Best anchorages and harbours in Normandy

Port du Havre - Antifer

Deep-water oil terminal of Port du Havre on the Pays de Caux coast, north of Étretat. Not a leisure harbour.

Mesnil Val

Mooring off a pebble beach at the foot of chalk cliffs on the Alabaster Coast, between Le Tréport and Criel-sur-Mer in Seine-Maritime.

• Sheltered E, S, SE

Port Picain

Drying harbour on the north coast of the Cancale peninsula, Ille-et-Vilaine, facing the Îles Rimains and Granville bay.

Anse De La Mondrée

Sand-bottom anchorage on the north-east coast of the Cotentin peninsula, between Cherbourg and Fermanville.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Anse de la Touesse

Sandy cove on the west side of the Baie du Mont Saint-Michel, south of Cancale in Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Baie de Quervière

Sand-bottom anchorage on the north-west tip of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, between Goury and Port Racine.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Beach de Brevy

Anchorage off Brevy beach on the eastern tip of the Cotentin, between Barfleur and Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue in Normandy.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Cabane

Anchorage on the north side of the Seine estuary, sand bottom, 4.9 nm N of Le Havre.

• Sheltered E, S, SE

cabourg

Anchorage on mud off the beach of Cabourg on the Côte Fleurie in Calvados, Normandy.

Cale Sud Hauteville Sur Mer

Drying anchorage off the south slipway of Hauteville-sur-Mer on the Cotentin west coast, Normandy, between Granville and Agon-Coutainville.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Club Nautique de Regneville sur Mer

Drying anchorage in the Sienne estuary on the west coast of the Cotentin, south of Coutances in Normandy.

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

Côte Fleurie

Open roadstead off the Côte Fleurie between Deauville and Trouville in Normandy, sand bottom, water available ashore at Deauville 1.4 NM east.

Gonneville

Open anchorage off Gonneville-sur-Mer on the Calvados coast of Normandy, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Hameau du Sud

Roadstead off the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, south of Quinéville and within the bay protected by Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Havre de la Vanlée

Drying tidal estuary on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, between Bréville-sur-Mer and Bricqueville-sur-Mer, north of Granville.

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

Honfleur

Historic harbour at the mouth of the Seine in Normandy, on the south bank of the estuary opposite Le Havre, with yachts locked into the Vieux Bassin and the Bassin de l'Est.

Honfleur - Bassin De L'Est

Tidal wet basin on the south bank of the Seine estuary in Honfleur, Normandy. Overflow basin for visiting yachts when the Vieux-Bassin is full.

Jouan

Open anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, rocky bottom, used as a daytime stop between Diélette and Carteret.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

La Crouie

Drying harbour at the head of the Sienne estuary at Regnéville-sur-Mer, on the west coast of the Cotentin in Normandy.

La Manneporte

Open anchorage off the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux, Normandy, between Fécamp and the oil terminal of Antifer.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW

La Mauvaise

Anchorage off the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in the Chausey archipelago waters, sand bottom, sheltered from NW winds only.

• Sheltered NW

La Vache

Sand-bottom anchorage in the Chausey archipelago off the Normandy coast, west of Granville.

Le Becquet

Small tidal harbour on the east side of the Cherbourg peninsula, 5 km east of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Normandy.

Le havre Les alluvions

Small harbour on the right bank of the Seine estuary at Tancarville, in the shadow of the Tancarville suspension bridge, Normandy.

Les Echos De BRUNEVAL

Beach anchorage under the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux in Normandie, 0,8 nm north of the Port du Havre-Antifer oil terminal.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Luc sur mer

Open roadstead off Luc-sur-Mer on the Calvados coast, between Courseulles and Ouistreham.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Mouillage de Le Puits

Sand-bottom anchorage in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, sheltered from NE and E winds.

• Sheltered NE, E

Mouillage de Saint-Germain-sur-Ay-Plage

Anchorage off the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, south of Barneville-Carteret and north of Port-Bail-sur-Mer.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Pirou Plage

Open anchorage off Pirou beach on the west coast of the Cotentin, Manche, on sand, sheltered from NE, E and SE.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Pointe de la Chaine

Anchorage off the Pointe de la Chaine on the eastern side of the baie de Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, northern Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, W