Best anchorages and harbours in France

Punta di Furmiguli

Sand anchorage on the west coast of Cap Corse, in the Agriates desert sector, north of Saint-Florent, Corsica.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Dinghy Dock Ajaccio

Dinghy landing in the harbour of Ajaccio on the west coast of Corsica, between Port Charles Ornano and Port Tino Rossi.

Fond de Baleta

Anchorage of about 20 berths in the Anse de Baleta, immediately SE of Collioure on the Côte Vermeille, Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Halte Fluviale Saint Mammes

River port at the confluence of the Seine and the Loing, 75 km south-east of Paris, in Seine-et-Marne.

Halte Nautique

Small canal halt in Alsace with 10 berths and 1.2 m maximum draught, on the Canal du Rhône au Rhin between Biesheim and Colmar.

Île Roy

River anchorage on the Saône near Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, north of Lyon, weed bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, W

NCVP - Nautic Club du Vieux Port

Yachting club pontoon in the Vieux-Port of Marseille, on the north quay near the Hôtel de Ville. Members only, occasional visitor berths by arrangement.

Saint Valery-en-Caux

Lock-gated harbour of 560 berths set in a breach in the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux, on the Seine-Maritime coast between Dieppe and Fecamp.

Sérignan Plage

Open roadstead off Sérignan-Plage on the Hérault coast, sand bottom, exposed to most sectors except NW.

• Sheltered NW

Anse de Morgat

Sandy anchorage in the bay of Morgat on the Crozon peninsula, western Brittany, well sheltered from the west to north-east.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Calanque des Contrebandiers

Rock-bottomed calanque within the Calanques National Park south of Marseille, between Port des Goudes and Port de Morgiou.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Figareto

Anchorage on the east coast of Corsica in the Costa Verde, south of Moriani-Plage and north of the Tavignano estuary.

• Sheltered N, W, NW

Plage De Toul Gwen

Anchorage off the sandy beach of Toul Gwen, on the Pink Granite Coast north of Lannion.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE

Porz Pin

Sand and weed anchorage on the Côte du Goëlo, between Port Lazo and Paimpol, Côtes-d'Armor, north Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Puicheric

Mooring on the Canal du Midi at Puicheric, in the Aude department, between Marseillette and Homps.

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

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

Anchorage off the estuary of the Vie on the Vendée coast, sand bottom, shelter from NW through E.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Vieux Port de Saint Raphael

Town marina of 280 berths on the Esterel coast of the French Riviera, between Cannes and Saint-Tropez.

Plage de Carataggio

Sand-bottom anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, south of the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Saint-Quay Portrieux

Deep-water marina at Saint-Quay-Portrieux in the baie de Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany. 360 berths with 4 metres depth at low water.

Verdun municipal pier

Municipal pontoons on the Meuse in Verdun, along the Canal de l'Est branch nord, in the Grand Est region.

Cap L' Abeille

Four visitor buoys off Cap l'Abeille, between Banyuls-sur-Mer and Cerbère on the Côte Vermeille.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Ecluse La Benâtre

Lock on the Mayenne river between Entrammes and Laval, mooring prohibited in the lock chamber and immediate approach.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Gavrinis

Anchorage off the island of Gavrinis in the Golfe du Morbihan, sand bottom, sheltered from W and SW.

• Paid
• Sheltered SW, W

Île aux moines

Anchorage off the Île aux Moines in the Golfe du Morbihan, mud bottom, sheltered from the westerly quadrant.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Anse du Trez

Sand cove on the west bank of the Odet estuary, between Bénodet and Sainte-Marine in southern Finistère.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Castellare-de-Casinca Cove

Open anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, off the alluvial Casinca plain south of the Golo river mouth.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

La Rochelle - Vieux port

Historic wet dock in the heart of La Rochelle, 390 berths between the Tour Saint-Nicolas and the Tour de la Chaîne, Charente-Maritime.

Les Gobis

Anchorage on the north-west coast of Île du Levant, Hyères archipelago, on sand and rock.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Pointe de la Chappe

Anchorage under the eastern slope of the Cap Lardier massif, Var, between Cavalaire and the Baie de Briande. Sand and seagrass bottom, shelter from N winds only.

• Sheltered N

Sous Le Clocher

River halt on the Marne at Trélou-sur-Marne in the Aisne, attached to the municipal campsite of the same name, in the Champagne hills opposite Dormans.