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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601AnchorageFrancePlage du Racou
4.0Sand beach at the southern end of Argelès-sur-Mer, where the Côte Vermeille begins and the Albères foothills meet the sea.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
602AnchorageFrancePunta di U Puntiglione
4.0Small anchorage on the south side of the Cargèse peninsula, west coast of Corsica, with a mixed sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
603AnchorageFranceRade du Guet
4.0Anchorage with 6 moorings in the bay of Douarnenez, just north of the port of Tréboul, south-western Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
604AnchorageFranceRoute du Sel
4.0Anchorage along the western shore of the Giens tombolo between Hyères and the Giens peninsula, sand and weed bottom sheltered from N to E.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
605AnchorageFranceAnse de Saint-Nicolas
4.0Sand anchorage on the south shore of the Crozon peninsula in the Bay of Douarnenez, Brittany.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
606AnchorageFranceCap des Frères
4.0Open anchorage off the low sandy coast of the Aude, between Port Leucate and Port-la-Nouvelle in Occitanie.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
607AnchorageFranceFalaises de Vaches Noires
4.0Open roadstead off the cliffs between Villers-sur-Mer and Houlgate, on the Calvados coast of Normandy. Fair-weather anchorage only.
- Sheltered S, SE
- 608AnchorageFrance
Giunchetu
4.0Sand-bottomed anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica, about 1.5 NM south-west of Île-Rousse.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 609AnchorageFrance
Grève de Penn al Lann
4.0Anchorage in the rade de Brest, off the southern shore between Rostiviec and Moulin-Mer, in Finistere.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 610AnchorageFrance
Le Baou Rouge
4.0Anchorage under the red cliffs of the Calanques massif east of Marseille, inside the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
611AnchorageFranceMarine De Davia
4.0Anchorage in the Marine de Davia cove, on the Balagne coast between Algajola and L'Ile-Rousse in Corsica.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 612AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Fossette
4.0Small cove on the Corniche des Maures between Le Lavandou and Cavalière, with a mixed sand and posidonia seagrass bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
613AnchorageFrancePointe du Rix
4.0Rocky point on the north-east coast of the island of Les Embiez, facing the Brusc lagoon.
- Sheltered NE
614AnchorageFrancePointe du Trésor
4.0Anchorage along the rocky shore of the Pointe du Trésor, west of Cavalaire-sur-Mer on the Corniche des Maures.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
615AnchorageFrancePort de l'Argol
4.0Mooring field of around 135 buoys at Port de l'Argol, on the Crozon peninsula in the rade de Brest, Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
616AnchorageFranceRade de la Badine - La Capte
4.0Open roadstead off La Capte beach on the Giens isthmus, east of Hyères, Provence.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 617AnchorageFrance
Sablanceau
4.0Sand beach anchorage on the southeast shore of Île de Ré, just north of the Pont de l'Île de Ré, facing the Pertuis Breton.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
618AnchorageFranceSainte marine
4.0Port on the west bank of the Odet estuary, opposite Bénodet in Finistère, Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 619AnchorageFrance
Tréac'h er Baron
4.0Anchorage on the north coast of Houat, Morbihan, over sand.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 620AnchorageFrance
Baie d'Alicastre - Plage Notre Dame
4.0Open bay on the north-east coast of Porquerolles, inside the Port-Cros national park, off Plage Notre-Dame.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 621AnchorageFrance
L'Île Rousse
4.0Mooring field on buoys off L'Île-Rousse in Balagne, northern Corsica, with 20 berths east of the commercial harbour.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 622AnchorageFrance
Lanvéoc
4.0Anchorage off Lanvéoc on the south shore of the rade de Brest, Crozon peninsula, Finistère.
- Free
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 623AnchorageFrance
Mouillage du Piton
4.0Buoy field off the east side of Cap d'Antibes, between Port Gallice and the Anse de la Garoupe, with 31 moorings.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 624AnchorageFrance
Rivière de Penzė
4.0Ria mooring on the Penzé river west of Roscoff, sheltered in all directions except the north quadrant.
- Paid
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 625AnchorageFrance
Anse des Broches
4.0North-facing cove on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, west of Port-Joinville.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 626AnchorageFrance
Bodic
4.0Anchorage on the Trieux estuary in northern Brittany, just downstream of Lézardrieux, off the Bodic lighthouse.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
627AnchorageFranceCôte d'Heno
4.0Anchorage on the northeast coast of Île de Groix, off Port-Tudy, sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 628AnchorageFrance
Île des Poulains
4.0Anchorage off the Pointe des Poulains at the north-west tip of Belle-Île-en-Mer, on sand and rock.
- Sheltered SW, S
- 629AnchorageFrance
Marina Vizza
4.0Rocky anchorage on the south-east coast of Corsica near Porto-Vecchio, sheltered from the south-west sector and open to the east.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
630AnchorageFrancePointe de la Parata
4.0Open anchorage off the Sanguinaires archipelago west of Ajaccio, sand bottom, exposed to easterly winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW