Best anchorages and harbours in South Brittany

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

Le Bono

Tidal harbour of 428 berths on the rivière du Bono, a tributary of the Golfe du Morbihan in southern Brittany.

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

Audierne

Port of 240 berths in the estuary of the Goyen, on the south coast of the Cap Sizun, in Finistère.

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

Port de l'Argol

Small drying harbour of about 35 places on Hoedic, a Breton island of roughly 100 inhabitants south of Quiberon.

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

Sainte Catherine - Sud

Mooring field of 69 spots in the Lorient roadstead off Locmiquélic, sand bottom, sheltered from NE to SE.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Plage de Trez Cao

Open anchorage off the sand beach of Trez Cao, south Finistere, between Concarneau and the Pointe de Trevignon.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Port Belloc

Anchorage with 22 moorings on sand north of Sauzon, on Belle-Île-en-Mer.

• Paid
• Sheltered W, SW, S

Les Sept îles - Baden

Anchorage with 36 mooring spots off Baden in the Gulf of Morbihan, sand bottom, fully exposed to wind from every direction.

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

Pointe de Penkernéo

Anchorage at the mouth of the Aven and Bélon rivers in southern Finistère, off Port-Manec'h on the Cornouaille coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Anse de Goërem

Small cove on the west side of the Gâvres peninsula, in the Lorient roadstead, southern Brittany.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Baie de la chapelle

Anchorage on the east coast of Île-d'Arz in the Gulf of Morbihan, 5 berths on sand and weed bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Lorient - La Base

Marina set inside the former Keroman submarine base in the Lorient roadstead, Morbihan.

Île Dumet

Rocky islet 3 NM off Piriac-sur-Mer in the bay of Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique. Forain anchorage on the south side.

• Sheltered NW, N

Plage de Trévignon

Sand anchorage off the beach immediately W of the Pointe de Trévignon, on the south Finistère coast of the commune of Trégunc.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Île Berder

Anchorage on 31 visitor buoys off Île Berder in the Golfe du Morbihan, opposite Larmor-Baden.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Port du Palais

Main harbour of Belle-Île-en-Mer, 245 berths at the foot of the Vauban citadel, on the island's north coast facing the Morbihan mainland.

île holavre

Anchorage off Île Holavre, a small islet in the Golfe du Morbihan north of the Île aux Moines, near Arradon.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

La Marle

Buoy mooring on the Marle river, a tidal arm of the Gulf of Morbihan just south of Vannes.

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

Pointe de Brehuidic

Mooring buoys off the Brehuidic headland in the Golfe du Morbihan, mud bottom, well sheltered on most bearings.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE