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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1171AnchorageFranceFret South
3.0Anchorage off Le Fret on the east side of the Crozon peninsula, in the Rade de Brest, Finistère. Sand, rock and mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
1172AnchorageFranceL'Île-Rousse
3.0Buoy field off the town of L'Île-Rousse in Balagne, northern Corsica, over a Posidonia meadow, open to the north.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
1173AnchorageFranceAnse du Logéo
3.0Large buoy field of around 290 moorings in the Golfe du Morbihan, on the south shore of the Presqu'île de Rhuys.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 1174AnchorageFrance
Bonporteau
3.0Sand-bottomed cove on the Var coast between Cavalaire-sur-Mer and Cap Lardier, sheltered from N, NE and NW winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1175AnchorageFranceHalte de plaisance de Rouen
3.0River halt for pleasure craft on the Seine at Rouen, on the left bank below the Pont Guillaume-le-Conquérant.
- Sheltered N, E, S, W
- 1176AnchorageFrance
Marseillan Plage
3.0Open roadstead off the beach of Marseillan Plage, on the Languedoc lido between the étang de Thau and the Mediterranean, sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NW
1177AnchorageFrancePierre Vassiliu
3.0Anchorage on the étang de Thau off Mèze, mixed bottom of sand, mud and rock, exposed to easterly winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1178AnchorageFranceAnse de Magaud
3.0Small rocky cove on the western flank of the Cap Brun, east of Toulon, in Provence.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1179AnchorageFrance
Plage de L'Aiguade
3.0Sand anchorage on the north coast of Porquerolles, just west of the village harbour, inside the Port-Cros National Park perimeter.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
1180AnchorageFranceRade de Cannes
3.0Open roadstead off the Croisette at Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, between the seafront and the Îles de Lérins 1 NM south.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1181AnchorageFranceSaint-Colomban
3.0Sand anchorage off the Saint-Colomban beach at Carnac-Plage, south Brittany. Water point ashore.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 1182AnchorageFrance
A cala Pulgiaghja
3.0Rocky anchorage on the west coast of southern Corsica, around 3 NM NW of Tizzano.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
1183AnchorageFranceStibiden
3.0Anchorage on the east side of the Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany, between Île aux Moines and the Rhuys peninsula.
- Sheltered NW, W
1184AnchorageFranceAber Wrac'h
3.0Mooring field of ten buoys in the Aber Wrac'h ria, northern Finistère, mud bottom, opposite the village of L'Aber-Wrac'h.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1185AnchorageFrance
Baie de Solana Nord
3.0Anchorage on the western coast of Corsica, inside the Réserve Naturelle de Scandola, just north of Girolata.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 1186AnchorageFrance
Banc du Tourlinguet
3.0Sandbank at the entrance of Arcachon Bay, Gironde, where anchoring is prohibited by maritime regulation.
- Sheltered NW, N
1187AnchorageFranceCacalu
2.9Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica in the golfe de Valinco sector, sand and algae bottom.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1188AnchorageFrance
Plage Chapelle Saint-Georges
2.9Anchorage off the beach of Saint-Georges at Le Pradet, on the Var coast between Toulon and the Giens peninsula, mixed sand, rock and Posidonia.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
1189AnchorageFrancePorto-Vecchio
2.9Anchorage in the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio, a 5 km deep ria on the south-east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
1190AnchorageFranceBaie du Lazaret
2.9Bay on the south shore of the Toulon roadstead, between Saint-Mandrier peninsula and La Seyne-sur-Mer, open to the N.
- Free
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1191AnchorageFranceBaie du Pouliguen
2.9Sand anchorage in the bay of La Baule, between Le Pouliguen to the W and Pornichet to the SE, on the Guerande peninsula.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1192AnchorageFranceLa Dives
2.9River anchorage at the mouth of the Dives estuary, between Cabourg and Houlgate in Normandy.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1193AnchorageFrance
Les Trois Frères
2.9Sand anchorage off the coast of La Ciotat, on the Provence coast east of Marseille.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1194AnchorageFrance
Anse de l'Aiguade
2.9Sand-bottomed cove on the north coast of Porquerolles, in the Parc national de Port-Cros, 0.9 NM W of the island's main village.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
1195AnchorageFranceBaie de Brézellec
2.9Rocky anchorage on the Cap Sizun coast in Finistère, between Pointe de Brézellec and Pointe du Van, western Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
1196AnchorageFranceSolidor
2.9Anchorage off the Tour Solidor in the Rance estuary, Saint-Servan, at the southern edge of Saint-Malo.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1197AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Mauresque
2.9Rocky cove on the Côte Vermeille between Port-Vendres and Collioure, at the foot of the coastal cliffs of the Pyrénées-Orientales.
- Sheltered SW, W
1198AnchorageFranceBaie de Figari - Îlot du Port
2.9Anchorage in the inner Baie de Figari, a long inlet on the south coast of Corsica, west of Bonifacio.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
1199AnchorageFranceLeucate Plage
2.9Sandy roadstead off Leucate beach in Occitanie, sheltered from N, W and NW winds.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
1200AnchorageFranceMarine de Tollare
2.9Small anchorage on the north tip of Cap Corse below the Tollare Genoese tower, 600 metres west of Barcaggio.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE