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Yacht charter in Split

783 yachts available in Split. Departing from 30 marinas. Prices from €714 per week.

  • 783
    Yachts available
  • €714
    From / week
  • 20
    Marinas & bases

Practical info

Chartering from Split: the basics

Charter week
Saturday to Saturday

66% of the bookings in our calendar start on a Saturday.

Departure marinas
30

Bases you can start the week from.

Licence needed?
Not always

257 boats here can be booked with a professional skipper, so no licence is required.

On the water

Sailing conditions in Split

The fleet
Bigger boats, 16.1 m average

The largest average length of any Mediterranean region we list. 252 catamarans, 191 motor yachts and 35 gulets alongside 332 monohulls, averaging 4.4 cabins and a 2019 build year.

No national park
No entry tickets or mandatory buoys

Unlike the Kornati coast to the north. You pay for quays and marinas instead, and in high season those are the real cost.

The islands
Šolta, Brač, Hvar, Vis

In a line within a day's sail of the city, with wide deep channels between them. No leg needs to exceed about four hours.

Where the fleet is
Split and Trogir

166 boats at ACI Split, 152 at Kaštela, 114 at Baotić, 97 at ACI Trogir, 62 at Agana and 55 at SCT Trogir.

Season
May – October

July and August are hot and very busy on the quays. June and September are the better sailing months and considerably easier to find a berth in.

Changeover day
Saturday

801 of 811 boats hand over on Saturday.

Worth the detour

Where to drop anchor in Split

  • 1

    Split — Diocletian's palace

    A Roman emperor's retirement palace with a city built inside it, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Riva quay runs along the seafront in front of it, so you arrive directly into the old town.

  • 2

    Trogir

    Half an hour west on its own small island between the mainland and Čiovo, another World Heritage town. Around 150 of our boats are based here and it is the quieter place to start.

  • 3

    Hvar town and the Pakleni islands

    The busiest harbour in Dalmatia, with a Venetian square, a fortress above it and the Pakleni islets a few minutes offshore. Palmižana is the standard anchorage when the town is full, which in August it is.

  • 4

    Vis

    The furthest island out, closed to foreigners until 1989 because it was a Yugoslav naval base. Two harbours — Vis town and Komiža — and a noticeably different, less polished feel.

  • 5

    The Blue Cave, Biševo

    Off Vis: a sea cave lit from below through an underwater opening, best between about 11:00 and 13:00. Access is by local boat from Mezuporat rather than taking your own yacht in.

  • 6

    Stiniva, Vis

    A cove reached through a gap in the cliffs barely wide enough for a tender. You anchor outside and go in by dinghy — one of the most striking stops in the Adriatic.

  • 7

    Bol and Zlatni Rat, Brač

    The shifting shingle spit on Brač's south coast, with Bol harbour beside it. Also the island's wind: the channel between Brač and Hvar funnels the afternoon breeze and is the best sailing in the region.

  • 8

    Maslinica, Šolta

    A small bay on Šolta's western end with a marina in a restored castle. Forty minutes from Trogir and the most common first night.

Suggested routes

A week out of Split

The four islands from Split

7 days

Out to Vis and back along the Hvar channel. Short legs, deep water, and a town with a restaurant every evening — the week this region is built for.

  1. 1

    Split

    Saturday handover; cross to Maslinica on Šolta rather than staying in the city.

  2. 2

    Milna or Bobovišća, Brač

    South-east into the Brač channel.

  3. 3

    Vis town or Komiža

    The longest leg of the week, out to the far island.

  4. 4

    Stiniva and the south coast of Vis

    Day stop at the cove, then round toward Hvar.

  5. 5

    Pakleni islands — Palmižana

    The islets off Hvar town; the realistic August anchorage.

  6. 6

    Hvar town or Stari Grad

    The harbour, or the quieter World Heritage town on the island's north side.

  7. 7

    Split

    Back up the Brač channel with the afternoon breeze.

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From Trogir — the quieter line

7 days

Starts west of the city, which takes a day off the outbound leg and avoids Split's Saturday traffic. Adds Bol and the Brač–Hvar channel, the best sailing water here.

  1. 1

    Trogir

    Handover; short hop to Maslinica on Šolta.

  2. 2

    Stari Grad, Hvar

    A long inlet on the island's north coast; World Heritage field system behind it.

  3. 3

    Vis

    South-west to the outer island.

  4. 4

    Hvar town / Palmižana

    Back east; the Pakleni islets.

  5. 5

    Bol, Brač

    The Brač–Hvar channel — the windiest and best leg of the week.

  6. 6

    Milna, Brač

    Round the island's western end.

  7. 7

    Trogir

    Short crossing back for handover.

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Before you book

Local rules and paperwork in Split

Skipper certificate
Required, plus a VHF certificate. Croatia asks for a recognised sailing qualification and a VHF operator's certificate for bareboat, as across the country.
Book berths in high season
Hvar and Split fill in July and August. There is no park fee here, but quay space is the constraint instead. Many marinas and town quays take reservations — use them, or plan on anchoring off.
The Brač–Hvar channel
The afternoon breeze funnels through it. Good news for the sailing and worth knowing for the timing: it builds through the afternoon and makes the Bol stretch the best leg of a week here.
The bura
A north-easterly that arrives hard and fast. Croatia's offshore wind blows strongest in the channels and can appear with little warning. The island harbours on the south sides are the shelter.
The Blue Cave
Go with a local boat, not your own. Entry to the cave on Biševo is by licensed local tender from Mezuporat, and the light is right roughly between 11:00 and 13:00. Plan the morning around it.
Gulets are a real option here
35 of them in this region. If you are a large group, the crewed gulet is a Dalmatian product in its own right rather than a Turkish import — more deck space and a cook, at the cost of sailing performance.

Checked October 2026. Rules change — confirm the detail that matters for your trip when you book.

What is here

The Split fleet at a glance

The fleet in Split is made up of 337 sailing yachts, 231 catamarans, 180 motor yachts and 34 gulets.

Most boats here are sailing yachts, averaging 14.6 metres.

Weekly prices start in the under €1,500 range, where 28 boats are listed.

Boats sleep between 2 and 38 guests, with cabins up to 20.

The most common size band is 13 – 16 m, with 328 boats.

257 boats can be chartered with a skipper; 557 are available bareboat.

The fullest month on the calendar right now is Jun 2027: 43% of the fleet already has at least one booking, while 448 boats are still completely open.

Budget

Charter prices in Split

Weekly rate, set by the operator. No booking fee.

Space on board

Boat sizes

Sleeping 2–38 guests

  • under 10 m 55
  • 10 – 13 m 199
  • 13 – 16 m 328
  • 16 – 20 m 90
  • over 20 m 110

Availability

How full is the calendar in Split?

Share of the Split fleet that already holds at least one reservation, for each of the next twelve months. Taken from the operators' own calendars and refreshed daily — a boat with one week booked can still be chartered in the others.

Months further out look emptier simply because they are further away — most charters are booked a few months ahead, not a year.

Most booked month

Jun 2027

43% of the fleet already booked

Most still open

Feb 2027

706 boats with no booking yet

About the destination

Why charter from Split

Split is central Dalmatia's charter capital and a noticeably different market from the Kornati coast an hour north. The boats here average 16.1 metres — the largest average of any Mediterranean region in our catalogue — and the mix tells you why: 252 catamarans and 191 motor yachts against 332 monohulls, plus 35 gulets. This is a region sold on island towns, restaurants and comfortable passages rather than on bare rock and national parks.

The geography is unusually convenient. Four substantial islands sit in a line within a day's sail of the city: Šolta closest, then Brač, Hvar and Vis furthest out, with the Pakleni islets strung along Hvar's western end. Each has harbours with somewhere to eat and something to see, the channels between them are wide and deep, and you can build a week that never involves more than four hours of sailing in a day.

The city itself is worth the first or last night. Diocletian's palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the old town is built inside its walls — you moor in the middle of it. Trogir, half an hour west and where another 150-odd of our boats are based, is a second World Heritage town on its own island.

There is no national park here, which is a practical difference from Kornati: no entry tickets, no mandatory buoys, no ranger checks. What you pay for instead is the quay, and in Hvar town in August that is not cheap.

The fleet of 811 boats is spread across ACI Split, Kaštela, Baotić, ACI Trogir and several smaller marinas, with weekly rates from about €714 — and, at the other end, past €260,000 for the crewed yachts the city also hosts.

Charter bases

Marinas in Split

ACI Marina Split

160 yachts

Uvala Baluni 8

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Marina Kaštela

145 yachts

Franje Tuđmana 213

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ACI Marina Trogir

100 yachts

Put Cumbrijana 22

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Marina Baotić

96 yachts

Don Petra Spike 2a

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Marina Agana

61 yachts

Dr. Franje Tuđmana 5

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SCT Marina Trogir

59 yachts

Put Brodograditelja 16

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Port of Split / West Harbour

45 yachts

Obala kneza Branimira

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Port of Split / East Harbour

27 yachts

Obala kneza Domagoja 8

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Park Žudika

13 yachts

Ul. Blaža Jurjeva Trogiranina 12

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Marina Lav

12 yachts

Grljevacka ulica 2a

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Rogač

10 yachts

Obala Sv. Tereze bb

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Marina Zenta

9 yachts

Cvjetna ulica 1

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Trogir City Port

7 yachts

Obala Bana Berislavica

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Marina Baška Voda

7 yachts

Obala Sv. Nikole 2

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Makarska harbor

5 yachts

Makarska

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Sumpetar

4 yachts

Sumpetar

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MCI Marine Club International

3 yachts

Put Sjeverne luke 11

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Marina Stobreč

2 yachts

Omladinsko šetalište 10

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Port Kaštel Stari

2 yachts

Obala kralja Tomislava

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Port Kaštilac

2 yachts

Put Kupališta 3

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Good to know

Frequently asked questions

Our Split listings include 337 sailing yachts, 231 catamarans, 180 motor yachts, 34 gulets.
Weekly rates here fall mostly in the under €1,500 range. Prices are set by the charter operator; we add no booking fee.
In Jun, 43% of boats here already hold at least one reservation, with 448 still completely open.

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