Best anchorages and harbours in France
2788 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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- 1471AnchorageFrance
Benodet
3.4Anchorage and mooring field in the estuary of the Odet between Bénodet and Sainte-Marine, sand bottom, 180 moorings.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
1472HarbourFranceBourg sur Gironde
3.4River port of 45 berths on the right bank of the Dordogne, about 1 nm upstream of the Bec d'Ambès where the Dordogne and Garonne meet to form the Gironde estuary.
1473AnchorageFranceGolfe de Santa Giulia nord
3.4Buoy field of 30 moorings in the northern part of the Golfe de Santa Giulia, south of Porto-Vecchio on the east coast of Corsica.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1474AnchorageFrance
Ile Sainte-Marguerite East
3.4Anchorage on the east side of Île Sainte-Marguerite in the Lérins archipelago off Cannes, sand and posidonia bottom, sheltered from N, open to S and SE.
- Sheltered N, SW, S, SE
- 1475AnchorageFrance
Pempoul
3.4Mud-bottom anchorage off Pempoul beach at Saint-Pol-de-Leon, on the bay of Morlaix in northern Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW
- 1476AnchorageFrance
Plage de Pampelonne
3.4Open anchorage off a 4.5 km sandy beach on the south-east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Cap du Pinet and Cap Camarat.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1477AnchorageFrance
Pointe de Coudepont
3.4Mud-bottom anchorage off the northern tip of Île d'Aix, in the Pertuis d'Antioche between La Rochelle and the Charente estuary.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
1478AnchorageFrancePorh En Hal
3.4Small rocky cove on the north coast of Île de Groix, off Lorient in southern Brittany.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1479HarbourPlougasnou, FrancePort diben
3.4Fishing and leisure harbour on the commune of Plougasnou, on the east side of the bay of Morlaix in northern Finistère, facing the Île Noire and the Château du Taureau.
1480HarbourFrancePort du Collet
3.4Tidal harbour at the northern edge of Baie de Bourgneuf, on the Loire-Atlantique coast facing Noirmoutier.
1481HarbourLe Verdon-sur-Mer, FrancePort Médoc
3.4Marina at Le Verdon-sur-Mer on the left bank of the Gironde estuary mouth, 950 berths, max draught 3 m, VHF 9.
1482HarbourFranceSaintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
3.4Marina of 150 berths on the Mediterranean coast of the Camargue, in the Bouches-du-Rhône.
- 1483AnchorageFrance
Baie de San Ciprianu
3.4Anchorage in a sandy bay on the east coast of Corsica, 10 km north of Porto-Vecchio.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
1484AnchorageFranceMouillage de Charron
3.4Tidal anchorage off the mudflats of Charron, north of La Rochelle at the mouth of the Sèvre Niortaise in Charente-Maritime.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 1485AnchorageFrance
La Coudoulière
3.4Anchorage off the sandy cove of La Coudoulière, on the west side of Six-Fours-les-Plages, Var. Sand bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 1486AnchorageFrance
Le Grand Traict
3.4Tidal lagoon north of Le Croisic and Guérande, on the south coast of Brittany, used as a waiting anchorage by shoal-draught boats.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1487AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de la Pointe du Château
3.4Anchorage at the Pointe du Château in the rade de Brest, on the south shore of the Daoulas estuary in Finistère.
- Sheltered NE, E
1488AnchorageFrancePointe du Croisic
3.4Rocky anchorage off the tip of the Le Croisic peninsula, south Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1489HarbourPont-Aven, FrancePont Aven
3.4Tidal basin in the town of Pont-Aven, about 4 NM up the Aven river from its mouth at Port Manec'h, in southern Finistère.
1490HarbourPort-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone, FrancePort Navy Service
3.4Large inland marina on the Canal Saint-Louis at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Bouches-du-Rhône, at the mouth of the Rhône into the Mediterranean.
- 1491HarbourRavières, France
Quais ravière
3.4River halt on the Canal de Bourgogne at Ravières, in the Yonne valley between Tonnerre and Montbard.
1492AnchorageFranceCalvi
3.3Buoy field in the bay of Calvi on the north-west coast of Corsica, below the Genoese citadel, sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
1493HarbourFranceHalte fluival collonges
3.3River halt on the Saône at Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, on the right bank just north of Lyon.
- 1494HarbourLa Faute-sur-Mer, France
La Faute sur Mer
3.3Tidal harbour on the left bank of the Lay estuary, in Vendée, opposite L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer across the river mouth.
1495AnchorageFrancePlage de L'Estaque
3.3Open anchorage off L'Estaque beach in the northern suburbs of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue side of the Rade.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
1496AnchorageFrancePornichet
3.3Mooring field off Pornichet on the Baie de La Baule, Loire-Atlantique, at the western end of the Côte d'Amour.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
1497HarbourLe Faou, FrancePort De Faou
3.3Drying harbour at the head of the ria of Le Faou, in the inner rade de Brest, western Brittany.
1498HarbourPort-la-Nouvelle, FrancePort-la-Nouvelle
3.3Mixed commercial and leisure harbour of 334 berths on the Aude coast in Occitanie, at the sea end of the Canal de la Robine linking Narbonne to the Mediterranean.
1499HarbourPorto-Vecchio, FrancePorto-Vecchio
3.3Marina of 380 berths at the head of the Porto-Vecchio gulf in south-eastern Corsica, below the old Genoese citadel.
1500AnchorageFranceSaint-Tropez
3.3Anchorage in the Golfe de Saint-Tropez, north of the old town and the Port du Pilon in the Var.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
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