Day Boats for Charter in Sardinia

A day boat here means exactly that — no cabins, no overnight commitment, just an open, capable platform sized for a single stretch of good water. The category runs 33 vessels deep, with rates starting at €1700 a day, spanning compact runabouts through to larger open motor boats with shaded seating and a swim platform for stopping wherever the water turns clear enough to justify it.

Most bookings in this range point toward the Maddalena Archipelago — a run of 10 to 20 nautical miles from Porto Cervo or Palau into shallow, sheltered water that suits a boat without deep-draft ambitions, granite islets and calm bays where a group can swim, anchor for lunch and be back at the marina before evening. It also works for shorter hops along the Costa Smeralda coast, tracing the bays between Porto Cervo and Porto Rotondo without the commitment of a multi-day charter.

Because these are day trips rather than live-aboard passages, timing matters more than provisioning: skippers plan the route around the afternoon Maestrale, which tends to pick up later in the day through the summer months, and will shift the anchorage choice rather than push through open chop for the sake of the original plan. For a family outing, a small group of friends, or anyone who wants a few hours on the water without booking a cabin, this is the more direct route into a day boats charter in Sardinia — simple in structure, flexible in where it actually takes you.