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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1021AnchorageFranceL'anneau de la Marguerite
3.3Anchorage off Courseulles-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast, on Juno Beach of the 6 June 1944 landings.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1022AnchorageFranceLocmaria
3.3Small anchorage on the south coast of Île de Groix, off the village of Locmaria, in Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 1023AnchorageFrance
Jetée Des Ileaux
3.3Anchorage off the east coast of Noirmoutier island, in the bay between the jetty and the Gois causeway, on mud.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1024AnchorageFrance
L'étier
3.3Mooring on the Vilaine river at the confluence with the étier de Foleux, on the border of Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 1025AnchorageFrance
Mouillage Du Storang
3.3Anchorage on the south coast of Île de Groix, off Brittany, on a mixed sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1026AnchorageFranceCalanque des Anglais
3.3Anchorage on the Esterel Corniche d'Or, just east of the Rade d'Agay, facing the red porphyry cliffs of the Cap du Dramont.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
1027AnchorageFranceGolfe d'Étrétat
3.3Open roadstead off the chalk cliffs of Étretat on the Normandy Alabaster Coast, between the Falaise d'Amont and the Falaise d'Aval with its arch and needle.
- Free
- Sheltered E, S, SE
1028AnchorageFranceÎle aux Moines
3.3Sand anchorage off the largest of the Sept-Îles archipelago, 3 NM north of Ploumanac'h on the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, W
- 1029AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Romaniquette
3.3Anchorage on the northern shore of the Étang de Berre, between Saint-Chamas and Istres, Provence.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
- 1030AnchorageFrance
Anse du Camp Long
3.3Small cove on the Estérel coast between Agay and Anthéor, Var. Anchorage on sand and rock, in red porphyry surroundings.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1031AnchorageFranceBaie du Grand Soufre
3.3Anchorage on the west side of Pomègues, archipel du Frioul, off Marseille.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
- 1032AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Fontagne
3.3Sand anchorage on the Marseille coast east of the Port des Goudes, within the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1033AnchorageFrancela Solenzara
3.3Sand anchorage off the mouth of the Solenzara river, on the east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1034AnchorageFrance
Le Grand Lambert
3.3Anchorage off the Grand Lambert rock in the Rance estuary approaches, between Saint-Briac and Dinard, Ille-et-Vilaine.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
1035AnchorageFrancePlage De La Darse
3.3Buoy field of 21 moorings off Plage de la Darse in Villefranche-sur-Mer, in the western arm of the Rade de Villefranche, on the Côte d'Azur.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 1036AnchorageFrance
Port De Roubary
3.3Small drying anchorage north of Barfleur on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1037AnchorageFrancePréfailles
3.3Open anchorage off Préfailles on the Pointe Saint-Gildas, south side of the Loire estuary in Pays de la Loire.
- Sheltered N, NE
1038AnchorageFranceAnse de Sainte-Anne
3.3Anchorage in the roadstead of Brest, Brittany, on the southern shore opposite the naval base.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 1039AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Porto Pollo
3.3Rocky anchorage off the headland of Porto Pollo on the north shore of the Gulf of Valinco in western Corsica, commune of Serra-di-Ferro.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1040AnchorageFrancePort Neuf
3.3Rocky anchorage on the Île-d'Arz in the Golfe du Morbihan, fringed by ledges, sheltered from NW to SW winds.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1041AnchorageFrancePorto Marina
3.3Open roadstead at the mouth of the Porto river on the west coast of Corsica, within the Scandola UNESCO reserve perimeter and facing the red porphyry cliffs of the Calanche de Piana.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
1042AnchorageFrancePorz-Naye
3.3Open anchorage on the north shore of the presqu'île de Crozon, just west of Camaret-sur-Mer in Finistère.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
1043AnchorageFranceBouzigues
3.3Anchorage off Bouzigues on the northern shore of the Étang de Thau, in front of the oyster-farming village.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1044AnchorageFranceCaldarello Ribellino
3.3Open anchorage on the southern coast of Corsica, within the Gulf of Santa Manza zone, 0.5 NM SW of Pianottoli-Caldarello port.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1045AnchorageFrancePlage des Dames
3.3Anchorage of around 53 places off the Plage des Dames on the north-east shore of the Île de Noirmoutier.
- Paid
- Sheltered S, SW, W
- 1046AnchorageFrance
Tallone Cove
3.3Open sandy anchorage on the east coast of Corsica off the commune of Tallone, on the coastal plain south of Aleria.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1047AnchorageFrance
Zone De La Sableyre
3.3Anchoring zone on the east side of the bassin d'Arcachon, off Taussat and Cassy.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
1048AnchorageFranceAnse du Moustran
3.3Anchorage in the Gulf of Morbihan, 0.7 NM NW of Port-Blanc on the Île-aux-Moines shore and 1.6 NM W of Arradon.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
1049AnchorageFranceHaut Pyla
3.3Anchorage at the foot of the Dune du Pilat, the tallest sand dune in Europe at 102 m, southern entrance of the Bassin d'Arcachon.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1050AnchorageFranceLarmor-Plage
3.3Anchorage off Larmor-Plage at the entrance to the Lorient roadstead, Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, W