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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- 361AnchorageFrance
Petite île du Bindy
4.3Anchorage in the rade de Brest near the entrance of the anse de Poulmic, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from the northerly sector.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
362AnchorageFrancePlage de Menasina Ouest
4.3Anchorage off Menasina beach on the west coast of Corsica, between Cargèse and the Gulf of Sagone.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
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Plage de Port Navalo
4.3Sand anchorage off the beach of Port-Navalo on the western tip of the Rhuys peninsula, at the mouth of the Golfe du Morbihan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
364AnchorageFranceBaie du chapus
4.3Shallow mud anchorage in the channel between the mainland at Bourcefranc-le-Chapus and the south-east coast of Île d'Oléron, crossed by the viaduct to Oléron.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
365AnchorageFranceCala Di Castagna
4.3Small anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, between Porto Pollo and the Gulf of Ajaccio. Mixed sand, rock and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
366AnchorageFranceÎle de Boed
4.3Anchorage on the north side of the Île de Boëdic, a small private island in the Golfe du Morbihan south of Séné.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
367AnchorageFranceLe Mimbeau
4.3Sand-spit anchorage at the tip of Cap Ferret, inside the Bassin d'Arcachon, with sand holding and shelter from W, NW and SW winds.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
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Treac'h Salus
4.3Sand-bottom anchorage on the north-east side of Île de Houat in the Mor Braz, Morbihan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
369AnchorageFranceAnse de la Salis
4.3Sandy cove between the Cap d'Antibes and the ramparts of old Antibes, on the Côte d'Azur.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
370AnchorageFranceBaie de la Forêt
4.3Anchorage in the Baie de la Forêt near Fouesnant in Finistère, sand bottom, sheltered from SW to NW winds.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
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Baie de la Moutte
4.3Open roadstead west of Bandol between the Pointe de la Cride and Île Rousse, on the Provence coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
372AnchorageFranceBaie De Saint Jean De Luz
4.3Anchorage of around 15 berths on sand inside the Baie de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, protected by three seawalls built between 1864 and 1895.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
373AnchorageFranceBaleine Nord
4.3Anchorage off the north side of Île de la Baleine, south Brittany coast, west of Trévignon.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
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Borgo Cove
4.3Sand anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, off the commune of Borgo, south of Bastia.
- Sheltered W, SW
375AnchorageFranceCavallo South
4.3Anchorage on the south side of Île Cavallo in the Bouches de Bonifacio, sand and algae bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
376AnchorageFranceÎles Logoden
4.3Anchorage between the two Logoden islets in the Golfe du Morbihan, off Arradon, south Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered S, SE
- 377AnchorageFrance
Plage de Portigliolo
4.3Long sandy anchorage on the south shore of the Golfe de Valinco in Corsica, between Propriano and the Capu di Senetosa.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
378AnchorageFranceQuerqueville
4.3Anchorage in the west roadstead of Cherbourg, off Querqueville, mud and kelp bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
379AnchorageFranceSaint Jacut-sur-mer
4.3Anchorage 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
380AnchorageFranceÎle aux Moines
4.3Anchorage off the largest island of the Golfe du Morbihan, between Port-Blanc and Arradon, south Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 381AnchorageFrance
la Plage des Américains
4.3Sand anchorage on the east shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, north of the Cap Ferret peninsula, opposite the village of Le Canon.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
382AnchorageFrancePlage de la Châtaigneraie
4.3Anchorage on the French shore of Lake Geneva off the Ripaille estate, just west of Thonon-les-Bains, rock bottom.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
383AnchorageFrancePlage des Salins
4.3Long sand beach on the eastern shore of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, 2.7 nm east of the town harbour.
- Sheltered W, NW
- 384AnchorageFrance
Pointe de la Paume
4.3Anchorage at the Pointe de la Paume on the Esterel shore between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar, in the western Gulf of La Napoule.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 385AnchorageFrance
Rade de Saint-Martin
4.3Roadstead off Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré in Charente-Maritime. Anchoring prohibited in the marked zones of the harbour approach.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
386AnchorageFranceAnse des Fossettes
4.3Cove on the south-eastern side of the Cap Ferrat peninsula, between Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Beaulieu-sur-Mer in the Alpes-Maritimes.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 387AnchorageFrance
Baie de Centuri
4.3Open bay on the west coast of Cap Corse, at the northern tip of Corsica. Mixed sand, rock and seagrass bottom, sheltered from E, SW, S and SE.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
388AnchorageFranceBaie de Loia
4.3Anchorage in the Bay of Txingudi on the Franco-Spanish border, opposite Hendaye, with a mixed rock and sand bottom.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 389AnchorageFrance
Île-de-Sein
4.3Anchorage off Île de Sein, west of the Pointe du Raz in Finistère, on sand, sheltered from S and SW winds.
- Sheltered S, SW
390AnchorageFranceîlot Tiboulen
4.3Small rocky islet at the NW tip of the Frioul archipelago off Marseille, inside the Calanques national park.
- Sheltered S