Best anchorages and harbours in South Brittany

Pornichet

Open roadstead anchorage off the beach of Pornichet, at the western end of the baie de La Baule, southern Brittany coast.

• Free
• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Port Goulphar

Narrow rocky inlet on the south coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, below the cliffs of Bangor, on the Côte Sauvage.

• Free
• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Pointe de port Ladron

Anchorage off the south-east shore of Île d'Arz, inside the Golfe du Morbihan, mud bottom with good holding.

• Sheltered W, SW, S

Rade du Croisic

Outer roadstead east of the Le Croisic peninsula in Loire-Atlantique, used as a waiting anchorage off the entrance to the Traict.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Penera - Nord

Buoy mooring field of 61 buoys off the north shore of Île d'Arz in the Golfe du Morbihan, south Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

île Piren

Anchorage east of Arradon, between Île Piren and Île d'Irus in the Golfe du Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, N

La petite cale

Small sand anchorage on the Ploemeur coast of the Morbihan, west of Lomener and sheltered by the Île aux Souris.

Plage du Fogeo

Sandy beach anchorage on the W side of the Presqu'île de Rhuys, just S of Port du Crouesty at the entrance to the Golfe du Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Port Guen

Cove on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, just east of Le Palais, with room for about 10 boats on sand.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Plage des Sables Blancs

Sand anchorage in the bay of La Forêt-Fouesnant, off the Sables Blancs beach at the western tip of Concarneau.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Treac'h er Gorlé

White sand anchorage on the north-east coast of Île d'Houat, Morbihan, sheltered from winds from SE through S to SW.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Beg Run er Vilaine

Anchorage off the west shore of the Vilaine estuary, just north of the Pointe de Penlan, near Saint-Gildas-des-Bois side of the river mouth.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Gâvres

Sand-bottom anchorage with 6 berths off the Gâvres peninsula at the entrance to the Rade de Lorient.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Châteaulin

River mooring on the canalised Aulne, in the town of Châteaulin, 15 nm upstream from the rade de Brest at the start of the Nantes-Brest canal.

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

Îlot de Toul-Bras

Day anchorage off the eastern shore of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, between Port-Haliguen and Port-Maria.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Anse de Sainte-Evette

Mooring of about 25 buoys in the bay of Audierne, western Finistère, just outside the fishing harbour.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Ezer

Anchorage off Île Ezer in the Glénan archipelago, off the southern Finistère coast in Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Anse de Penhap

Anchorage at the southern tip of the Île aux Moines in the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany. Mixed sand, rock and weed bottom, open to the south.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Port Blanc

Small sandy cove on the south-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, in the commune of Bangor.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Île De Saint Armel

Anchorage off the Île de Saint-Armel in the southeast of the Golfe du Morbihan, between Le Hézo and the Pointe du Bill.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Port de Deuborh

Anchorage on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, 0.8 NM NW of Sauzon, sand bottom.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Les 7 iles

Anchorage off the Sept-Îles archipelago, north of Perros-Guirec on the Côtes d'Armor coast, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Le Moustoir Baie de l'Ours

Buoy field in the baie de l'Ours on the east side of the Île de Bréhat, north Brittany, sand and weed bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, E

Penerf

Tidal anchorage in the Rivière de Pénerf, on the Morbihan coast between the Vilaine estuary and the Gulf of Morbihan.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE, S

Banc de Kergonan

Anchorage on a sand bank north of Île aux Moines, in the Golfe du Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Rade de Houat

Roadstead on the south-east side of Île de Houat, used as the natural waiting area for Port Saint-Gildas.

• Sheltered NW, W

Réduit de Béniguet

Anchorage off Île de Béniguet, in the Chaussée de Sein archipelago west of the Brittany mainland.

• Sheltered E, S, SE

Rohu

Anchorage off the Pointe du Rohu in the golfe du Morbihan, sand and weed bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Mouillage du golfe du Morbihan

Anchorage in the golfe du Morbihan, Brittany, sand bottom, sheltered from NE, E, S and SE winds.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Anse er Goret

Small cove on the west side of the Rhuys peninsula in the Gulf of Morbihan. Eight moorings, sand and weed bottom.

• Free
• Sheltered NE, E, SE