Best anchorages and harbours in France

Saint-Jory

Canal des Deux Mers bief near Saint-Jory, north of Toulouse in Occitanie. Mud bottom, anchoring prohibited on this reach.

Saint-Victor-sur-Loire

Anchorage on the Grangent reservoir on the upper Loire, near the village of Saint-Victor-sur-Loire south-west of Saint-Étienne in the Loire gorges.

• Sheltered N

Sainte Catherine - Nord

Anchorage of 27 moorings on sand off Locmiquélic, east bank of the Lorient roadstead, immediately north of the Sainte-Catherine marina.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW

Salles Curan

Mooring on the lac de Pareloup at Salles-Curan, in the Aveyron on the Lévézou plateau, the second-largest artificial lake in France with a surface of 1 260 hectares.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Sous la Tour

Anchorage at the entrance of the Légué estuary near Saint-Brieuc in Brittany, mud bottom, sheltered from NW through N and NE and from W.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

St Barthélémy EST

Anchorage on the east side of the Saint-Barthélemy reef in the rade d'Agay, Estérel massif, Var coast, on sand and weed.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

St Georges de Didonne

Buoy mooring off Saint-Georges-de-Didonne beach on the south bank of the Gironde estuary, sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Torreilles-Plage

Open sand anchorage off the Roussillon coast between Port Barcarès and Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Sheltered W

Torrent de l'escarron

Buoy mooring off the mouth of the Escarron stream on the lake shore, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, within 0.2 NM of Port de la Baie Saint Michel.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Torrent des Glaisoles

Anchorage on the eastern shore of Lac de Serre-Ponçon, in the Hautes-Alpes.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Tour de la Giraglia

Sand-bottom anchorage off the islet of Giraglia at the northern tip of Cap Corse, 1.2 NM north of Barcaggio.

• Sheltered E

Treompan

Open anchorage off the Tréompan beach on the north coast of Finistère, near Ploudalmézeau.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Utah

Open roadstead off Utah Beach on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy. Sand bottom.

Vadina

Mooring on the east coast of Corsica, mixed bottom of sand, rock, weed and mud, sheltered from NW through SE via W and S, exposed to the E and NE.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE

Vignola East

Prohibited anchoring zone east of the Vignola tower, on the west coast of Corsica south of Ajaccio.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Yport

Open roadstead off the village of Yport, on the Alabaster Coast between Fécamp and Étretat in Seine-Maritime.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE