Boats with and without a licence, jet skis and water sports. Departures every day from the Fuengirola marina, and a fleet spread along the whole Costa del Sol.
On your own if you have a licence, or on a marked circuit with an instructor if it is your first time.
The skipper handles the boat and all you have to do is enjoy it. No licence needed.
Parasailing flights, banana boat, donut rides and dolphin-watching trips from Fuengirola marina.
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Stag and hen parties, birthdays and company events. From a catamaran for 12 to one for 100 people.
Plan an event →Every boat drawn to its real size. The solid ones can be taken without a licence; the outlined ones go out with a skipper. Hover over or tap one to see its details.
You can still go out. You take the 4-metre boat yourself with no licence, after a ten-minute briefing, and on the rest of the fleet a skipper comes with you: that way you need no licence and no sailing experience at all.
Hiring a boat on the Costa del Sol comes down to two questions: who holds the wheel, and how many of you are going. If you steer it yourself, the boat has to be one of those that can be handled without a licence, and you stay inside a marked area. If it goes out with a skipper, you need no licence at all and no sailing experience.
After that it is the size of the group that decides: up to six people, a small boat; seven to twelve, a motor boat with a skipper; above that, a catamaran or a crewed yacht.
Boat hire in Fuengirola goes from the marina, which is where the base is: from the harbour mouth you are off Mijas beach in a quarter of an hour and off Benalmádena in half. The rest of the fleet is spread between Puerto Banús, Marbella, Estepona and Málaga, so you pick the departure point by where it suits you to get to, not by where the boats happen to be tied up.
Leaving from the Fuengirola marina you have the boats that can be taken without a licence, motor boats up to twelve metres with a skipper, the jet skis, and all the watersports kit: kayaks, paddle boards, wakeboard, water ski and jet surf.
From the beach itself go the activities that ask nothing of you as a sailor: parasailing, banana, donut ride, dolphin watching and celebration trips on board. All of it is booked at unit 367 in the marina, or over the phone.
The two yachts, the schooner, the three fishing boats and the sailing boat are moored in Puerto Banús. There is also a yacht in Estepona, a twelve-seat catamaran in Marbella marina and a hundred-passenger one in Málaga.
The office being in Fuengirola does not mean everything leaves from there. The boarding point is always confirmed when you book, because Fuengirola to Puerto Banús is a good half hour by car, and in August you have to add on finding a parking space.
It depends on the boat. Some can be handled with no licence at all inside the authorised area, after a ten-minute run-through on the pontoon covering how to start, steer, anchor and moor.
For the rest of the fleet a skipper comes with you, and then no licence and no previous experience are needed. Jet skis work the same way: with a navigation licence you ride on your own, and without one you go out with a guide inside the buoyed area.
The natural season runs from May to October, with the water between 18 and 24 degrees. July and August take most of the demand: you need to book days ahead, and earlier still for the one boat that needs no licence.
June and September are the best months to be on the water and almost nobody makes use of them: the same weather, a flatter sea, coves without a queue of boats, and availability. From November to April you can sail perfectly well on the calm days, and that is when the best bottom-fishing days come.
For anything on a board — paddle, jet surf, wakeboard — the first hours of the morning, before the thermal breeze arrives. On the Costa del Sol the wind comes up around midday and chops the water, and a paddle board in wind turns into a sail.
For a trip on a boat the hour matters less than the route. And for sailing it is the other way round from the boards: the south-westerly breeze fills in during the afternoon, so an afternoon trip usually gives better sailing than a morning one.
A life jacket for every person on board, the compulsory safety kit checked before each trip, and the boat's insurance. That is not an extra on any of our prices.
And one guarantee worth knowing in advance: if the forecast makes it impossible to go out properly, the date is changed at no charge. Going out to see what happens is never worth it, and we do not charge for a trip that could not be done well.
We are at Puerto Deportivo de Fuengirola. The small boats and the activities leave from here; the large boats are moored in Puerto Banús, Estepona and Málaga.
The big catamaran in the fleet: 23.7 metres and up to 100 passengers. For company events, parties and groups that would not fit on an ordinary boat.
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This is where the office is. A boat that needs no licence, jet skis, kayaks, paddle boarding, parasailing and dolphin-watching trips.
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11.5 metres and 12 people. It barely heels over, so it is the calm option for anyone not used to the sea.
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Yachts of up to 31.7 metres, a 24-metre schooner, fishing boats and a 12-metre sailing boat. What boards in Banús leaves from Banús.
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A 21.8-metre yacht for up to 10 people, at the western end of the route.
See this marina →If it is not here, call us: two minutes on the phone and it is sorted.
It depends on the boat. Some can be handled without a licence inside an authorised area, and for the rest a skipper comes with you: in that case you need no licence and no sailing experience.
The base is at the Puerto Deportivo de Fuengirola, local 367. The small boats, the jet skis and the activities go from there. The yachts and the fishing boats are moored in Puerto Banús, Estepona and Málaga.
In July and August it is worth booking days ahead: the trips fill up. The rest of the year it can be settled from one day to the next, or even the same day if there is a space.
If the forecast does not suit, the date is changed at no charge. Going out to see what happens is never worth it.
Leave us your number and we will call you. In July and August it is worth booking ahead.
Puerto Deportivo de Fuengirola, local 367. You can drop in and see the boats before you book.
At no charge. Going out to see what happens is never worth it.
Life jackets for everyone on board, included in the price.
Tell us what you fancy and how many of you there are. We will tell you which boat fits and, if the weather turns, we move the date at no charge.
