Best anchorages and harbours in Morbihan

Plage de Manec’h

Sand anchorage at the mouth of the Aven and Bélon rivers, next to Port-Manec'h in southern Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Pointe du Grand Mont

Anchorage off the Pointe du Grand Mont on the west coast of the Rhuys peninsula in southern Brittany, on rock and sand.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Port d Toul'Ru

Mooring field of 200 buoys off Mesquer in the Baie de Pont-Mahé, Pays de la Loire, between the Pointe de Merquel and the salt marshes of Guérande.

• Paid
• Sheltered W, SW, S

Port Kérel

Sandy cove on the south coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, on the commune of Bangor, with one of the longer sand beaches on the south side of the island.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Port Navallo

Anchorage at the entrance of the Golfe du Morbihan, on the Arzon side of the pass, opposite Locmariaquer.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

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

Portz Chudell

Small cove on the south coast of the Île de Groix, off the Morbihan coast of Brittany. Rock and weed bottom, open to the south.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Baie de la chapelle

Anchorage on the east coast of Île-d'Arz in the Gulf of Morbihan, 5 berths on sand and weed bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Brouel Sud

Open anchorage south of Brouel point, on the southern shore of Île d'Arz in the Gulf of Morbihan.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Île Dumet

Anchorage off Ile Dumet, a 7-hectare island 3 NM off the Mesquer coast in southern Brittany.

• Sheltered NE, E

île holavre

Anchorage off Île Holavre, a small islet in the Golfe du Morbihan north of the Île aux Moines, near Arradon.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Le Pouldu - Laïta

Anchorage in the Laïta estuary at Le Pouldu on the Finistère and Morbihan border, 250 berths on sand.

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

Les Rouignous

Anchorage off Les Rouignous in the Rivière de Crac'h estuary, just south of La Trinité-sur-Mer, Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage de Kermorvan

Sand anchorage off the isthmus beach of Kermorvan on the east side of the Quiberon peninsula in Morbihan, Brittany. Mooring with up to 80 berths on buoys, anchoring regulated.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Plage du Béniguet

Sandy anchorage off the north-west coast of Île de Houat, in the Mor Bras between Quiberon and Belle-Île.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Stêr-Ouen

Narrow inlet on the north-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, open to the north.

• Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Vannes

Wet dock of 240 berths set directly below the ramparts of Vannes, a prefecture town of about 54 000 inhabitants at the head of the Gulf of Morbihan.

Auray - Saint-Goustan

River port of 154 berths on the Loc'h river at Auray, 7 nautical miles upstream from the Gulf of Morbihan.

Île des Poulains

Anchorage off the Pointe des Poulains at the north-west tip of Belle-Île-en-Mer, on sand and rock.

• Sheltered SW, S

Locmiquélic - Sainte-Catherine

Marina of 475 berths at Locmiquélic on the east bank of the Lorient harbour, 0.6 NM south of Pen-Mané.

Port de Malestroit

Inland port on the canal de Nantes à Brest at Malestroit, a medieval town in the Morbihan 40 km north-east of Vannes.

Pen-Mané

Marina of 150 berths in Locmiquélic, on the east bank of the Lorient harbour, facing the city across the Blavet estuary.

Pointe du Grand Village

Open roadstead on the east coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, off the village of Locmaria, south Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N

Port d’Orange

Small anchorage on the east side of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, sand bottom, sheltered from NW to SW winds.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Port de la Roche Bernard

River port of 563 berths on the Vilaine, 8 nautical miles upstream from the Arzal dam, in Morbihan, Brittany.

Anse du Conguel

Sandy anchorage on the southern tip of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Anse du Guip

Anchorage on the east coast of the Île aux Moines in the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany. Sand bottom, open to the east.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Auray - Bono

Anchorage of about 379 buoys on the rivers of Auray and Le Bono, in the northern Gulf of Morbihan.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, SW, W

Île de la Jument

Islet in the Golfe du Morbihan near Larmor-Baden. Anchoring is prohibited in the immediate vicinity.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Île Longue

Anchorage off Île Longue in the Golfe du Morbihan, on sand, sheltered from SW, W and NW.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW