Best anchorages and harbours in France

Raka

Sand anchorage on the east side of the Giens peninsula near Hyères, between La Capte to the north and Port Auguier to the south.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Fouras - La Fumée

Anchorage off the Pointe de la Fumée at Fouras, Charente estuary, facing the Île d'Aix and the approaches to Rochefort.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Rade de Portrieux

Open roadstead off Saint-Quay-Portrieux on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany, in the bay of Saint-Brieuc.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Canal de Saint-Antoine

Mooring buoys in the canal de Saint-Antoine at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, mud bottom, sheltered from the W.

• Sheltered W

Marine de Sisco

Anchorage off the Marine de Sisco on the east coast of Cap Corse, between Bastia and Macinaggio.

• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Réserve de Tré padule

Rocky anchorage on the south-east coast of Corsica near the Réserve naturelle de Tre Padule de Suartone, between Sant'Amanza and Bonifacio.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Damgan plage

Visitor buoys off the plage de Damgan in the Morbihan, south Brittany, on mud holding.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage municipale de Sciez

Lake anchorage on the Petit Lac of Lake Geneva, off the Château de Coudrée at Sciez, Haute-Savoie.

• Sheltered W, SW, S

Pulvinier

Rock-strewn anchorage on the Côte de Granit Rose just off Ploumanac'h, between the pink granite boulders of Trégastel and Perros-Guirec.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Vert Bois

Anchorage on the west coast of the Île d'Oléron, off the Vert Bois beach and the Saint-Trojan forest, Charente-Maritime.

• Sheltered NE, E

Anse des Salettes

Cove on the south side of the Giens peninsula in Le Pradet, Var, on the north shore of the rade d'Hyères.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Plage du Vau Chaperon

Sand anchorage in the bay of Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, between Binic and Saint-Quay-Portrieux on the north Brittany coast.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Anse du sec

Small cove on the east side of La Ciotat, at the foot of the Bec de l'Aigle cliffs in the Parc national des Calanques.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W

dettviller ost

Point on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin east of Dettwiller village in Bas-Rhin, Alsace. Mooring is prohibited on this reach, bottom is mud.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Tiboulen de Maire

Small islet off Cap Croisette at the southern entrance to the Marseille archipelago, inside the Calanques national park.

• Sheltered SE, S

Baie de Fornello

Sand-bottom anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica, about 2.4 nm NE of Algajola and 2.8 nm SW of Île Rousse.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Cala De Tizzano

Small cove on the south-west coast of Corsica, below the village of Tizzano, about 8 nm south of Propriano.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Merquel

Small buoy field off the Pointe de Merquel at Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique, north of the Traict de Mesquer salt marshes.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Mouillage de Boran-sur-Oise

River mooring on the Oise near Boran-sur-Oise, Hauts-de-France, between the Paris basin and the Compiègne forest.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Pointe du Tedey

Anchorage on the western shore of Lac de Lacanau in the Médoc, about 1.6 nm west of Lacanau-Ville.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Anse de la Coué

Small anchorage on the south side of the Fouras peninsula, Charente-Maritime, tucked beside Fouras Port Sud.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E

Berriau Plage

Anchorage off Berriau beach on the eastern shore of the Salins d'Hyères, Var, with mixed sand, rock and algae bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

Halte nautique de Libourne

River halt on the Dordogne at the confluence with the Isle, on the Libourne town quay, mud bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, E, SE, S, NW

Jaudy

Anchorage in the Jaudy estuary north of Tréguier, on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SE

Plage Sud

Open roadstead off Mimizan-Plage on the Landes coast, south of the Arcachon basin, sand bottom.

Cap-Coz

Buoy field off the sand spit of Cap-Coz in Fouesnant, south Finistère, inside the Baie de la Forêt between Concarneau and Bénodet.

• Paid
• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Lomener

Sand anchorage off the village of Lomener on the Ploemeur coast, west of Lorient in south Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Plage de Dourveil

Sand anchorage off Plage de Dourveil on the Trévignon coast, Finistère Sud, sheltered from NW through E.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Anse de la Souhaitiep

Anchorage in a small cove on the west bank of the Rance estuary between Saint-Suliac and Plouër-sur-Rance, Brittany.

• Sheltered W, SW, S

Île de Terre (Sud)

Prohibited anchorage south of the Ile de Terre in the Saint-Marcouf archipelago, off the east coast of the Cotentin in Normandy.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE