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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1051AnchorageFrancePlage de Malpasset
3.3Anchorage off a small beach on the south coast of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, west of Toulon bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1052AnchorageFrancePort-York
3.3Open anchorage on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, on a sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1053AnchorageFrance
Poudrantais
3.3Anchorage off Pointe du Poudrantais on the west shore of the Vilaine estuary, south Brittany, near Pénestin.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 1054AnchorageFrance
Vignola West
3.3Anchorage west of Ajaccio, over sand, facing the Sanguinaires islands.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1055AnchorageFranceBaie des Nations
3.3Anchorage on the north shore of the Baie de La Ciotat, off Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer in Provence.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1056AnchorageFrance
mobilhome
3.3Anchorage inside the Arcachon basin, on the west shore off the Cap Ferret peninsula, New Aquitaine.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1057AnchorageFrance
Plage Est
3.3Open roadstead off the east beach of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, in the Camargue, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1058AnchorageFrancePointe de Balaruc
3.3Anchorage on the étang de Thau near Balaruc, Occitanie. Mud bottom, shelter from NW through SW, open to the SE.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
1059AnchorageFranceRade de la Badine - Hyères
3.3Anchorage on the northern side of the Giens tombolo, east of Hyères, with sand and patches of posidonia seagrass on the bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1060AnchorageFrance
Sainte-Maxime
3.3Anchorage in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez off the Sainte-Maxime seafront, sand bottom, open to the south.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1061AnchorageFrancePen mané
3.3Anchorage of 45 moorings on sand in the Blavet estuary at Locmiquélic, on the east bank of the Lorient roadstead.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 1062AnchorageFrance
Plage de Suveret
3.3Small cove at Théoule-sur-Mer on the red porphyry coast of the Esterel, between Cannes and La Napoule.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
1063AnchorageFranceAnse de Bernon
3.2Anchorage on the Presqu'île de Rhuys, just east of Port du Crouesty and close to Port-Navalo, Brittany. Sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1064AnchorageFrance
Fouchécourt
3.2Mooring prohibited along the Petite Saône at Fouchécourt, in Haute-Saône, upstream of the lock and opposite the VNF halte fluviale.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1065AnchorageFrance
Les Bégets
3.2Zone off the Bégets, on the western shore of Lac du Bourget between Le Bourget-du-Lac and Aix-les-Bains, Savoie. Anchoring is prohibited here.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 1066AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Petite Corniche
3.2Anchorage off the south coast of the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, at the foot of the coastal path known as the Sentier de la Corniche.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
1067AnchorageFrancePointe de Crau de Nao/ Beach Cap
3.2Rocky point and small beach on the western shore of Cap Ferrat, between Villefranche-sur-Mer and the village of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1068AnchorageFranceRiva Bella
3.2Anchorage off the long sand beach of Riva Bella, east coast of Corsica between Bastia and Solenzara.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1069AnchorageFrance
Saint-Mitre
3.2Anchorage on the northern shore of the Étang de Berre, off Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, west of Istres.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1070AnchorageFranceAnse de Loubye
3.2Shallow cove between Rivedoux-Plage and La Flotte on the north coast of Île de Ré, six mooring spots on sand.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N
1071AnchorageFranceCalanque du Brégançonnet
3.2Anchorage on the south side of Porquerolles, 1.1 NM SW of the village, sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1072AnchorageFranceAnse de Pen Castel
3.2Anchorage inside the Gulf of Morbihan, on the south shore of the Île d'Arz approaches near Arzon.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1073AnchorageFranceFalaises de Bonifacio
3.2Anchorage below the limestone cliffs of Bonifacio on the southern tip of Corsica, 0.4 nm from the fjord-like harbour entrance.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1074AnchorageFranceLa Mitre
3.2Sand anchorage off the Mourillon shoreline on the east side of the Toulon roadstead, 0.2 nm south of Saint-Louis du Mourillon and 0.7 nm from the Darse Nord.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
1075AnchorageFrancePornic
3.2Anchorage in the bay of Pornic, Loire-Atlantique, off the Côte de Jade on the southern shore of the Loire estuary.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1076AnchorageFrance
Plage du Veillat
3.2Sand anchorage off the main town beach of Saint-Raphaël, Var, between the old port and the Santa Lucia marina.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
1077AnchorageFrancePorscav
3.2Anchorage off Porscav at the mouth of the Aber Ildut, on the Pays d'Iroise coast of Finistere.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1078AnchorageFranceSaint Gildas - Avant port
3.2Outer anchorage with 17 spots off the port of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys in southern Brittany, sand bottom, sheltered from SE through SW.
- Paid
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
1079AnchorageFranceAnse de l'Arène
3.2Anchorage off Cassis, 0.8 NM south-east of the harbour and 1.3 NM east of Port-Miou, inside the Calanques National Park.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1080AnchorageFrance
Anse de Sainte Barbe
3.2Buoy field of around ten moorings in the anse de Sainte-Barbe, on the north shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio in Corsica.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, S, SE