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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481AnchorageFrancePlage de Château Serein
4.2Coastal 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
- 482AnchorageFrance
Pointe de la Varde
4.2Open anchorage off the rocky headland between Saint-Malo and Rothéneuf, on the Côte d'Émeraude in Brittany.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 483AnchorageFrance
Porto d'Arone
4.2Open cove on the west coast of Corsica, south of the Capo Rosso peninsula, roughly 4.5 nm north of Cargèse.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
484AnchorageFranceSaint-Martin de Ré
4.2Anchorage off Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the north coast of the Île de Ré, in the Pertuis Breton, Charente-Maritime.
- Paid
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 485AnchorageFrance
Abbartello
4.2Anchorage on the north shore of the Golfe de Valinco in Corsica, between Porto Pollo and Propriano, on sand.
- Sheltered N, NE
486AnchorageFranceKorejou
4.2Anchorage off the Plouguerneau coast in north Finistère, Brittany, sand bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
487AnchorageFrancePointe du Canouvié
4.2Anchorage on the eastern side of Île des Embiez, sheltered from the west wind between the island and Le Brusc.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
488AnchorageFrancePorz Liboudou
4.2Small anchorage on the north coast of the Crozon peninsula with 3 moorings, in western Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W
- 489AnchorageFrance
Saint-Mitre
4.2Anchorage on the western shore of the Étang de Berre, off Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, Provence.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
490AnchorageFranceStêr-Ouen
4.2Narrow inlet on the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, open to the north.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 491AnchorageFrance
anse de Saint-Antoine
4.1Anchorage at the mouth of the Aber Wrac'h in north Finistère, sand and mud bottom, just west of the fairway leading up to the marina.
- Sheltered W, S, SE
- 492AnchorageFrance
Anse de Stagnola
4.1Buoyed mooring field of 10 berths on the south shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio, Corsica, in the Porticcio sector.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
493AnchorageFranceAnse de Tarco
4.1Sand bay on the east coast of Corsica, between Solenzara and Sainte-Lucie-de-Porto-Vecchio, at the mouth of the Tarco stream.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
494AnchorageFranceCalanque de Ratonneau
4.1Anchorage on the north side of Ratonneau island in the Frioul archipelago, off Marseille, with sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
495AnchorageFranceÎle des Morts
4.1Anchorage near the Île des Morts at the entrance of the rade de Brest, off the presqu'île de Crozon.
- Sheltered E, SW, W
- 496AnchorageFrance
Île des Rats
4.1River mooring on the Oise at Compiègne, Hauts-de-France, weed bottom, sheltered by the banks.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
497AnchorageFranceLa Meule
4.1Small rocky inlet on the south coast of the Île d'Yeu, used as a fishing and visitor mooring under the white Notre-Dame-de-la-Bonne-Nouvelle chapel.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 498AnchorageFrance
Les Conches
4.1Open anchorage off the Longeville-sur-Mer beach in southern Vendée, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
499AnchorageFrancePlage Saint-Clair
4.1Anchorage off Saint-Clair beach on the eastern shore of Le Lavandou, Var, with sand bottom and shelter from N, W and NW winds.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
500AnchorageFranceSainte Catherine - Sud
4.1Mooring field of 69 spots in the Lorient roadstead off Locmiquélic, sand bottom, sheltered from NE to SE.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
501AnchorageFranceAnse de Port-Blanc
4.1Small cove on the west side of the Cap d'Erquy headland, in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, sand bottom, sheltered from NE, E and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 502AnchorageFrance
Anse du Poulmic
4.1Anchorage on the south shore of the rade de Brest, Brittany, set back behind the École Navale at Lanvéoc.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
503AnchorageFranceBaie des Roches Bleues
4.1Sand-bottom bay on the south coast of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between the Pilon anchorage and Saint-Tropez harbour.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
504AnchorageFranceErbalunga
4.1Open roadstead off the village of Erbalunga on the east coast of Cap Corse, 9 km north of Bastia.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
505AnchorageFranceGolfe de Rondinara
4.1Shell-shaped bay on the south-east coast of Corsica between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio, classified site since 2010.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
506AnchorageFranceLes îles Paul Ricard
4.1Anchorage between the islands of Les Embiez and Le Gaou, off Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.
- Sheltered SE, S
- 507AnchorageFrance
Plage de Balistra
4.1Anchorage of about ten boats on sand off the Plage de Balistra, south-east coast of Corsica between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 508AnchorageFrance
Plage de Trez Cao
4.1Open anchorage off the sand beach of Trez Cao, south Finistere, between Concarneau and the Pointe de Trevignon.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
509AnchorageFrancePort Belloc
4.1Anchorage with 22 moorings on sand north of Sauzon, on Belle-Île-en-Mer.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 510AnchorageFrance
Port Marie
4.1Sand 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