Port de plaisance du Havre
Port de Plaisance du Havre is one of France's rare deep-water marinas, meaning you can arrive any time of day or night, in any weather, with zero tidal stress — a genuinely big deal on this stretch of the Channel. It's a large, well-organised port with 1,100 berths split across two basins, so there's almost always room. Le Havre itself is a UNESCO-listed city — rebuilt in modernist concrete after WWII by Auguste Perret — with solid restaurants, transport links, and the excellent MuMa art museum a short walk away.
Based on AIS data
quiet → busy
Marinas and anchorages near Port de plaisance du Havre · times are dock to dock
Popular Times
Boats arriving and leaving, by local hour — the hours the quay is actually working.
- Busiest on Saturdays and Sundays
- Busiest around 15:00 — mostly boats arriving
- Half the boats that stop here have arrived by 15:00
- 88% of visits are overnight
- Typical stay: ~38h
Plan a Passage
Popular
24 legs boats have actually been recorded sailing.
How busy is it?
typically 4th busiest of 10 nearby spots across the year