Best anchorages and harbours in France

La vilaine

Mooring on the lower Vilaine between Arzal dam and the Foleux reach, in southern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

La Voûte

Anchorage on the Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake in France, in Savoie.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Lac de Gauge

River mooring on the Baïse in Gascony, between Valence-sur-Baïse and Nérac.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW

Lac de Madine

Inland reservoir in the Meuse département, Grand Est, used for sailing and light craft. Anchorage on mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Lauterbourg

River anchorage on the Rhine at Lauterbourg, Alsace, at the French-German border north of Strasbourg.

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

Le Blavet

River anchorage on the Blavet estuary upstream of Lorient, mud bottom, protected from N and NW.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N

Le Bois Bas

Anchorage in the Golfe du Morbihan, south Brittany, on the channel between Île aux Moines and the north shore.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Le chemin

Buoy mooring in the Pertuis Breton off the Pointe d'Arçay, Vendée coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Le Cormier

Anchorage on the Jade coast near Pornic, sand and rock bottom, shelter from NE through E and from SW through SE.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Le Cremiou

Unsheltered mooring off the northern coast of Finistère, between Plouescat and Plouguerneau.

• Sheltered E, SE, S

Le Jai

Anchorage on the northern shore of the Étang de Berre, off the Le Jaï spit between Marignane and Châteauneuf-les-Martigues.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Le littoral

Open anchorage along the coast of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, between La Ciotat and Bandol, off the Var shore.

• Sheltered SE

Le Loup

Anchorage in the Jaudy estuary leading to Tréguier, on the Trégor coast of northern Brittany.

• Sheltered N

Le Minihic-sur-Rance

Anchorage in the Rance estuary upstream of Saint-Malo, mud bottom, between Dinard and Dinan.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Le moulin neuf

Mooring area on the Rance maritime estuary near La Richardais, between Dinard and the Chatelier lock, mud bottom.

Le Passage

Sheltered anchorage in the golfe du Morbihan, at the narrows of Le Passage between Arradon and Île-aux-Moines.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Le petit Gerard

Rocky anchorage on the west side of the Embiez archipelago, off Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Le Petit Piquey

Anchorage on the eastern shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, off the village of Petit Piquey on the Lège-Cap-Ferret peninsula, in New Aquitaine.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Le Pouldu

Anchorage off Le Pouldu, at the mouth of the Laita river between Finistere and Morbihan, southern Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Le Rieul

Mooring on buoys off the plage de Longchamp at Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, Côte d'Émeraude, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Le Rohaliguen

Buoy field of 31 moorings off Rohaliguen, on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer in Brittany.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Le Rohaliguen

Rocky anchorage on the south coast of the Rhuys peninsula in southern Brittany, just east of the fishing port of Saint-Jacques, commune of Sarzeau.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Le Traon

Buoy mooring on mud in the Rivière d'Auray, Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E

Les Alises

Anchorage on the north coast of the Île d'Oléron, close to Saint-Denis-d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Les Chappas

Sand-bottom anchorage on the Provence coast, open to the south between Port de Eygoires and Baie Saint Michel.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Les Echos De BRUNEVAL

Beach anchorage under the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux in Normandie, 0,8 nm north of the Port du Havre-Antifer oil terminal.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Les Formes

Mud-bottom anchorage in the Baie de Bourgneuf, southern Loire-Atlantique, sheltered from NW and W.

• Sheltered NW, W

Les Oursinières

Sand-bottom anchorage on the south side of the Presqu'île de Giens in the bay of Le Pradet, Var.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Locmalo

Anchorage off the hamlet of Locmalo, on the western shore of the Gâvres peninsula at the entrance to the Lorient roadstead, Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Logéo West - Le Poul

Mooring field on buoys off Le Logeo, on the western shore of the Gulf of Morbihan, sand bottom.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE