Best anchorages and harbours in Emerald Coast

Baie de Mont Saint Michel

Vast sand bay between Cancale and Granville, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list for the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel. Tidal range reaches 14 metres at equinoctial springs, among the largest in Europe.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Cancale

Open roadstead off the oyster port of Cancale, facing the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel in Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

La Mauvaise

Anchorage off the Normandy coast north of Granville, sand bottom, sheltered from NW, N, NE and W winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Mont Saint-Michel

Tidal anchorage in the bay of Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, off the UNESCO World Heritage abbey island. Sand and mud bottom, shelter from NW through SE.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Plage de la Chapelle

Anchorage on sand west of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, between the Frémur estuary and the Îles Ébihens in Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Sheltered W, NW

Pointe du Chatelet

Anchorage on the Rance maritime between Saint-Malo and Dinan, on the right bank opposite Saint-Suliac.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Pointe de la Varde

Open anchorage off the rocky headland between Saint-Malo and Rothéneuf, on the Côte d'Émeraude in Brittany.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Anse à la Truelle

Sheltered cove on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, south of Granville in Normandy.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Hérel - Granville

Marina of 1000 berths at Granville, on the Normandy coast facing the Chausey archipelago, 8 NM east of the islands.

Île des Hebihens

Tidal anchorage off the Île des Hébihens in the Baie de la Fresnaye, between Saint-Cast-le-Guildo and Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer, Côtes-d'Armor.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Île des Hebihens

Anchorage off the Île des Hébihens in the bay of Lancieux, western approach to the Rance estuary, with sand and rock patches on the bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Montmarin

Anchorage on the Rance estuary upstream of the Saint-Malo tidal barrage, Brittany, weed bottom.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Saint-Cast - Port d’Armor

Marina of 1005 berths on the Côte d'Émeraude, on the east side of the Saint-Cast peninsula between Cap Fréhel and the Rance estuary.

Grève de Blainvillais

Buoy field with 15 moorings off Blainville-sur-Mer on the west coast of the Cotentin, sand bottom, sheltered from NW through S.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Saint Malo - Port Vauban

Marina of 196 berths in the Bassin Vauban, inside the walled city of Saint-Malo, accessible by lock from the commercial harbour.

Saint-Suliac

Tidal mooring on the Rance estuary opposite the village of Saint-Suliac, between Saint-Malo and Dinan, Brittany. Two visitor berths, mud bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Port Homard

Drying anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin, north of Granville, sand bottom among granite rocks.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Anse des Sévignés

Anchorage on the Côte d'Émeraude between Cap Fréhel and Saint-Cast, Côtes-d'Armor.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Cézembre Sud

Sand anchorage on the south side of Île de Cézembre, 2.5 NM WNW of Saint-Malo in the Rance estuary approaches.

• Sheltered NW, N

La Landriais

Mooring field of about 25 buoys on the right bank of the Rance maritime, opposite Le Minihic-sur-Rance in Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered W, SW, S

Les Carniquets

Drying sand anchorage in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, off the Normandy coast north of Granville.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW

Les Trois Ilets

Anchorage off the Îles Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Manche department.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S

Plage de Château Serein

Coastal anchorage on the Côte d'Émeraude in northern Brittany, 2.5 NM west of Saint-Cast Port d'Armor, mixed sand and rock bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW

Plage de Pen Guen

Sand anchorage off the Cote d'Emeraude, 1.2 nm south of Saint-Cast-Port d'Armor.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Port Marie

Sand anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, open to westerly weather but sheltered from NW, N and NE.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Saint Géran

Anchorage off the Saint-Géran beach on the Côtes-d'Armor coast, north-west of Saint-Cast-le-Guildo in Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, W, NW

Saint Jacut-sur-mer

Anchorage off the Saint-Jacut peninsula between the bay of Arguenon and the bay of Lancieux, on the north coast of Brittany west of Saint-Malo.

• Paid
• Sheltered SW, W

Aneret

Anchorage on the southern side of the Chausey archipelago, 8.3 NM west of Granville in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Pointe de la Touche

Fair-weather anchorage off the Pointe de la Touche on the Emerald Coast, Brittany, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

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