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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1201AnchorageFranceAnse du Saillant
2.9Mud-bottom anchorage on the east side of Île d'Aix in Charente-Maritime, inside the Pertuis d'Antioche.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1202AnchorageFranceBaie du Prieuré
2.9Bay at Dinard on the Rance estuary, opposite Saint-Malo intra-muros, in Ille-et-Vilaine.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1203AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Vieille Chapelle
2.9Small cove on the Marseille coast between Pointe Rouge and the Madrague de Montredon, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1204AnchorageFrance
Bonifacio South
2.9Anchorage off the limestone cliffs south of Bonifacio, 0.8 NM SE of the harbour entrance, sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 1205AnchorageFrance
Fort de Kernével
2.8Anchorage in the rade de Lorient off the fort de Kernével, on the Larmor-Plage shore facing Port-Louis.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1206AnchorageFranceJetée du Margonajo
2.8Anchorage in the bay of Ajaccio, Corsica, just south of Port Charles Ornano, off the Margonajo breakwater.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 1207AnchorageFrance
Anse Gavy
2.8Buoy mooring on the Saint-Nazaire side of the Loire estuary, near the Pointe de Chémoulin.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1208AnchorageFranceLe Petit Rhône - Grau d'Orgon
2.8Anchorage near the Grau d'Orgon, an outlet of the Petit Rhône across the Camargue, east of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
1209AnchorageFrancePlage du Porigo
2.8Beach on the east side of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, 0.2 nm SE of Port-Haliguen. Anchoring here is prohibited by local regulation.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 1210AnchorageFrance
Anse Medea
2.8Buoy field in a sandy cove on the west coast of Corsica, inside the Réserve Naturelle des Îles Sanguinaires, about 5 nm south of Ajaccio.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1211AnchorageFranceMouillage de la plage Centrale
2.8Anchorage off the main beach of Bandol, western Var, weed bottom on posidonia meadow.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1212AnchorageFranceMouillage près du port d’Arzal
2.8Anchorage on the Vilaine river, just downstream of the Arzal-Camoël dam and lock at the head of the Vilaine estuary in Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1213AnchorageFrancePlage de la Chambrette
2.8Anchorage off the sandy Chambrette beach at the tip of the Médoc peninsula, inside the Gironde estuary mouth near Le Verdon-sur-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1214AnchorageFranceAnse du Grand Mugel
2.8Prohibited anchoring cove at the foot of the Bec de l'Aigle, just south of La Ciotat. Sand and seagrass bottom, sheltered from NW, N, W and SW.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1215AnchorageFranceArgens
2.8Sand anchorage off the mouth of the Argens river, between Fréjus and Saint-Aygulf on the Var coast, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
1216AnchorageFranceEntree Port De Jard Sur Mer
2.8Anchorage off the entrance to Jard-sur-Mer harbour, southern Vendée coast, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1217AnchorageFranceLe Prat
2.8Anchorage on the north coast of Brittany east of Roscoff, between the Île de Batz channel and the Pointe de Bloscon.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1218AnchorageFranceMauguio
2.8Anchorage off the Mauguio coast in Languedoc, immediately south of Carnon marina and the etang de l'Or lagoon.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1219AnchorageFrancePorticcio
2.8Mooring field of around 160 buoys in the Golfe d'Ajaccio, facing the city across the bay on the south shore.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 1220AnchorageFrance
Anse Carlu Antu
2.8Small anchorage on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and the Gulf of Sant'Amanza.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 1221AnchorageFrance
Ban-Gâvres
2.8Small anchorage with 8 spots off the fishing village of Gâvres at the entrance to the Lorient roadstead, sand bottom, sheltered from W through SE.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 1222AnchorageFrance
Boucau near Bayonne
2.8Estuary area at the mouth of the Adour between Boucau and Anglet, near Bayonne. Anchoring is prohibited in the navigable channel used by commercial traffic.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SE
1223AnchorageFranceBugueles
2.8Sand anchorage behind the island chain off Penvenan, north coast of Cotes-d'Armor in Brittany, sheltered from NW through S.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1224AnchorageFranceCalanques des Queyrons
2.8Small calanque on the Marseille coast inside the Parc national des Calanques, sand and rock bottom, open to NW, N and NE winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1225AnchorageFrance
Cendrecourt
2.8Stretch of the Saône river near the village of Cendrecourt in Haute-Saône, on the Petite Saône between Corre and Port-sur-Saône.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1226AnchorageFrance
Île des Levrettes
2.8Sand anchorage on the north coast of Brittany, 0.8 NM north of Port-Blanc village, in the Côtes-d'Armor.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W
- 1227AnchorageFrance
Ile Verte
2.8Anchorage in the Gironde estuary off the Île Verte, a wooded island on the right bank between Blaye and Bourg, about 35 NM upstream from Royan.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SW, W
- 1228AnchorageFrance
Plage De La Moutte
2.8Anchorage off a sandy beach on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Les Salins and Cap des Salins, in the Var.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1229AnchorageFrancePointe de la Cride
2.8Sand-bottom anchorage off the Pointe de la Cride headland, between Sanary-sur-Mer and Bandol on the Provence coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
1230AnchorageFranceAnse de Bertheaume
2.8Roadstead east of the Pointe Saint-Mathieu at the entrance of the Brest channel, between Plougonvelin and the Fort de Bertheaume.
- Paid
- Sheltered SW, W, NW