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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- 1531AnchorageFrance
île d’Er
Anchorage on sand and rock off the north coast of Brittany, between Port-Blanc and the approaches to Tréguier.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
1532AnchorageFranceÎle de Bechit
Anchorage near Île de Béchit in the Gulf of Morbihan, southern Brittany, inside the closed inland sea that holds Île d'Arz and Île aux Moines.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 1533AnchorageFrance
Île de la Dérivation
River mooring on the Oise at L'Isle-Adam, north-west of Paris, weed bottom, sheltered by the river banks.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 1534AnchorageFrance
Île de la Grenouillette
Anchorage on the Charente river upstream of Rochefort, mud bottom, sheltered from NE, E and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1535AnchorageFranceÎle du Pilier
Sand anchorage off the Île du Pilier, a granite islet 2.7 NM northwest of L'Herbaudière on Noirmoutier, Vendée.
- Sheltered SW, S
- 1536AnchorageFrance
Île Illiec
Sand-bottom anchorage off Port-Blanc on the Côtes-d'Armor pink granite coast, roughly 1 nm NE of the harbour.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1537AnchorageFranceÎle Lemenez
Anchorage off the small island of Lémenez in the Bay of Paimpol, between Loguivy-de-la-Mer and the Bréhat archipelago.
- Sheltered NE
- 1538AnchorageFrance
Jetée Thiers
Anchorage off the Jetée Thiers in the Bassin d'Arcachon, just west of the town of Arcachon.
1539AnchorageFranceJouan
Open anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, rocky bottom, used as a daytime stop between Diélette and Carteret.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1540AnchorageFrance
Kerroch le Dolmen
Anchorage off Kerroch, on the western shore of the Baie de Quiberon near Carnac, Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 1541AnchorageFrance
L'Erdre
Anchorage on the Erdre river at Sucé-sur-Erdre, north of Nantes, mud bottom, sheltered from all sectors except south and east.
- Sheltered N, NE, SE, SW, W, NW
- 1542AnchorageFrance
L'Isula Piana
Anchorage on the south shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio in Corsica, sand bottom, sheltered from E and SE.
- Sheltered E, SE
- 1543AnchorageFrance
La Baie des Curés
Anchorage on the south coast of Île de Groix off the Morbihan coast, with a sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1544AnchorageFrance
La Coudalère
Mooring on mud inside the marina basin of La Coudalere at Le Barcares, on the Languedoc coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 1545AnchorageFrance
La Flotte
Buoy field off La Flotte-en-Ré on the north coast of Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, sand bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1546AnchorageFranceLa Gourgue
Lake anchorage on the Cazaux-Sanguinet lake in the Landes de Gascogne, weed bottom.
- Sheltered SW
1547AnchorageFranceLa Grande Escoure
Lake anchorage on the Étang de Lacanau in the Médoc, mud bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1548AnchorageFrance
La Grande Vallée
Buoy mooring area off the north-east coast of the Île de Ré, in the Pertuis Breton, opposite Rivedoux-Plage.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1549AnchorageFranceLa Gravelouse
Buoy field off the beach of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Émeraude, west of Dinard, sand and algae bottom.
- Sheltered W, S, SE
1550AnchorageFranceLa Grève Blanche
Buoy mooring off the pink granite beach of La Grève Blanche in Trégastel, northern Finistère coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, S
1551AnchorageFranceLa Manneporte
Open anchorage off the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux, Normandy, between Fécamp and the oil terminal of Antifer.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
- 1552AnchorageFrance
La Marne
River anchorage on the Marne east of Paris, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from NE, E and SE winds.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1553AnchorageFrance
La Maulde
Buoy mooring on the Lac de Vassivière, a 1 000 hectare reservoir in the Limousin uplands of Haute-Vienne and Creuse.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1554AnchorageFrance
La Mauvaise
Anchorage off the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in the Chausey archipelago waters, sand bottom, sheltered from NW winds only.
- Sheltered NW
- 1555AnchorageFrance
La Nor
Anchorage in the baie de Bourgneuf, Pays de la Loire, mud bottom with good holding, open to westerly weather.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1556AnchorageFranceLa Palme
Anchorage on the west coast of the Crozon peninsula, sand and rock bottom, shelter from N and NE winds.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 1557AnchorageFrance
La plage des Aigrettes
Sand anchorage on the north shore of the Étang de Cazaux-Sanguinet in the Landes, one of the largest freshwater lakes in France.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 1558AnchorageFrance
la source
Sand anchorage off Saint-Briac-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Émeraude, between Saint-Malo and the estuary of the Frémur.
1559AnchorageFranceLa Vache
Sand-bottom anchorage in the Chausey archipelago off the Normandy coast, west of Granville.
- 1560AnchorageFrance
La vilaine
River anchorage on the Vilaine between the Arzal dam and La Roche-Bernard, rock bottom, protected from W to SE winds.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE