Best anchorages and harbours in France

Plage de la Pointe de l'Agnonu

Anchorage off the Pointe de l'Agnonu on the west coast of Corsica, between Porto Pollo and the Golfe d'Ajaccio.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE

Park Heaven

Anchorage on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Saint-Gilles, Gard, Occitanie.

Rio Aude

Open anchorage off the mouth of the Aude river, between Narbonne-Plage and Valras-Plage on the Languedoc coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SW, W

Plage de la tour

Sand and weed anchorage off Plage de la Tour, south-west Corsica, 1 NM SW of Pianottoli-Caldarello.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Brégançon

Anchorage off the Fort de Brégançon on the Bormes-les-Mimosas coast, Var, with sand, rock and posidonia on the bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Orb

Prohibited anchoring zone at the mouth of the Orb river on the Occitan coast, near Sérignan-Plage.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Anse de Kersoz

Small sand anchorage of 5 berths in the Baie de la Forêt, half a mile south of Concarneau on the west bank of the bay.

• Paid
• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Pointe de Pen-Bron

Anchorage off the sand spit of Pen-Bron at the entrance to the Traict du Croisic, opposite the fishing harbour of Le Croisic in Pays de la Loire.

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

Marine di Manichinu

Anchorage on the east coast of Corsica just south of Solenzara, mixed sand and rock bottom.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Chatelaillon

Shallow anchorage off the long sandy beach of Chatelaillon, in the Pertuis d'Antioche south of La Rochelle.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Gironde vitrezay

Tidal mooring on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, at Saint-Sorlin-de-Conac in Charente-Maritime.

• Free
• Sheltered NE, E

Calzarellu

Anchorage on the east coast of Corsica north of Solenzara, sand bottom off the Calzarellu shore.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Sarcelles

Sand and mud anchorage off the Frontignan coast in the Gulf of Lion, Hérault.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Baie du Lazaret

Mud-bottomed bay inside the rade of Toulon, between La Seyne-sur-Mer and the Saint-Mandrier peninsula.

• Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW

Camping De La Tamarissière

Sandy anchorage off the Tamarissière beach, on the right bank of the Hérault mouth at Agde, Occitanie.

• Sheltered NW

M'en Glaz

Buoy mooring on the rivière d'Étel in the Morbihan, inside the estuary just upstream of the barre d'Étel.

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

Landévennec

Anchorage in the Aulne estuary where the river bends around the Landévennec peninsula, inside the rade de Brest in Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Rive Droite

Anchorage on the right bank of the Grau-du-Roi to Aigues-Mortes canal, 0.2 NM south of the fortified town, in Occitanie.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

La Digue EST

Open roadstead off the eastern sea wall of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, in the Camargue, Gulf of Lion.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Île de Bréhat Nord

Anchorage off the northern shore of Île de Bréhat, Côtes-d'Armor, with sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Le Lion de Mer East

Buoy mooring east of the Lion de Mer rock, off Saint-Raphaël on the Esterel coast, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Cap Sud

Open anchorage on sand on the east coast of Corsica, sheltered from NW through W to SW winds.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Rastplatz

Rest point on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, near the Le Boat base at Hesse, Moselle, Lorraine. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S

Môle des Noires

Mooring buoys along the Mole des Noires breakwater at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, at the entrance of the tidal basin.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Le Pouzin

Prohibited mooring zone on the Rhône at Le Pouzin, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Stopping on anchor is not permitted here.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW

Fitou

Rocky-bottom anchorage on the Languedoc coast between Leucate and the Fitou lagoon, roughly 2 nm west of Port Leucate.

• Sheltered N, NW

Maire Sud ouest

Anchorage on the south-west side of Île Maïre, off the Goudes at the entrance to the Calanques National Park, south of Marseille.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Pyla-sur-Mer

Anchorage in the bassin d'Arcachon off the Pyla-sur-Mer beach, at the foot of the Dune du Pilat. Sand bottom, shelter from NE to SE winds.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Plage de la bergerie

Open roadstead off the Languedoc lido between Sète and Palavas, south-east of Frontignan, Hérault.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage des Salins

Anchorage off the Salins beach on the Hyères coast in Provence, sand and rock bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW