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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901AnchorageFranceLa Spiaggia
3.5Anchorage off Le Brusc in the lagoon approach to the Embiez archipelago, west of Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 902AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Moune
3.5Anchorage in the gulf of Saint-Tropez off the Moune beach, between the Marines de Cogolin to the west and the entrance of Port-Grimaud to the north.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 903AnchorageFrance
Port Miou
3.5Buoy field in the Calanque de Port-Miou, the first calanque west of Cassis, inside the Parc national des Calanques.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 904AnchorageFrance
Roche de la Cheminée
3.5Anchorage off the Frioul archipelago west of Marseille, between Pomègues and Ratonneau.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, W, NW
905AnchorageFranceSte-Marie La Mer
3.5Open roadstead off the Roussillon coast, just north of Canet-en-Roussillon, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 906AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Péguière
3.5Small cove on the Estérel coast between Boulouris and Saint-Raphaël, Var.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
- 907AnchorageFrance
Pointe du Térénéz
3.5Mooring field of 16 buoys off the Pointe du Térénez in the Rade de Brest, on the north shore of the Aulne estuary, mud bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
908AnchorageFrancePorh Roëd
3.5Anchorage on the south side of Île de Groix, Morbihan, with sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 909AnchorageFrance
Port-Lay
3.5Small cove with a dozen moorings on the north coast of Île de Groix, off the Morbihan coast in Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 910AnchorageFrance
Porzmeur
3.5Anchorage on the north shore of the rade de Brest, sand bottom, shelter from NE, E and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
911AnchorageFrancePunta Vallitone
3.5Anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica west of Ile Rousse, sand, rock and weed bottom, open to E, SE, S and SW.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 912AnchorageFrance
Rupt s. Saône
3.5River anchorage on the Petite Saône off Rupt-sur-Saône, a village in Haute-Saône dominated by its 11th-century keep.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
913AnchorageFranceÎle Callot
3.5Anchorage off Île Callot, a tidal island linked to Carantec by a causeway that covers at high water, in the Bay of Morlaix.
- Sheltered SW, W
- 914AnchorageFrance
Ile de brehat west
3.5Anchorage off the west side of Ile de Brehat, in the Cotes-d'Armor, north Brittany.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
915AnchorageFranceIles Sanguinaires
3.5Rocky archipelago off the western tip of the Gulf of Ajaccio in Corsica, anchorage on rock bottom with shelter only from the east.
- Sheltered E
- 916AnchorageFrance
Mas Larrieu
3.5Sand anchorage off the Mas Larrieu nature reserve, at the mouth of the Tech between Argelès-sur-Mer and Saint-Cyprien, on the Roussillon coast.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 917AnchorageFrance
Plage d'Aiguebelle
3.5Sand anchorage off the coast of Le Lavandou in the Var, sheltered from the north sector, facing south toward the Îles d'Hyères.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
918AnchorageFranceCala della Chiesa North
3.5Prohibited anchorage zone off the northern shore of the Îles Lavezzi, southern Corsica, sand bottom, within the Bouches de Bonifacio nature reserve.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 919AnchorageFrance
Étrier De Marzan
3.5River mooring on the Vilaine near Marzan, upstream of the Arzal dam, in southern Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 920AnchorageFrance
Îlot Ziglione
3.5Anchorage behind Îlot Ziglione in the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio, south-east Corsica.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 921AnchorageFrance
Point Maubousquet
3.5Prohibited anchorage zone on the north coast of Porquerolles, inside the Port-Cros National Park maritime perimeter.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 922AnchorageFrance
Trehiguier
3.5Single visitor buoy on the Vilaine river estuary at Pénestin, south Brittany, mud bottom, well protected from N, NE, E, S and SE.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
923AnchorageFranceAnse de Fouras
3.5Anchorage off Fouras on the Charente-Maritime coast, opposite the Île d'Aix, in the Pertuis d'Antioche.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 924AnchorageFrance
Anse des Vieilles
3.5Sandy cove on the south coast of Île d'Yeu, 2.5 nm SE of Port-Joinville.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 925AnchorageFrance
Baie du Dervin
3.5Sandy bay between Le Croisic and Le Pouliguen on the south Brittany coast, sheltered from the northerly quadrant, open to the south.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 926AnchorageFrance
Plage Trottel - Ajaccio
3.5Anchorage off Plage Saint-François, known locally as Plage Trottel, on the north shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio, 0.9 NM SW of Port Tino Rossi.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 927AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Fornali
3.5Anchorage off Pointe de Fornali at the entrance to the Gulf of Saint-Florent, northern Corsica. Sand and seagrass bottom, sheltered from S, SW and W.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
928AnchorageFrancePointe de Ramonette
3.5Anchorage off the east coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, 0,3 nautical miles southeast of Le Palais, the main port of the island.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
929AnchorageFranceRade d'Agay Nord
3.5Anchorage in the northern part of the Rade d'Agay on the Esterel coast, sand and weed bottom, sheltered from NW through N and E.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
930AnchorageFranceRoscoff
3.5Rock-bottom anchorage off Roscoff, north Finistère, Brittany, exposed to W, SW and S winds.
- Sheltered W, SW, S