Best anchorages and harbours in Charente-Maritime
75 documented anchorages and harbours in Charente-Maritime, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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31AnchorageFrancePlage De Gatseau
3.4Buoy mooring off the plage de Gatseau at the southern tip of the île d'Oléron, 3 buoys available.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W
32AnchorageFranceBanc des Portes
3.4Sand bank anchorage inside the Fier d'Ars, the tidal lagoon on the north-west corner of Île de Ré, sheltered from NW through S.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
33AnchorageFrancePhare de Cordouan
3.4Anchorage off the Cordouan lighthouse, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary in New Aquitaine. Sand bottom, shelter from NW only.
- Sheltered NW
- 34AnchorageFrance
Baie Talmont
3.4Anchorage in the Gironde estuary off Talmont-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime, under the cliffs that carry the Romanesque church of Sainte-Radegonde.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 35AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Coudepont
3.4Mud-bottom anchorage off the northern tip of Île d'Aix, in the Pertuis d'Antioche between La Rochelle and the Charente estuary.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
36AnchorageFranceMouillage de Charron
3.4Tidal anchorage off the mudflats of Charron, north of La Rochelle at the mouth of the Sèvre Niortaise in Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
37AnchorageFranceAnse de Loubye
3.2Shallow cove between Rivedoux-Plage and La Flotte on the north coast of Île de Ré, six mooring spots on sand.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N
- 38AnchorageFrance
La Patache
3.1Anchorage off the northwest tip of Île de Ré, near the hamlet of La Patache and the Phare des Baleines.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 39AnchorageFrance
Plage des Saumonards
3.1Anchorage off the east coast of Île d'Oléron, behind the Forêt des Saumonards, facing Fort Boyard, Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
40AnchorageFrancePlage du Gros Jonc
3.0Open roadstead off the south-west coast of the Île de Ré in Charente-Maritime, facing the Pertuis d'Antioche.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
41AnchorageFranceAnse du Saillant
2.9Mud-bottom anchorage on the east side of Île d'Aix in Charente-Maritime, inside the Pertuis d'Antioche.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
42AnchorageFrancePlage de la Chambrette
2.8Anchorage off the sandy Chambrette beach at the tip of the Médoc peninsula, inside the Gironde estuary mouth near Le Verdon-sur-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
43AnchorageFrancePort-des-Barques
2.6Mooring on buoys off Port-des-Barques in the Charente estuary, Charente-Maritime, 4 berths on sand.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
44AnchorageFranceChâtelaillon - Plage
2.6Anchorage off Châtelaillon-Plage on the Pertuis d'Antioche, south of La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
45AnchorageFrancePointe de Manson
2.6Buoy mooring with 2 berths off the Pointe de Manson on Île d'Oléron, sand bottom, sheltered from W through SW, open to the E across the Pertuis de Maumusson.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
46AnchorageFranceFouras - La Fumée
2.6Anchorage off the Pointe de la Fumée at Fouras, Charente estuary, facing the Île d'Aix and the approaches to Rochefort.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
47AnchorageFranceVert Bois
2.6Anchorage on the west coast of the Île d'Oléron, off the Vert Bois beach and the Saint-Trojan forest, Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered NE, E
48AnchorageFranceAnse de la Coué
2.5Small anchorage on the south side of the Fouras peninsula, Charente-Maritime, tucked beside Fouras Port Sud.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E
49AnchorageFranceAnse de la Chambrette
2.4Anchorage on the Médoc bank of the Gironde estuary, just south of the Pointe de Grave, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 50AnchorageFrance
Anse des Seulières
2.2Anchorage on the north-west coast of the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, between Saint-Denis-d'Oléron and Le Douhet.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 51AnchorageFrance
Pointe d'Arçay
2.2Anchorage at the tip of the Pointe d'Arçay sand spit, at the mouth of the Lay estuary in Vendée.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 52AnchorageFrance
Chatelaillon
1.8Shallow anchorage off the long sandy beach of Chatelaillon, in the Pertuis d'Antioche south of La Rochelle.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 53AnchorageFrance
Gironde vitrezay
1.8Tidal mooring on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, at Saint-Sorlin-de-Conac in Charente-Maritime.
- Free
- Sheltered NE, E
54AnchorageFranceAnse de la Fertalière
1.3Mud-bottom anchorage on the Charente estuary approaches south of La Rochelle, sheltered from N to E winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 55AnchorageFrance
Le Grand Fauchon
1.3Anchorage in the Pertuis d'Antioche off Fouras, north of Île d'Aix, mud bottom, sheltered from N, NW and W winds.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
56AnchorageFranceBaie de Nauzan
Small sandy cove between Saint-Palais-sur-Mer and Vaux-sur-Mer on the Côte de Beauté, at the mouth of the Gironde.
- Sheltered NE, E
- 57AnchorageFrance
Banc d'Agnas
Sand bank anchorage in the Pertuis de Maumusson area, off Île d'Oléron, 0.8 NM SE of Le Château-d'Oléron in Charente-Maritime.
- 58AnchorageFrance
Club Nautique Rochefortais
River anchorage on the Charente upstream of Soubise, off the Club Nautique Rochefortais, between Rochefort and the estuary.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 59AnchorageFrance
Conche Madame
Anchorage on the west coast of the Île d'Oléron in Charente-Maritime, on the Atlantic side between Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron and Saint-Denis.
- Sheltered NE, E
60AnchorageFranceEuronat
Open anchorage off the Euronat beach on the Médoc Atlantic coast, north of the Gironde estuary mouth.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE