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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- 301AnchorageFrance
Plage jardin exotique
4.4Anchorage off the Jardin exotique et botanique de Roscoff on the Île de Batz channel, northern Finistère.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 302AnchorageFrance
Domois Bay
4.4South-facing cove on the ocean side of Belle-Île-en-Mer, between Port-Coton and Pointe du Skeul.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
303AnchorageFranceMouillage des herbiers
4.4Anchorage in the baie de Morlaix off the northern Finistère coast, sand and mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
304AnchorageFranceAnse de Bréhec
4.4Drying cove on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany, at the foot of the Plouha cliffs between Paimpol and Saint-Quay-Portrieux.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 305AnchorageFrance
Anse du Conguel
4.4Sandy anchorage on the southern tip of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 306AnchorageFrance
Cala di Lignaghia
4.4Sand anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, inside the Réserve naturelle de Scandola and close to the Golfe de Girolata.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
307AnchorageFranceDoëlan
4.4Narrow ria on the south Brittany coast between Lorient and Concarneau, with 25 visitor buoys laid by the commune of Clohars-Carnoët.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 308AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Bauma
4.4Anchorage on the east side of the Presqu'île de Giens in the Var, mixed sand and weed bottom, sheltered from NW through S.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
309AnchorageFranceSaint-Suliac
4.4Tidal 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
- 310AnchorageFrance
Baie de la Gorguette
4.4Anchorage on the Provençal coast between Bandol and Sanary-sur-Mer in the Var, off the Plage de la Gorguette.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, NW
311AnchorageFranceBaie des Trépassés
4.4Wide sand bay between the Pointe du Raz and the Pointe du Van at the western tip of Finistère, open to the west.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S
312AnchorageFranceLe Blavet Stomac
4.4River anchorage on the Blavet, 1.8 NM S of Hennebont and upstream of Lorient, in Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
313AnchorageFranceLe Petit Rhône
4.4Anchorage off the mouth of the Petit Rhône on the Camargue coast, mud bottom, 0.8 nm NW of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 314AnchorageFrance
Plage de Taverna
4.4Open anchorage on a sand bottom just south of Bastia old town, east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
315AnchorageFrancePort du Tinduff
4.4Mooring area in the Anse du Tinduff on the southern shore of the Rade de Brest, commune of Plougastel-Daoulas, Finistère.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 316AnchorageFrance
Calanque de la Tripe
4.3Small calanque on the south side of Cap Bénat in the Var, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and the Île du Levant. Bottom of sand and posidonia.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
- 317AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Morgiou
4.3Calanque east of Sormiou with a small fishing port in the Calanques national park. Anchoring is prohibited in the calanque itself to protect posidonia meadows.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
318AnchorageFranceCanal de Pont de Vaux
4.3Inland canal linking the Saône to the town of Pont-de-Vaux in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
319AnchorageFranceContesse De Guerlande
4.3Anchorage off the Côtes-d'Armor coast north-west of Saint-Quay-Portrieux, in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 320AnchorageFrance
Plage de Traves
4.3Sandy anchorage off the Agriates desert coast, west side of Cap Corse, between Saint-Florent and the Plage du Loto.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 321AnchorageFrance
Plage du Ster
4.3Sand-bottom anchorage on the south coast of the Pays Bigouden, sheltered from NW through NE, exposed to the Atlantic swell from the S.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 322AnchorageFrance
Pointe d'Agon
4.3Sand 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
323AnchorageFrancePointe de Mindin
4.3Anchorage in the Loire estuary, on the south bank at Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, opposite Saint-Nazaire.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 324AnchorageFrance
Anse de Pinzuta
4.3Cove on the Désert des Agriates coast of northern Corsica, between Île-Rousse and Saint-Florent.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW
- 325AnchorageFrance
Anse du Rouet
4.3Small calanque on the Côte Bleue, just east of Carry-le-Rouet inside the Parc marin de la Côte Bleue.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 326AnchorageFrance
Baie de la Vierge
4.3Anchorage on the north-east side of La Ciotat bay, sand bottom, shelter from W through N to NE, exposed to southerly swell.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
327AnchorageFranceCala di Giunco
4.3Sand-bottomed cove at the south-east tip of Corsica, between the Golfe de Sant'Amanza and the Cerbicale islands.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 328AnchorageFrance
Grand-Cale - Porquerolles
4.3Anchorage on the south coast of Porquerolles, within the Parc national de Port-Cros, between Calanque de l'Oustaou de Diou and the south-eastern headland of the island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
329AnchorageFrancePort Homard
4.3Drying anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin, north of Granville, sand bottom among granite rocks.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
330AnchorageFrancePortu Ricciaiu
4.3Cove on the Revellata peninsula west of Calvi in Balagne, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through S.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE