Lake Geneva harbours, stopovers and anchorages

Lake Geneva harbours in figures

Navleman lists 69 marinas: 57 in Switzerland (Geneva, Vaud, Valais) and 12 on the French shore. Each was checked in October 2026 against an official page — municipality, harbour master's office, canton, tourist office — and only confirmed facilities are included:

• 14 quayside fuel pumps;
• 19 pump-out stations;
• 23 cranes and 65 slipways (some of them recorded only in OpenStreetMap).

Facilities not mentioned on the official page are not counted: they may still exist.

Harbours, sector by sector

Each page gives, harbour by harbour, the confirmed facilities, the harbour master's office phone number, pumps, slipways, harbourside restaurants and the sector's stopover rules.

• Geneva harbours20 harbours — both shores of the Geneva Petit-Lac, from Versoix and Céligny to Hermance, including the Rade de Genève
• La Côte harbours16 harbours — the Vaud shore between Geneva and Lausanne, from Tannay and Coppet to Morges and Préverenges
• Lausanne and Lavaux harbours10 harbours — the Vaud shore from Saint-Sulpice to Saint-Saphorin, Lausanne's harbours and the Lavaux villages
• Riviera and Haut-Lac harbours11 harbours — the Swiss Haut-Lac, from Vevey and La Tour-de-Peilz to Montreux, Villeneuve, Le Bouveret and Saint-Gingolph
• French shore harbours12 harbours — the Haute-Savoie shore, from Messery and Yvoire to Thonon, Évian and Meillerie

Stopping over: visitor berths

In Geneva as in Lutry, visitor berths cannot be booked: you moor at a marked berth, then report your arrival straight away. The rules vary from one canton and municipality to the next:

• Geneva: free berths, orange buoy and sign, three consecutive nights at most, once a month per harbour; report via the online form as soon as you moor (Canton of Geneva, September 2026).
• Vaud and Valais: each municipality has its own regulations. In Lutry, for example, berths are marked by red buoys, three nights in a row and fifteen a year at most, fee per night (regulations of 2022).
• France: each harbour sets its own rates; the Port de Rives in Thonon lists 58 visitor berths out of 800.

Reduced speed in harbour: 10 km/h in Swiss harbours unless a lower limit is posted (6 km/h in Lutry), 5 km/h in French public harbours (see Navigating Lake Geneva).

Fuel, pump-out, launching

Quayside pumps are rare and often seasonal: the lake's 14 fuel pumps and 19 pump-out stations. To arrive with a trailer or have your boat craned in: Lake Geneva slipways and cranes. Harbour regulations forbid emptying tanks in the harbour: waste water goes to the pump-out.

Anchoring

Anchoring outside harbours is allowed, but regulated. On the French side, occasional overnight anchoring is prohibited and stays are only allowed at authorised anchorages; in Geneva, no anchoring in the harbours or in the Rade. Everywhere: never in a buoyed no-go zone, a waterbird reserve or an aquatic plant bed. Details: Navigating Lake Geneva — Anchoring.

The sector pages list the anchorages marked in the app, adjusted to the surveyed depth; none is guaranteed to offer shelter from the wind.

A few crossings, as the crow flies

Straight-line distances between harbour entrances, calculated from their positions. The actual route is longer: under sail, the app works out the real route using your polar and the forecast wind.

With the Navleman map

In the app, Harbours and safety menu: tap a harbour to see its facilities and phone number, then “Set course”. The “Where to?” panel only offers harbours, beaches and landing stages on Lake Geneva.

Open the Lake Geneva map

Articles in this guide

• Geneva harbours20 marinas on both shores of Geneva's Petit-Lac, from Versoix and Céligny to Hermance, including the Rade of Geneva: what each offers according to official sources, where to refuel (4 confirmed fuel pumps), pump out, launch and eat at the harbour.
• La Côte harbours16 marinas on the Vaud shore between Geneva and Lausanne, from Tannay and Coppet to Morges and Préverenges: what each offers according to official sources, where to refuel (3 confirmed fuel pumps), pump out, launch and eat at the harbour.
• Lausanne and Lavaux harbours10 marinas on the Vaud shore from Saint-Sulpice to Saint-Saphorin, Lausanne's harbours and the Lavaux villages: what each offers according to official sources, where to refuel (3 confirmed fuel pumps), pump out, launch and eat at the harbour.
• Riviera and Haut-Lac harbours11 marinas on the Swiss Haut-Lac, from Vevey and La Tour-de-Peilz to Montreux, Villeneuve, Le Bouveret and Saint-Gingolph: what each offers according to official sources, where to refuel (2 confirmed fuel pumps), pump out, launch and eat at the harbour.
• French shore harbours12 marinas on the Haute-Savoie shore, from Messery and Yvoire to Thonon, Évian and Meillerie: what each offers according to official sources, where to refuel (2 confirmed fuel pumps), pump out, launch and eat at the harbour.
• Fuel and pump-out14 fuel pumps and 19 pump-out stations confirmed by an official source, from Geneva to Le Bouveret and on the French shore.
• Slipways and cranesLaunching from a trailer or by crane: slipways and cranes around the lake, and what to check before you come.
• Beach bars, restaurants, hotelsWhere to eat, have a drink or stay by the lake, arriving on foot or by boat.