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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991AnchorageFrancePorraja
3.4Sand-bottomed cove on the west side of the Gulf of Valinco in Corsica, immediately west of Propriano.
- Sheltered E, SE, S
- 992AnchorageFrance
Punta Capicciola sud
3.4Prohibited anchoring zone south of Punta Capicciola on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and the reserve of Cerbicale.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 993AnchorageFrance
Baie Talmont
3.4Anchorage in the Gironde estuary off Talmont-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime, under the cliffs that carry the Romanesque church of Sainte-Radegonde.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 994AnchorageFrance
L’Épine
3.4Anchorage off the village of L'Épine on the west coast of Île de Noirmoutier, Pays de la Loire.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
995AnchorageFrancePen er Menn
3.4Anchorage of around 102 moorings off Arradon on the north shore of the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE
996AnchorageFrancePointe des Chevaliers
3.4Anchorage on the western side of the presqu'île de Giens, Var, facing the rade d'Hyères.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 997AnchorageFrance
Roche Cardin
3.4Anchorage on sand off Roche Cardin in the Chausey archipelago area west of Granville, sheltered only from SW winds.
- Sheltered SW
998AnchorageFranceZone mouillage du Traict
3.4Buoy field in the Traict du Croisic tidal lagoon, just north of Le Croisic harbour, on the southern Loire-Atlantique coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 999AnchorageFrance
Benodet
3.4Anchorage and mooring field in the estuary of the Odet between Bénodet and Sainte-Marine, sand bottom, 180 moorings.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
1000AnchorageFranceGolfe de Santa Giulia nord
3.4Buoy field of 30 moorings in the northern part of the Golfe de Santa Giulia, south of Porto-Vecchio on the east coast of Corsica.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1001AnchorageFrance
Ile Sainte-Marguerite East
3.4Anchorage on the east side of Île Sainte-Marguerite in the Lérins archipelago off Cannes, sand and posidonia bottom, sheltered from N, open to S and SE.
- Sheltered N, SW, S, SE
- 1002AnchorageFrance
Pempoul
3.4Mud-bottom anchorage off Pempoul beach at Saint-Pol-de-Leon, on the bay of Morlaix in northern Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW
- 1003AnchorageFrance
Plage de Pampelonne
3.4Open anchorage off a 4.5 km sandy beach on the south-east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Cap du Pinet and Cap Camarat.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1004AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Coudepont
3.4Mud-bottom anchorage off the northern tip of Île d'Aix, in the Pertuis d'Antioche between La Rochelle and the Charente estuary.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
1005AnchorageFrancePorh En Hal
3.4Small rocky cove on the north coast of Île de Groix, off Lorient in southern Brittany.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1006AnchorageFrance
Baie de San Ciprianu
3.4Anchorage in a sandy bay on the east coast of Corsica, 10 km north of Porto-Vecchio.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
1007AnchorageFranceMouillage de Charron
3.4Tidal anchorage off the mudflats of Charron, north of La Rochelle at the mouth of the Sèvre Niortaise in Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 1008AnchorageFrance
La Coudoulière
3.4Anchorage off the sandy cove of La Coudoulière, on the west side of Six-Fours-les-Plages, Var. Sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1009AnchorageFrance
Le Grand Traict
3.4Tidal lagoon north of Le Croisic and Guérande, on the south coast of Brittany, used as a waiting anchorage by shoal-draught boats.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1010AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de la Pointe du Château
3.4Anchorage at the Pointe du Château in the rade de Brest, on the south shore of the Daoulas estuary in Finistère.
- Sheltered NE, E
1011AnchorageFrancePointe du Croisic
3.4Rocky anchorage off the tip of the Le Croisic peninsula, south Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1012AnchorageFranceCalvi
3.3Buoy field in the bay of Calvi on the north-west coast of Corsica, below the Genoese citadel, sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
1013AnchorageFrancePlage de L'Estaque
3.3Open anchorage off L'Estaque beach in the northern suburbs of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue side of the Rade.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
1014AnchorageFrancePornichet
3.3Mooring field off Pornichet on the Baie de La Baule, Loire-Atlantique, at the western end of the Côte d'Amour.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
1015AnchorageFranceSaint-Tropez
3.3Anchorage in the Golfe de Saint-Tropez, north of the old town and the Port du Pilon in the Var.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 1016AnchorageFrance
Baie de San Ciprianu Nord
3.3Northern lobe of the San Ciprianu bay on the east coast of southern Corsica, between Pinarellu and the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
1017AnchorageFranceCala di u Grecu (Nord)
3.3Anchorage on the east side of the Golfe de Sant'Amanza, southern Corsica, 4.1 nm S of Sant'Amanza and 5.1 nm SE of Bonifacio.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1018AnchorageFranceCarnon
3.3Open anchorage off the beach of Carnon, between La Grande-Motte and Palavas-les-Flots on the Occitan coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1019AnchorageFrance
Etang del Salé
3.3Sand anchorage on the east coast of Corsica facing the coastal lagoon of the Étang d'Urbino, between Aléria and Ghisonaccia.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 1020AnchorageFrance
Île de la Chaussée
3.3Anchorage on the Seine between Bougival and Croissy, sheltered by the Île de la Chaussée with shelter from most directions, mud and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE