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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751AnchorageFranceCap Camarat
3.8Open roadstead under the Cap Camarat lighthouse on the Ramatuelle peninsula, about 4 nm southeast of Saint-Tropez.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
752AnchorageFranceGaleria
3.8Anchorage in the baie de Galéria on the west coast of Corsica, at the mouth of the Fango river, inside the réserve de biosphère UNESCO de la vallée du Fango.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 753AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Carteau
3.8Anchorage in the Anse de Carteau on the Golfe de Fos, east of the Rhône delta in Provence.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
754AnchorageFranceAnse du Diben
3.8Small cove on the north coast of Finistère, near Plougasnou, with around 10 visitor moorings on sand.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 755AnchorageFrance
Cales - Criques de Banyuls
3.8Buoy field with 6 moorings in the coves north of Banyuls-sur-Mer, within the Réserve Naturelle Marine de Cerbère-Banyuls.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
756AnchorageFranceChâteaulin
3.8River mooring on the canalised Aulne, in the town of Châteaulin, 15 nm upstream from the rade de Brest at the start of the Nantes-Brest canal.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
757AnchorageFranceÎlot de Toul-Bras
3.8Day anchorage off the eastern shore of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, between Port-Haliguen and Port-Maria.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 758AnchorageFrance
Marine de Luri
3.8Open anchorage off Santa Severa on the east coast of Cap Corse, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
759AnchorageFranceTregana
3.8Sand anchorage on the Plougonvelin shore of the Iroise, opposite Brest roadstead, sheltered from N to E.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 760AnchorageFrance
Anse de Sainte-Evette
3.7Mooring of about 25 buoys in the bay of Audierne, western Finistère, just outside the fishing harbour.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
761AnchorageFranceBrignogan - Pontusval
3.7Anchorage off Brignogan-Plages on the north coast of Finistère, sand bottom among pink granite rocks, sheltered from E through S to W.
- Free
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
- 762AnchorageFrance
Cala Muretta South
3.7Rocky cove in the Golfe de Valinco, 2.7 NM SW of Propriano, with shelter from SE to SW winds under the headland.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 763AnchorageFrance
Calanque de l'Indienne
3.7Small anchorage on the south coast of Porquerolles, within the Parc national de Port-Cros, the oldest marine national park in Europe, established in 1963.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
764AnchorageFranceCaramontinu
3.7Small cove on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio, with sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 765AnchorageFrance
Ezer
3.7Anchorage off Île Ezer in the Glénan archipelago, off the southern Finistère coast in Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 766AnchorageFrance
Grande Conche
3.7Open anchorage off the Grande Conche beach east of Royan, on the northern shore of the Gironde estuary.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 767AnchorageFrance
Île du Toro
3.7Anchorage off Île du Toro, a small islet in the Cerbicale archipelago off the south-east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered N, SW
768AnchorageFrancePointe de la Touche
3.7Fair-weather anchorage off the Pointe de la Touche on the Emerald Coast, Brittany, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 769AnchorageFrance
Rocher d'Orto
3.7Anchorage at the foot of the red porphyry cliffs of the Golfe de Porto on the west coast of Corsica, between Porto and Girolata.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
770AnchorageFranceAnse de Penhap
3.7Anchorage at the southern tip of the Île aux Moines in the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany. Mixed sand, rock and weed bottom, open to the south.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
771AnchorageFranceConche de Saint-Georges
3.7Anchorage in the bay north of the Gironde estuary mouth off Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, sand bottom, sheltered from N, NE, E and SE.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
772AnchorageFrancePlage de Briande
3.7Open anchorage off a sand beach on the south flank of the Cap Lardier, between Cavalaire and La Croix-Valmer, Var.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
773AnchorageFrancePoint de Dépose La Dune
3.7Daytime anchorage off the Grand Travers dune belt, between La Grande-Motte and Carnon on the Languedoc coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 774AnchorageFrance
Vignola
3.7Anchorage off Plage de Vignola on the west coast of Balagne, Haute-Corse, 2.1 NM W of Ile-Rousse.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
775AnchorageFranceCalanque des deux frères
3.7Small calanque of the Esterel coast between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar, named after the two rocky islets off its entrance.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 776AnchorageFrance
Etang Pierre Blanche
3.7Shallow lagoon anchorage west of Palavas-les-Flots in Languedoc, sand bottom, sheltered from NW, N and W winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 777AnchorageFrance
île verte
3.7Sand anchorage off Île Verte in the Bréhat archipelago, Côtes-d'Armor, north Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 778AnchorageFrance
Les Pharillons
3.7Rock-bottom anchorage off the Pharillons islets south of Marseille, within the Parc national des Calanques. Sheltered from N and NE.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 779AnchorageFrance
Pointe d'Agnello
3.7Anchorage off the Pointe d'Agnello at the northern tip of Cap Corse, close to the lighthouse of the Île de la Giraglia.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
780AnchorageFranceRoquemaure
3.7River anchorage on the Rhône at Roquemaure, Gard, 6 nm north of Avignon.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S