Best anchorages and harbours in Cotentin

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

Île du Large (Est)

Rock-bottom anchorage on the east side of Île du Large, one of the Îles Saint-Marcouf, off the east coast of the Cotentin.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Jonville

Open anchorage on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula, just north of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW

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 d'Urville

Anchorage off the beach of Urville-Nacqueville on the north coast of the Cotentin, west of Cherbourg, with a mixed bottom of sand, rock and weed.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Pointe d'Agon

Sand anchorage in the Havre de Regnéville on the west coast of the Cotentin, 60 mooring buoys, sheltered from NW through SE.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, 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

Anse du Brick

Sandy cove on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula, six miles east of Cherbourg, sheltered from westerly winds.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Barneville-Carteret

Tidal harbour on the west coast of the Cotentin in Manche, with a retention gate on the Gerfleur estuary keeping 700 berths afloat.

Hérel - Granville

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

Île Tatihou

Anchorage off the small island of Tatihou at the entrance to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Cotentin, sand bottom, sheltered from winds from NW through N and NE to W.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Saint Vaast la Hougue

Tidal marina on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, behind the fortified island of Tatihou.

Carentan

Marina of 350 berths in the Cotentin marshes, reached by a four mile canal from the Baie des Veys in eastern Normandy.

Cherbourg - Petite Rade

Prohibited anchorage zone inside the Petite Rade of Cherbourg, in Normandy. Yachts must use Port Chantereyne, 0.2 nm to the south.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE

Côte de la Hougue

Sand anchorage off the Cotentin east coast, 0.8 NM south of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue in Normandy.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

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

Île du Large (Ouest)

Rocky anchorage west of the Île du Large, one of the two Saint-Marcouf islands off the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy.

• Sheltered NE, E

Port Chantereyne - Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Marina of 1600 berths inside the Cherbourg roadstead, Normandy, sheltered by the largest artificial harbour in the world.

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

Querqueville

Anchorage in the west roadstead of Cherbourg, off Querqueville, mud and kelp bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

La Grande Grève

Sand anchorage on the east side of the Cotentin peninsula, 0.3 nm north of Barfleur harbour and 5.3 nm from Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.

• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Port-Bail-sur-Mer

Tidal harbour of 330 berths on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, inside the estuary of the Ollonde river.

Havre Barneville

Tidal haven at the mouth of the Gerfleur, between Barneville and Carteret on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy.

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

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

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

Grandcamp-Maisy

Tidal marina of 280 berths in the baie des Veys, western Calvados, Normandy, between Omaha Beach and Utah Beach.

Port Dielette

Wet-basin marina on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, 420 berths, max draught 4 m, one of the few refuges on this exposed shore.