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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961AnchorageFranceMouillage de la Citadelle d'Ajaccio
3.4Anchorage on sand and Posidonia under the walls of the Citadelle Miollis at the entrance of the Golfe d'Ajaccio, Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
962AnchorageFrancePlage De Gatseau
3.4Buoy mooring off the plage de Gatseau at the southern tip of the île d'Oléron, 3 buoys available.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W
963AnchorageFranceSan Damiano
3.4Rocky anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica, about 1.2 nm east of Port Eugène Ceccaldi and 4 nm southwest of Île-Rousse.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
- 964AnchorageFrance
Vignola
3.4Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica in the Golfe d'Ajaccio, between the Pointe de la Parata and the town of Ajaccio.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
965AnchorageFranceAlgajola
3.4Sand-bottomed anchorage off the village of Algajola in Balagne, Corsica, between Île-Rousse and Calvi.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
966AnchorageFranceAnse de Cargèse
3.4Anchorage in the bay fronting Cargèse village, on the west coast of Corsica between the Golfe de Sagone and the Golfe de Porto.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
967AnchorageFranceÎle Longue Sud
3.4Anchorage on the south side of Île Longue in the Golfe du Morbihan, inshore waters of southern Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 968AnchorageFrance
Les Baronnets
3.4Sand anchorage off the Espiguette sand spit, 3.5 NM SE of Port Camargue and 4.3 NM S of Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard.
- Sheltered N
969AnchorageFranceMadrague Montredon
3.4Anchorage off the south-eastern tip of Marseille, just east of Port de la Madrague de Montredon, within the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 970AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Vasina
3.4Anchorage off a sand beach on the east coast of Cap Corse, 3 nautical miles north of Bastia.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
971AnchorageFranceToull an trebez
3.4Sandy anchorage in the Aber Wrac'h estuary, north Finistère, about 1.4 NM NW of the port of L'Aber-Wrac'h.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 972AnchorageFrance
Baie de Stagnolu
3.4Small bay on the south side of the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio, in south-east Corsica.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 973AnchorageFrance
Bonne Terrasse
3.4Sheltered bay on the east coast of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Cap Camarat and Cap Taillat, in the Var.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 974AnchorageFrance
La Chambre - Île Logodec
3.4Small buoyed anchorage with 4 moorings off Île Logodec, south of the Bréhat archipelago, in the passage known as La Chambre.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW
975AnchorageFrancePointe Bacon
3.4Anchorage off the eastern side of the Cap d'Antibes, near Port Vauban, sand bottom, open to the east.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
- 976AnchorageFrance
Tahiti
3.4Anchorage in the Gulf of Ajaccio, 1.3 NM east of Port Tino Rossi, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
977AnchorageFranceLe Palais
3.4Visitor mooring buoy field in the roadstead off Le Palais, the main port of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, south Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S
978AnchorageFrancePlage Pointe des Douaniers
3.4Anchorage below the Pointe des Douaniers at Cap d'Ail, on the Cote d'Azur between Monaco and Eze.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 979AnchorageFrance
Port La Nouvelle - Sud
3.4Sand-bottomed anchorage off the beach south of Port-la-Nouvelle, on the Aude coast between Narbonne and Leucate.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 980AnchorageFrance
Rade de Ceyreste/ Grande Plage
3.4Anchorage off the Grande Plage of La Ciotat, in the bay shared by Ceyreste and La Ciotat on the eastern Bouches-du-Rhône coast, between the Bec de l'Aigle and the port entrance.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
981AnchorageFranceSauzon - ville
3.4Anchorage off the village of Sauzon on the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer in Morbihan, sand bottom, just outside the drying harbour.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 982AnchorageFrance
Embouchure du Rhône
3.4Anchorage off the mouth of the Grand Rhone, at the entrance to the Golfe de Fos, in the Camargue.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
983AnchorageFranceKerbihan
3.4Buoy mooring field off Kerbihan, on the west bank of the Rivière de Crac'h just below La Trinité-sur-Mer. Sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 984AnchorageFrance
Punta d Omigna
3.4Open anchorage on rock off Punta d'Omigna, the headland closing the Gulf of Sagone to the north, 1.8 miles from Cargèse on the west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
985AnchorageFranceVias
3.4Stretch of coast off Vias in Hérault where anchoring is prohibited, between Portiragnes and the mouth of the Hérault at Le Grau d'Agde.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
986AnchorageFranceArchipel des Embiez
3.4Small archipelago off Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var, owned by the Paul Ricard foundation, with anchorages on the western and southern shores of the main island.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
987AnchorageFranceBanc des Portes
3.4Sand bank anchorage inside the Fier d'Ars, the tidal lagoon on the north-west corner of Île de Ré, sheltered from NW through S.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
988AnchorageFranceÎle Molène
3.4Anchorage off Île Molène in the Molène archipelago, west of Le Conquet in the Iroise Sea.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 989AnchorageFrance
Marine de Bussagghia
3.4Sand anchorage in the Golfe de Porto on the west coast of Corsica, just north of Porto-Ota, inside the UNESCO-listed Golfe de Porto zone that includes the Calanques de Piana and the Scandola reserve.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
990AnchorageFrancePhare de Cordouan
3.4Anchorage off the Cordouan lighthouse, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary in New Aquitaine. Sand bottom, shelter from NW only.
- Sheltered NW