Best anchorages and harbours in France

Pointe de Kerners

Anchorage off the Pointe de Kerners on the northern shore of the Golfe du Morbihan, near the commune of Arzon.

• Sheltered E, SE, S

Pointe de l’Observatoire

Anchorage on the red porphyry coast of the Estérel, between Anthéor and Le Trayas in the Var, on rock and weed.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Pointe de la Chaine

Anchorage off the Pointe de la Chaine on the eastern side of the baie de Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, northern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W

Pointe de la Jument

Anchorage on sand off the Pointe de la Jument, at the entrance of the bay of Douarnenez, Finistere.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Pointe du Bec

Rocky anchorage off Pornichet on the southern Brittany coast, just east of the Baie de La Baule.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Mouillage de la Salis

Anchorage off Plage de la Salis, east of the Cap d'Antibes peninsula, on the French Riviera.

• Sheltered W

Pointe Erlong

Sandy anchorage in the Golfe du Morbihan, off the Locmariaquer peninsula near the entrance to the gulf.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Pont du Brault

Anchorage on the Sevre Niortaise near the Brault road bridge, at the eastern edge of the Baie de l'Aiguillon in Vendee.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE

Pont du maréchal Juin

River mooring on the Seine at Boissise-le-Roi in Seine-et-Marne, just downstream of the maréchal Juin road bridge, around 45 km upstream of Paris.

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

Pont tournants

Anchorage on rock bottom just outside the swing bridges of Le Grau-du-Roi, at the mouth of the canal linking the sea to Aigues-Mortes.

Pontaillac

Sand anchorage off the Plage de Pontaillac in Royan, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary, Charente-Maritime.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Pors Carn

Anchorage in the Baie d'Audierne at the foot of the Pointe de la Torche, commune of Plomeur in Finistère. Sand bottom, sheltered from NE, E, SE, S and SW.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Pors loubous

Small rocky cove on the north side of the Baie des Trépassés, west coast of Cap Sizun in Finistère, Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Porspaul

Open anchorage in the cove of Porspaul at Lampaul-Plouarzel, on the Iroise coast of Finistère.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Port Charly

Sand anchorage off Le Croisic peninsula, on the southern Loire-Atlantique coast.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Port du Porsmoric

Small anchorage on the Laita estuary between Guidel and Le Pouldu in south Brittany, sand bottom, well sheltered on most bearings.

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

Port Fouquet

Anchorage on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, between Le Palais and Sauzon, sheltered from southerly winds.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Port Laurent

Anchorage on the Rance estuary near La Richardais, between Saint-Malo and Dinard.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Port Saint-Michel

Open anchorage off the south coast of the Le Croisic peninsula, Loire-Atlantique.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Porz ar Birnec

Small anchorage on the Trieux estuary, between Paimpol and Loguivy-de-la-Mer, north Brittany.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Porz Kerid

Anchorage in the rade de Brest on the south shore of the Elorn estuary, mixed sand, rock and weed, sheltered from NW to NE.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Porzh ar Roc'h Vran

Open anchorage off the Pointe Saint-Mathieu sector in the Iroise sea, west Brittany, sand bottom, sheltered from N through NW.

• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Punta Di U Capicciolu

Anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, at the northern entrance of the Gulf of Sant'Amanza, south of Porto-Vecchio.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Rampe Les Canalous

Mud-bottom river halt on the Saône at Pontailler-sur-Saône, Côte-d'Or, at the confluence with the Vingeanne.

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

Rivière deBélonn

Buoy mooring in the Belon river estuary in southern Finistère, rock and mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, S

Roc'h Ribin

Rocky shoal off the Côte de Granit Rose in north Brittany, marked as a prohibited mooring zone. Port-Blanc lies 0.9 nm south.

• Sheltered S, SE

Roch'Hir

Rock-bottom anchorage off the Trieux estuary in northern Brittany, about 2.4 NM north of Lézardrieux.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Rocher aux mouettes

Open anchorage off the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Saint-jaguel

Mud-bottom anchorage in the ria of the Arguenon, north coast of Brittany, near Saint-Cast and Le Guildo.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Saint-Jean-de-la-Rivière

Rock-bottom anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Manche, Normandy, between Barneville-Carteret and Portbail.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE