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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- 1801AnchorageFrance
Fort de Kernével
2.8Anchorage in the rade de Lorient off the fort de Kernével, on the Larmor-Plage shore facing Port-Louis.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1802AnchorageFranceJetée du Margonajo
2.8Anchorage in the bay of Ajaccio, Corsica, just south of Port Charles Ornano, off the Margonajo breakwater.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1803HarbourFranceThoraise schleuse
2.8Canal halt by the lock and tunnel at Thoraise on the Canal du Rhône au Rhin, Doubs.
- 1804AnchorageFrance
Anse Gavy
2.8Buoy mooring on the Saint-Nazaire side of the Loire estuary, near the Pointe de Chémoulin.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1805AnchorageFranceLe Petit Rhône - Grau d'Orgon
2.8Anchorage near the Grau d'Orgon, an outlet of the Petit Rhône across the Camargue, east of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 1806HarbourFinhan, France
Mooring
2.8Canal halt on the Canal lateral a la Garonne in Finhan, Tarn-et-Garonne, between Montech and Castelsarrasin.
- 1807HarbourFrance
Port de Vallabregues
2.8Small Rhône river port of 2 berths on the right bank, between Tarascon and Avignon in Gard.
1808HarbourWittersheim, Francewaltenheim
2.8Small canal halt of 10 berths on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin at Waltenheim-sur-Zorn, in Wittersheim commune, Bas-Rhin.
1809HarbourFranceFree Pontoon Thionville
2.8Free public pontoon on the Moselle in Thionville, in the Moselle department, about 10 berths.
- 1810HarbourGenay, France
Nautic Auto
2.8Private river marina on the Saône at Genay, 15 km north of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 40 berths.
1811AnchorageFrancePlage du Porigo
2.8Beach on the east side of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, 0.2 nm SE of Port-Haliguen. Anchoring here is prohibited by local regulation.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1812HarbourSouffelweyersheim, Franceport soiffelweyersheim
2.8Small pleasure port with 8 berths on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, in Souffelweyersheim north of Strasbourg.
- 1813AnchorageFrance
Anse Medea
2.8Buoy field in a sandy cove on the west coast of Corsica, inside the Réserve Naturelle des Îles Sanguinaires, about 5 nm south of Ajaccio.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1814AnchorageFranceMouillage de la plage Centrale
2.8Anchorage off the main beach of Bandol, western Var, weed bottom on posidonia meadow.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1815AnchorageFranceMouillage près du port d’Arzal
2.8Anchorage on the Vilaine river, just downstream of the Arzal-Camoël dam and lock at the head of the Vilaine estuary in Morbihan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1816AnchorageFrancePlage de la Chambrette
2.8Anchorage off the sandy Chambrette beach at the tip of the Médoc peninsula, inside the Gironde estuary mouth near Le Verdon-sur-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1817HarbourFrancePonton choisey
2.8Small river pontoon on the Doubs at Choisey, 4 berths, on the outskirts of Dole in Burgundy.
1818AnchorageFranceAnse du Grand Mugel
2.8Prohibited anchoring cove at the foot of the Bec de l'Aigle, just south of La Ciotat. Sand and seagrass bottom, sheltered from NW, N, W and SW.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1819AnchorageFranceArgens
2.8Sand anchorage off the mouth of the Argens river, between Fréjus and Saint-Aygulf on the Var coast, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 1820HarbourMéry-sur-Oise, France
Auvers
2.8Simple river mooring on the right bank of the Oise at PK 20,4, between Mery-sur-Oise and the bridge of Auvers-sur-Oise.
1821AnchorageFranceEntree Port De Jard Sur Mer
2.8Anchorage off the entrance to Jard-sur-Mer harbour, southern Vendée coast, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1822AnchorageFranceLe Prat
2.8Anchorage on the north coast of Brittany east of Roscoff, between the Île de Batz channel and the Pointe de Bloscon.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
1823AnchorageFranceMauguio
2.8Anchorage off the Mauguio coast in Languedoc, immediately south of Carnon marina and the etang de l'Or lagoon.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1824HarbourLes Lecques, FranceNouveau port - Les lecques
2.8Marina of 432 berths in the bay of Les Lecques, on the commune of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, between La Ciotat and Bandol.
1825AnchorageFrancePorticcio
2.8Mooring field of around 160 buoys in the Golfe d'Ajaccio, facing the city across the bay on the south shore.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 1826AnchorageFrance
Anse Carlu Antu
2.8Small anchorage on the south-east coast of Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and the Gulf of Sant'Amanza.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 1827AnchorageFrance
Ban-Gâvres
2.8Small anchorage with 8 spots off the fishing village of Gâvres at the entrance to the Lorient roadstead, sand bottom, sheltered from W through SE.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 1828AnchorageFrance
Boucau near Bayonne
2.8Estuary area at the mouth of the Adour between Boucau and Anglet, near Bayonne. Anchoring is prohibited in the navigable channel used by commercial traffic.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SE
1829AnchorageFranceBugueles
2.8Sand anchorage behind the island chain off Penvenan, north coast of Cotes-d'Armor in Brittany, sheltered from NW through S.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1830AnchorageFranceCalanques des Queyrons
2.8Small calanque on the Marseille coast inside the Parc national des Calanques, sand and rock bottom, open to NW, N and NE winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
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