Best anchorages and harbours in South Brittany

Plage de la Croix

Anchorage in the bay of Concarneau in southern Brittany, sand bottom, just outside the Ville Close.

Plage de Port Navalo

Sand anchorage off the beach of Port-Navalo on the western tip of the Rhuys peninsula, at the mouth of the Golfe du Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Île de Boed

Anchorage on the north side of the Île de Boëdic, a small private island in the Golfe du Morbihan south of Séné.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Treac'h Salus

Sand-bottom anchorage on the north-east side of Île de Houat in the Mor Braz, Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Baie de la Forêt

Anchorage in the Baie de la Forêt near Fouesnant in Finistère, sand bottom, sheltered from SW to NW winds.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Baleine Nord

Anchorage off the north side of Île de la Baleine, south Brittany coast, west of Trévignon.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Îles Logoden

Anchorage between the two Logoden islets in the Golfe du Morbihan, off Arradon, south Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered S, SE

Île aux Moines

Anchorage off the largest island of the Golfe du Morbihan, between Port-Blanc and Arradon, south Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Plage des Sables Rouges

Anchorage off the SE coast of the Île de Groix, Morbihan, facing a beach where the sand contains garnets that give it its red colour.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Port Yorc'h

Small sand-bottomed cove on the east coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, about 1.8 nm south-east of Le Palais.

• Free
• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Tal er Hah

Sand anchorage on the south-east coast of Île de Houat, a short hop from Port de Saint-Gildas.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Anse du phare

Sand anchorage on the south coast of Finistère between Concarneau and Trévignon, with good shelter from the easterly sector.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

St Goustan

Visitor moorings on the river Auray at the foot of the old Saint-Goustan quarter, mud bottom, fully sheltered from all winds.

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

Anse de Lesconil

Sand anchorage off the pays Bigouden coast in south Finistère, in the approaches to the fishing port of Lesconil.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Carnac - plage

Anchorage off the Grande Plage of Carnac in Quiberon Bay, south Brittany. Sand bottom over a wide gently shelving beach.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Brouel Sud

Open anchorage south of Brouel point, on the southern shore of Île d'Arz in the Gulf of Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Pen Cadenic

Anchorage on the north shore of the Pénerf estuary in southern Morbihan, Brittany, on the approach to the village of Le Tour-du-Parc.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Plage de Kaolins

Anchorage off the Kaolins beach at Ploemeur on the southern Brittany coast, west of Lorient.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Pointe du Grand Mont

Anchorage off the Pointe du Grand Mont on the west coast of the Rhuys peninsula in southern Brittany, on rock and sand.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Le blavet aval ferme

River anchorage on the lower Blavet below Hennebont, sheltered from all directions, mud bottom.

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

Port aux anglais

Anchorage on the Finistère sud coast, open to the S with sand, rock and seagrass patches on the bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Portz Plous

Anchorage on the south coast of the Île de Groix, off Morbihan in southern Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Samzun

Anchorage on the east side of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, south of Le Palais.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Île de la Jument

Small island in the Gulf of Morbihan between Larmor-Baden and the Île-aux-Moines, with 8 visitor buoys on a mixed mud and weed bottom.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Mouillage de Merrien

Anchorage in the ria of Merrien, a narrow inlet on the south coast of Finistere between Doelan and Brigneau.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Plage de Isthme

Anchorage off the sandy isthmus linking the Quiberon peninsula to the mainland, south Brittany, on the east-facing baie de Quiberon side.

• Free
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Anse de Lesconil

All-round sheltered mud-bottom anchorage in south Finistère, Brittany, 0,2 NM north of Lesconil fishing harbour.

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

Anse Saint-Jean

Sandy cove at the head of the Baie de La Forêt in south Finistère, between Beg-Meil and the entrance to Port-La-Forêt.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Beg Salus

Open anchorage on rock and algae bottom on the Breton coast, 0.7 NM south-west of the port of Saint-Gildas.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Stêr-Ouen

Narrow inlet on the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, open to the north.

• Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE