, with sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Môle des Noires

Mooring buoys along the Mole des Noires breakwater at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, at the entrance of the tidal basin.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Basse Cancale

Small anchorage for about 5 boats off Cancale in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, eastern Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Plage du Groa

Rocky anchorage off the west side of the Île de Bréhat archipelago, in the Côtes-d'Armor.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Port Picain

Drying harbour on the north coast of the Cancale peninsula, Ille-et-Vilaine, facing the Îles Rimains and Granville bay.

Anse de la Touesse

Sandy cove on the west side of the Baie du Mont Saint-Michel, south of Cancale in Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Anse des Rivières

Buoy mooring on the Rance estuary between La Richardais and Dinard in Brittany.

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