Best anchorages and harbours in Emerald Coast

Port Mer

Open anchorage in the bay of Port-Mer, on the north side of the Pointe du Grouin peninsula near Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Paid
• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Solidor

Anchorage off the Tour Solidor in the Rance estuary, Saint-Servan, at the southern edge of Saint-Malo.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Baie du Prieuré

Bay at Dinard on the Rance estuary, opposite Saint-Malo intra-muros, in Ille-et-Vilaine.

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

Havre de Rothéneuf

Open roadstead east of Saint-Malo in Brittany, sand bottom, fully exposed with no natural shelter from any wind direction.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W

Saint Briac sur Mer

Anchorage off Saint-Briac-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Émeraude, west of Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Havre de Rothéneuf

Anchorage 3.2 nm NE of Saint-Malo, sand bottom, sheltered from E through NW winds.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Île Harbour

Anchorage in the Rance estuary between Dinard and Saint-Malo, sand bottom, sheltered from N to NE winds.

• Sheltered N, NE

Picain Boys

Mooring buoy field off Port-Picain, on the east side of the Baie de Cancale in Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Saint-Briac-sur-Mer

Anchorage off Saint-Briac at the mouth of the Frémur, on the Emerald Coast between Saint-Malo and Dinard.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Môle des Noires

Mooring buoys along the Mole des Noires breakwater at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, at the entrance of the tidal basin.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Basse Cancale

Small anchorage for about 5 boats off Cancale in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, eastern Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Anse de la Touesse

Sandy cove on the west side of the Baie du Mont Saint-Michel, south of Cancale in Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Anse des Rivières

Buoy mooring on the Rance estuary between La Richardais and Dinard in Brittany.

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

Havre de la Vanlée

Drying tidal estuary on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, between Bréville-sur-Mer and Bricqueville-sur-Mer, north of Granville.

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

La Gravelouse

Buoy field off the beach of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Émeraude, west of Dinard, sand and algae bottom.

• Sheltered W, S, SE

La Mauvaise

Anchorage off the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in the Chausey archipelago waters, sand bottom, sheltered from NW winds only.

• Sheltered NW

la source

Sand anchorage off Saint-Briac-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Émeraude, between Saint-Malo and the estuary of the Frémur.

La Vache

Sand-bottom anchorage in the Chausey archipelago off the Normandy coast, west of Granville.

Le Minihic-sur-Rance

Anchorage in the Rance estuary upstream of Saint-Malo, mud bottom, between Dinard and Dinan.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Le moulin neuf

Mooring area on the Rance maritime estuary near La Richardais, between Dinard and the Chatelier lock, mud bottom.

Le Rieul

Mooring on buoys off the plage de Longchamp at Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, Côte d'Émeraude, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Mouillage de Le Puits

Sand-bottom anchorage in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, sheltered from NE and E winds.

• Sheltered NE, E

Plage de la pointe

Buoy mooring on the Rance river in Ille-et-Vilaine, off the village of Saint-Suliac upstream from the Rance tidal barrage.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Plage Saint-Enogat

Open anchorage off the beach of Saint-Énogat on the west side of Dinard, facing the bay of Saint-Malo.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Pointe de la Chaine

Anchorage off the Pointe de la Chaine on the eastern side of the baie de Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, northern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W

Port Laurent

Anchorage on the Rance estuary near La Richardais, between Saint-Malo and Dinard.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Saint-jaguel

Mud-bottom anchorage in the ria of the Arguenon, north coast of Brittany, near Saint-Cast and Le Guildo.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW