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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1951HarbourNarbonne, FrancePort de Narbonne plage
2.6Marina on the Languedoc coast at Narbonne-Plage, 576 berths behind a sandy shoreline south of the Aude estuary.
1952AnchorageFranceTiboulen de Maire
2.6Small islet off Cap Croisette at the southern entrance to the Marseille archipelago, inside the Calanques national park.
- Sheltered SE, S
1953AnchorageFranceBaie de Fornello
2.5Sand-bottom anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica, about 2.4 nm NE of Algajola and 2.8 nm SW of Île Rousse.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
1954AnchorageFranceCala De Tizzano
2.5Small cove on the south-west coast of Corsica, below the village of Tizzano, about 8 nm south of Propriano.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1955AnchorageFranceMerquel
2.5Small buoy field off the Pointe de Merquel at Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique, north of the Traict de Mesquer salt marshes.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1956AnchorageFrance
Mouillage de Boran-sur-Oise
2.5River mooring on the Oise near Boran-sur-Oise, Hauts-de-France, between the Paris basin and the Compiègne forest.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 1957AnchorageFrance
Pointe du Tedey
2.5Anchorage on the western shore of Lac de Lacanau in the Médoc, about 1.6 nm west of Lacanau-Ville.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1958HarbourFranceTalais
2.5Tidal creek port on the Gironde estuary at Talais, on the Medoc bank north of Saint-Vivien-de-Medoc.
1959AnchorageFranceAnse de la Coué
2.5Small anchorage on the south side of the Fouras peninsula, Charente-Maritime, tucked beside Fouras Port Sud.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E
1960AnchorageFranceBerriau Plage
2.5Anchorage off Berriau beach on the eastern shore of the Salins d'Hyères, Var, with mixed sand, rock and algae bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
1961AnchorageFranceHalte nautique de Libourne
2.5River halt on the Dordogne at the confluence with the Isle, on the Libourne town quay, mud bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, E, SE, S, NW
- 1962AnchorageFrance
Jaudy
2.5Anchorage in the Jaudy estuary north of Tréguier, on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SE
- 1963AnchorageFrance
Plage Sud
2.5Open roadstead off Mimizan-Plage on the Landes coast, south of the Arcachon basin, sand bottom.
1964AnchorageFranceCap-Coz
2.5Buoy field off the sand spit of Cap-Coz in Fouesnant, south Finistère, inside the Baie de la Forêt between Concarneau and Bénodet.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1965AnchorageFranceLomener
2.5Sand anchorage off the village of Lomener on the Ploemeur coast, west of Lorient in south Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
1966AnchorageFrancePlage de Dourveil
2.5Sand anchorage off Plage de Dourveil on the Trévignon coast, Finistère Sud, sheltered from NW through E.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1967AnchorageFranceAnse de la Souhaitiep
2.5Anchorage in a small cove on the west bank of the Rance estuary between Saint-Suliac and Plouër-sur-Rance, Brittany.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1968HarbourFranceHafen Saar
2.5Small river stop of 10 berths on the canalised Saar in the Moselle department, Grand Est, near the French-German border. 1.6 m maximum draught.
- 1969AnchorageFrance
Île de Terre (Sud)
2.5Prohibited anchorage south of the Ile de Terre in the Saint-Marcouf archipelago, off the east coast of the Cotentin in Normandy.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1970AnchorageFrance
Île Harbour
2.5Anchorage in the Rance estuary between Dinard and Saint-Malo, sand bottom, sheltered from N to NE winds.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 1971AnchorageFrance
La Pierre de l'Autel
2.5Rocky pinnacle off the Embiez archipelago near Six-Fours-les-Plages, a known Mediterranean dive site.
- Sheltered NE
- 1972HarbourBandol, France
Bandol plaisance
2.5Marina of 1,600 berths on the Baie de Bandol in the Var, facing the Île de Bendor, between Toulon and La Ciotat.
- 1973HarbourNarcy, France
Bayard
2.5Small river halt on the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne at Narcy, Haute-Marne, with 2 berths along the towpath.
- 1974AnchorageFrance
km 333
2.5River anchorage on the Petite Saône at kilometre point 333, between Scey-sur-Saône and Savoyeux, in Haute-Saône.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
1975AnchorageFranceLa Galiote
2.5Sand anchorage off Saint-Aygulf, on the Var coast between Fréjus and Sainte-Maxime.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
1976AnchorageFranceLe Torpilleur
2.5Rocky anchorage in the Calanque de Sormiou sector, east of the Pointe de Morgiou, inside the Parc National des Calanques near Marseille.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1977HarbourMauges-sur-Loire, FranceMontjean sur Loire
2.5River port on the Loire at Montjean-sur-Loire, commune of Mauges-sur-Loire, about 25 km downstream of Angers, Pays de la Loire.
1978AnchorageFranceMarine de Bravone
2.5Open roadstead on the east coast of Corsica, on the plaine orientale between Bastia and Aléria.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1979HarbourFrancePonton asnieres
2.5River pontoon on the Saône near Asnières-sur-Saône in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, max draught 1.1 m.
- 1980HarbourGuny, France
Port Plaisance Chauny
2.5Inland port on the Canal de Saint-Quentin near Guny, in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France.
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