Best anchorages and harbours in France
1696 documented anchorages and harbours in France, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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1AnchorageFranceÎle Stagadon
5.0Anchorage off Île Stagadon, in the archipelago north of L'Aber Wrac'h, north Finistère. Sand bottom, shelter from N and NW.
- Sheltered N, NW
2AnchorageFranceLa Vène
5.0Anchorage on the northern shore of the étang de Thau, off Bouzigues in Hérault, on sand and weed.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 3AnchorageFrance
Isolella
5.0Anchorage off the Isolella peninsula on the western side of the Gulf of Ajaccio, Corsica, about 4 NM south of the city.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
4AnchorageFranceLa garenne
5.0Mooring buoy in the Golfe du Morbihan near the Île de la Garenne, mud bottom, sheltered from the prevailing westerlies.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 5AnchorageFrance
La Gourre
5.0River mooring on the Mayenne in Pays de la Loire, mud bottom, sheltered from all sectors by the riverbanks.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 6AnchorageFrance
Portz Halai
5.0Cove on the north coast of the Île de Groix, off the Morbihan coast of Brittany. Sand bottom, open to the north.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
7AnchorageFranceRosmeur
5.0Anchorage off the Port du Rosmeur, the fishing harbour of Douarnenez in Finistère, western Brittany. Sand bottom, protection from W, SW, S and SE.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 8AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Picarde
5.0Anchorage on the north shore of Lac d'Orient, Aube, part of the Forêt d'Orient regional nature park. Weed bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, W, NW
9AnchorageFranceCala Scandola
5.0Small rocky cove on the west coast of Corsica, inside the Scandola nature reserve, north of the Golfe de Galéria.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 10AnchorageFrance
Grand Veïzit
5.0Anchorage in the golfe du Morbihan, close to Locmariaquer on the west shore of the entrance channel.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 11AnchorageFrance
ÈCLUSE BEAUCHASTEL
5.0Lock on the Rhône at Beauchastel, Ardèche, part of the Compagnie Nationale du Rhône hydroelectric chain. Rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
12AnchorageFrancePlage de la Grande Conche / Plage des Ovaires
5.0Open bay on the south-east shore of the Île d'Yeu, in the Vendée, with a sand bottom and a ban on anchoring over the seagrass beds.
- Sheltered W, SW
- 13AnchorageFrance
Sampiero
5.0Buoy mooring field on the southern shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio, Corsica, off the Sampiero sector between Porticcio and the Isolella peninsula.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
14AnchorageFranceFouras - Port Nord
5.0Anchorage on the north shore of the Fouras peninsula, Charente-Maritime, looking across the Rade des Basques toward the Île-d'Aix.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 15AnchorageFrance
Île noire
5.0Anchorage behind Île Noire in the Bay of Morlaix, northern Brittany, between Carantec and the Plougasnou peninsula.
- Sheltered NE, E
- 16AnchorageFrance
Les avollions
5.0River anchorage on the Saône in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, close to the Ponton des Amoureux.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
17AnchorageFranceRoche-Bernard
5.0Anchorage on the river Vilaine at La Roche-Bernard, upstream of the Arzal dam and lock, southern Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 18AnchorageFrance
Anse de Pouldohan
4.9Buoy field in the anse de Pouldohan in southern Finistère, between Concarneau and Trévignon, sand bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
- 19AnchorageFrance
Gorrequer
4.9Small mooring field with 3 buoys in the Rade de Brest, on the north shore of the Anse de Moulin Mer, Brittany.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
- 20AnchorageFrance
Île Tomé
4.9Rocky islet off Perros-Guirec on the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany, anchorage on its south side.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 21AnchorageFrance
Roc'h Gouarivinou
4.9Open anchorage off the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany, roughly 3.8 nm north of Tréguier and 4.4 nm east of Port-Blanc.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
22AnchorageFranceANSE DE PERALDU
4.9Rocky anchorage on the west side of the Cap Corse, in the Golfe de Saint-Florent, 4 nm NW of Saint-Florent.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
23AnchorageFranceMiramar
4.9Anchorage off the village of Miramar on the Corniche de l'Estérel, between Théoule-sur-Mer and Saint-Raphaël, facing the red porphyry cliffs.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
24AnchorageFrancePlage aux Dames
4.9Anchorage on the eastern shore of Lac du Bourget in Savoie, the largest natural lake entirely in France, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW
- 25AnchorageFrance
Plage de Châtillon
4.9Anchorage at the north end of the lac du Bourget in Savoie, weed bottom, sheltered from E through W via S.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
- 26AnchorageFrance
Pointe De L'esquillon
4.9Anchorage below the red porphyry headland of the Esterel massif, on the Corniche d'Or between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 27AnchorageFrance
Postermen
4.9Anchorage in the Rade de Brest north of the Crozon peninsula, sand and mud holding, useful shelter from westerly weather.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 28AnchorageFrance
Ficajola Side East
4.9Rock anchorage on the east side of Ficajola cove, in the Gulf of Porto on the west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 29AnchorageFrance
L’eguille/seudre
4.9River anchorage on the Seudre estuary in Charente-Maritime, mud bottom, opposite the oyster village of L'Éguille-sur-Seudre.
- Sheltered W
30AnchorageFrancePenn ar créac'h
4.9Buoy mooring in the Aber Benoît, on the north Finistère coast of Brittany, inside one of the long rias that cut into the Pays des Abers.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE