Best anchorages and harbours in South Brittany

La petite cale

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

Port de Malestroit

Inland port on the canal de Nantes à Brest at Malestroit, a medieval town in the Morbihan 40 km north-east of Vannes.

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

La Trinité-sur-Mer

Marina of 1250 berths on the estuary of the Crac'h river, between Carnac and the Gulf of Morbihan in southern Brittany.

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

Port-Haliguen - Quiberon

Marina of 1300 berths on the east side of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, inside the Baie de Quiberon.

La Turballe

Fishing and leisure harbour of 329 berths on the Guérande peninsula, between Le Croisic and Piriac-sur-Mer, first sardine port of France.

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

Merrien

Small drying ria on the south coast of Finistère between Le Pouldu and Doëlan, sheltered behind the headlands of Beg Morg and Beg Porz.

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

Kernével

Deep-water marina in the rade de Lorient on the Larmor-Plage shore, 1,000 berths with 5 m draught available at all tides.

La Baule - Le Pouliguen

Tidal harbour at the mouth of the étier du Pouliguen between La Baule and Le Pouliguen in southern Brittany, 820 berths.

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

Le Croisic

Town harbour of 500 berths at the end of a narrow tidal ria on the Guérande peninsula, with an active fishing fleet and a bottlenose dolphin research station on the quay.

Port de Tréboul

Marina of around 500 berths on the west bank of the Pouldavid river at the entrance of Douarnenez Bay, western Finistère.

Port-La-Forêt

Large marina of 1130 berths at the head of the Anse de la Forêt, south Finistère, home of the Pôle Finistère Course au Large.

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

Lesconil

Small fishing harbour on the Pays Bigouden coast of south Finistère, 32 plaisance berths alongside the working fleet.

Locmariaquer

Drying harbour of 119 berths on the western shore of the entrance to the Golfe du Morbihan, opposite Port-Navalo across the narrow pass.

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