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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541AnchorageFranceAnse de Peyrefite
4.1Small cove on the Vermilion Coast between Banyuls and Cerbère, with 8 visitor buoys laid inside the Cerbère-Banyuls marine nature reserve.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 542AnchorageFrance
Baie de la chapelle
4.1Anchorage on the east coast of Île-d'Arz in the Gulf of Morbihan, 5 berths on sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 543AnchorageFrance
Palagaccio
4.1Anchorage on the east coast of Cap Corse, just north of Bastia.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 544AnchorageFrance
Plage de Loto
4.1Shallow sand anchorage on the Agriates coast 3.7 NM NW of Saint-Florent, opposite a 700 m white-sand beach inside a Conservatoire du Littoral estate.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
545AnchorageFranceEygoires - Lac de Serre-Poncon
4.1Anchorage on the lac de Serre-Ponçon in Hautes-Alpes, an artificial Alpine reservoir of around 2,800 hectares and France's second largest dam lake.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 546AnchorageFrance
Île Dumet
4.1Rocky islet 3 NM off Piriac-sur-Mer in the bay of Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique. Forain anchorage on the south side.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 547AnchorageFrance
Pointe de l'Armorique
4.1Anchorage off the headland that separates the anse du Moulin Blanc from the Elorn estuary, on the south shore of the rade de Brest.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 548AnchorageFrance
Saint Jean de Monts
4.1Open roadstead off the long sandy beach of Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Vendée coast south of the Baie de Bourgneuf.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 549AnchorageFrance
Baie de Nichiareto
4.1Sand-bottom anchorage in the Revellata peninsula area, west of Calvi, Haute-Corse. Protection from NE, E, S and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
550AnchorageFranceÎles Brescou
4.1Buoy field south of the Île de Brescou, the only volcanic island of the French Mediterranean coast, off Cap d'Agde.
- Free
- Sheltered S
551AnchorageFranceLa Corderie
4.1Main anchorage of Île-de-Bréhat, on the west side of the island between Bréhat and Île Logodec, Côtes-d'Armor.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
552AnchorageFrancePlage de Trévignon
4.1Sand anchorage off the beach immediately W of the Pointe de Trévignon, on the south Finistère coast of the commune of Trégunc.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
553AnchorageFrancePortsall
4.1Drying harbour and sand anchorage on the north coast of Finistère, Brittany, between the Aber Benoît and Le Conquet.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 554AnchorageFrance
San-Giuliano
4.1Sandy roadstead off the long beach of San-Giuliano, on the eastern coast of Corsica between Bastia and Solenzara.
- Sheltered W
555AnchorageFranceAnse à la Truelle
4.1Sheltered cove on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, south of Granville in Normandy.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
556AnchorageFranceAnse de Cacalu
4.1Anchorage on the south side of the Îles Sanguinaires chain, west of Ajaccio, off the south coast of the island of Mezu Mare.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
557AnchorageFranceAnse des Fosses
4.1Cove on the east side of the Cap Ferrat peninsula, just south of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 558AnchorageFrance
Enez Croaz-Hent
4.1Anchorage in the archipelago off Plouguerneau in north Finistère, sand bottom, sheltered from E, SE, S and SW.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
559AnchorageFranceÎle Berder
4.1Anchorage on 31 visitor buoys off Île Berder in the Golfe du Morbihan, opposite Larmor-Baden.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 560AnchorageFrance
Île de Sein
4.1Sand anchorage off the Île de Sein, a low island 4 NM west of the Pointe du Raz in Finistère, Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
561AnchorageFranceLe Béal
4.1Anchorage off the Île Sainte-Marguerite, in the Lérins archipelago off Cannes.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 562AnchorageFrance
Plage des Dames
4.1Anchorage off Plage des Dames on the west coast of Finistère, between Porspoder and Lanildut.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
563AnchorageFrancePlage du Kelenn
4.1Sand mooring off the Plage du Kelenn in Carantec, at the entrance of the bay of Morlaix in northern Finistère.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
564AnchorageFrancePlaža Lumio
4.1Sand-bottom anchorage on the north shore of the Bay of Calvi, off the village of Lumio, Balagne coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 565AnchorageFrance
Anse de l'Arinella Est
4.1Small sandy cove on the east coast of Cap Corse, north of Macinaggio, open to the north and east.
- Sheltered SE, S
566AnchorageFranceHavre Barneville
4.1Tidal 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
567AnchorageFranceîle holavre
4.1Anchorage off Île Holavre, a small islet in the Golfe du Morbihan north of the Île aux Moines, near Arradon.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
568AnchorageFranceLa Landriais
4.1Mooring field of about 25 buoys on the right bank of the Rance maritime, opposite Le Minihic-sur-Rance in Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 569AnchorageFrance
La Marle
4.1Buoy mooring on the Marle river, a tidal arm of the Gulf of Morbihan just south of Vannes.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
570AnchorageFranceMouillage du Yaudet
4.1Mud-bottom mooring in the estuary of the Léguer near Lannion, Brittany, below the hamlet of Le Yaudet.
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, S, SE