Best anchorages and harbours in Normandy

Honfleur

Lock-gated harbour at the mouth of the Seine estuary in Calvados, with the Vieux Bassin and Bassin de l'Est hosting around 50 visitor berths.

Marina de Deauville

Outer marina of 800 berths on the western bank of the Touques estuary, between Deauville and the sea.

Honfleur Visitors "quais"

Visitor berths along the quays of the Vieux Bassin of Honfleur, at the south bank of the Seine estuary in Normandy. Six pontoon spaces for yachts under 14 m.

Île du Large (Ouest)

Rocky 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

Le Vieux-Moulin de Vernon Pontoon

River pontoon on the Seine at Vernon, beside the Vieux-Moulin, a 16th century timbered mill built on the piers of the medieval bridge.

Port Chantereyne - Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Marina of 1600 berths inside the Cherbourg roadstead, Normandy, sheltered by the largest artificial harbour in the world.

Port Homard

Drying anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin, north of Granville, sand bottom among granite rocks.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Poses

River port on the Seine upstream of Rouen, at the last tidal lock on the river.

Querqueville

Anchorage in the west roadstead of Cherbourg, off Querqueville, mud and kelp bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

La Grande Grève

Sand 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

Port-Bail-sur-Mer

Tidal harbour of 330 berths on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, inside the estuary of the Ollonde river.

Havre Barneville

Tidal 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

Le Havre

Marina of 1300 berths at the mouth of the Seine estuary, on the Normandy coast, the largest yacht harbour on the French Channel coast.

Le Tréport

Tidal harbour at the mouth of the Bresle, on the Normandy coast at the foot of 100 m chalk cliffs.

Les Carniquets

Drying sand anchorage in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, off the Normandy coast north of Granville.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW

Les Trois Ilets

Anchorage off the Îles Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Manche department.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S

Port Marie

Sand 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

Quai public de Muids

Public river quay on the left bank of the Seine at Muids, in the Eure department, between Les Andelys and Pont-de-l'Arche.

Seine

River anchorage on the Seine in the Eure valley, on the navigable reach between Vernon and Rouen.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, S

Grandcamp-Maisy

Tidal marina of 280 berths in the baie des Veys, western Calvados, Normandy, between Omaha Beach and Utah Beach.

Port Dielette

Wet-basin marina on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, 420 berths, max draught 4 m, one of the few refuges on this exposed shore.

CN Franceville

Drying harbour on the Orne estuary at Merville-Franceville-Plage in Normandy, opposite Ouistreham.

La Seine Aval - Poses

Section of the Seine at Poses in Eure, immediately upstream of the écluse de Poses-Amfreville, the last lock on the Seine before the tidal river to the sea.

Saint Jouin-Bruneval

Open 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

Aneret

Anchorage 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

Golfe d'Étrétat

Open 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

Omonville-La-Rogue

Buoy field of 60 moorings in the bay of Omonville-la-Rogue, on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula west of Cherbourg.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Port de Venables

River marina on the Seine between Rouen and Paris, 100 berths, in the Eure department of Normandy.

Rouen

Small halt of 4 berths on the Seine in the centre of Rouen, at the limit of tidal navigation upstream of Le Havre.

Anse de Saint-Martin

Sand-bottomed cove on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula, between Omonville-la-Rogue and Port Racine, in the Raz Blanchard tidal stream area.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W