Best anchorages and harbours in Normandy
76 documented anchorages and harbours in Normandy, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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1MouillageFranceBaie de Mont Saint Michel
5.0Vast sand bay between Cancale and Granville, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list for the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel. Tidal range reaches 14 metres at equinoctial springs, among the largest in Europe.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
2MouillageFranceCancale
5.0Open roadstead off the oyster port of Cancale, facing the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel in Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
3MouillageFranceEstuaire de l'Orne
5.0Buoy mooring field of 180 berths in the estuary of the Orne, between Ouistreham and Merville-Franceville, in Calvados.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 4MouillageFrance
Île du Large (Est)
5.0Rock-bottom anchorage on the east side of Île du Large, one of the Îles Saint-Marcouf, off the east coast of the Cotentin.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
5MouillageFranceJonville
5.0Open anchorage on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula, just north of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW
- 6MouillageFrance
La Mauvaise
5.0Anchorage off the Normandy coast north of Granville, sand bottom, sheltered from NW, N, NE and W winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
7MouillageFranceMont Saint-Michel
5.0Tidal anchorage in the bay of Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, off the UNESCO World Heritage abbey island. Sand and mud bottom, shelter from NW through SE.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 8MouillageFrance
Plage d'Urville
5.0Anchorage off the beach of Urville-Nacqueville on the north coast of the Cotentin, west of Cherbourg, with a mixed bottom of sand, rock and weed.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
9MouillageFranceVeulettes
5.0Open roadstead off the shingle beach of Veulettes-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Albâtre, Seine-Maritime, between Fécamp and Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 10MouillageFrance
Pointe d'Agon
4.7Sand anchorage in the Havre de Regnéville on the west coast of the Cotentin, 60 mooring buoys, sheltered from NW through SE.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
11MouillageFranceAnse à la Truelle
4.5Sheltered cove on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, south of Granville in Normandy.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
12MouillageFranceAnse du Brick
4.5Sandy cove on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula, six miles east of Cherbourg, sheltered from westerly winds.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
13MouillageFranceFalaises de Vaches Noires
4.5Open roadstead off the cliffs between Villers-sur-Mer and Houlgate, on the Calvados coast of Normandy. Fair-weather anchorage only.
- Sheltered S, SE
14MouillageFranceÎle Tatihou
4.5Anchorage off the small island of Tatihou at the entrance to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Cotentin, sand bottom, sheltered from winds from NW through N and NE to W.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
15MouillageFrancePoses
4.5Point on the Seine at the Poses-Amfreville dam, the tidal limit of the river upstream from Rouen. Anchoring is prohibited in the dam and lock zone.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, SW, S
- 16MouillageFrance
Cherbourg - Petite Rade
4.3Prohibited anchorage zone inside the Petite Rade of Cherbourg, in Normandy. Yachts must use Port Chantereyne, 0.2 nm to the south.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
17MouillageFranceCôte de la Hougue
4.3Sand anchorage off the Cotentin east coast, 0.8 NM south of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue in Normandy.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
18MouillageFranceGrève de Blainvillais
4.3Buoy field with 15 moorings off Blainville-sur-Mer on the west coast of the Cotentin, sand bottom, sheltered from NW through S.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 19MouillageFrance
Île du Large (Ouest)
4.2Rocky anchorage west of the Île du Large, one of the two Saint-Marcouf islands off the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy.
- Sheltered NE, E
20MouillageFrancePort Homard
4.2Drying anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin, north of Granville, sand bottom among granite rocks.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
21MouillageFranceQuerqueville
4.2Anchorage in the west roadstead of Cherbourg, off Querqueville, mud and kelp bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 22MouillageFrance
La Grande Grève
4.1Sand anchorage on the east side of the Cotentin peninsula, 0.3 nm north of Barfleur harbour and 5.3 nm from Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.
- Sheltered S, SW, W, NW
23MouillageFranceHavre Barneville
4.0Tidal haven at the mouth of the Gerfleur, between Barneville and Carteret on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 24MouillageFrance
Les Carniquets
4.0Drying sand anchorage in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, off the Normandy coast north of Granville.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW
25MouillageFranceLes Trois Ilets
4.0Anchorage off the Îles Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Manche department.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S
- 26MouillageFrance
Port Marie
4.0Sand anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, open to westerly weather but sheltered from NW, N and NE.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 27MouillageFrance
Seine
4.0River anchorage on the Seine in the Eure valley, on the navigable reach between Vernon and Rouen.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, S
- 28MouillageFrance
Saint Jouin-Bruneval
3.8Open anchorage off the chalk cliffs of Saint-Jouin-Bruneval in Seine-Maritime, sand bottom, just south of the Antifer oil terminal.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 29MouillageFrance
Aneret
3.7Anchorage on the southern side of the Chausey archipelago, 8.3 NM west of Granville in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
30MouillageFranceGolfe d'Étrétat
3.6Open roadstead off the chalk cliffs of Étretat on the Normandy Alabaster Coast, between the Falaise d'Amont and the Falaise d'Aval with its arch and needle.
- Free
- Sheltered E, S, SE