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Dubrovnik / Montenegro

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Yacht charter in Dubrovnik / Montenegro

36 yachts available in Dubrovnik / Montenegro. Departing from 8 marinas. Prices from €1,726 per week.

  • 36
    Yachts available
  • €1,726
    From / week
  • 8
    Marinas & bases

Practical info

Chartering from Dubrovnik / Montenegro: the basics

Charter week
Saturday to Saturday

82% of the bookings in our calendar start on a Saturday.

Departure marinas
8

Bases you can start the week from.

Licence needed?
Not always

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

On the water

Sailing conditions in Dubrovnik / Montenegro

Two countries, one route
117 Croatian boats, 38 Montenegrin

The signature week is one-way Dubrovnik to Kotor. 82 of the Croatian boats are at ACI Marina Dubrovnik.

Montenegrin clearance is flexible
You choose where in the bay to clear in

Unlike Croatia and Schengen practice, Montenegro does not require you to call at the first clearance point. Zelenika, Porto Montenegro and Portonovi all work.

The crossing
About two hours of paperwork each side

Clear out at Cavtat, clear in at Herceg Novi. A morning's work, normally handled by the skipper or the base.

Mljet national park
No marinas; moor at Polače or Pomena

Pomena is closer to the lakes but has only about twenty berths — arrive by around 14:00 in peak season. Park entry roughly €25 per adult per day for 2026.

The fleet
15.2 m average, build year 2020

The second-largest and newest average in Croatia. 62 monohulls, 27 motor yachts, 26 catamarans, averaging 4.6 cabins.

Changeover day
Saturday or Sunday

91 boats on Saturday and 26 on Sunday — unusually high, and consistent with one-way bookings. Check the specific boat.

Worth the detour

Where to drop anchor in Dubrovnik / Montenegro

  • 1

    Dubrovnik

    The walled old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the walls themselves are the walk. The marina is up the coast at Komolac in the Ombla inlet, so the city is a short trip rather than the berth.

  • 2

    The Elaphiti islands

    Koločep, Lopud and Šipan, immediately north-west of the city. All inhabited, all quiet, with konobas on the beach in places. The natural first and last night of a week.

  • 3

    Mljet and its lakes

    A long wooded island whose western third is a national park, with two connected salt lakes and a Benedictine monastery on an islet in the larger one. Polače and Pomena are the moorings.

  • 4

    Korčula

    North of Mljet: a walled town on a small peninsula, laid out in a herringbone pattern to deal with the wind. The strait between it and the mainland is narrow and runs a real current.

  • 5

    Cavtat

    South of Dubrovnik and the Croatian clearance point for Montenegro. A pleasant harbour in its own right, and the sensible last Croatian night before the border.

  • 6

    The Bay of Kotor

    A flooded river canyon rather than a fjord, running some fifteen miles inland between walls that rise well over a thousand metres. Nothing else in the Mediterranean looks like it.

  • 7

    Kotor and Perast

    Kotor is a walled town at the head of the bay with fortifications climbing the mountain behind it, World Heritage listed. Perast, halfway in, faces two small islands, one with a church built on an artificial reef.

  • 8

    Porto Montenegro, Tivat

    A large modern marina on the bay's middle reach, built on a former submarine base. The usual disembarkation point for a one-way week and a clearance option in its own right.

Suggested routes

A week out of Dubrovnik / Montenegro

One way — Dubrovnik to Kotor

7 days

The region's signature route and the reason so many boats here change over on a Sunday. One border day, one dramatic bay, and no retracing your steps.

  1. 1

    ACI Marina Dubrovnik

    Handover at Komolac; down the coast and into the Elaphiti.

  2. 2

    Šipan or Lopud

    The inhabited islands; quiet bays and beach konobas.

  3. 3

    Mljet — Polače

    West to the national park. Arrive early for a berth; park entry is charged per person.

  4. 4

    Back east — Koločep or Dubrovnik

    Position for the border; the old town in the evening.

  5. 5

    Cavtat, then Herceg Novi

    Clear out of Croatia and into Montenegro — about two hours at each end.

  6. 6

    Perast and Kotor

    Up the bay between the mountain walls to the head of it.

  7. 7

    Porto Montenegro, Tivat

    Back down the bay for the Sunday handover.

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Croatian return — Dubrovnik, Mljet and Korčula

7 days

Stays in one country, so no clearance and no one-way premium. Longer legs than the Dubrovnik–Kotor week and more actual sailing.

  1. 1

    ACI Marina Dubrovnik

    Handover; out of the Ombla and into the Elaphiti.

  2. 2

    Šipan

    The largest of the Elaphiti; sheltered bays at both ends.

  3. 3

    Mljet — Pomena

    The park moorings closest to the lakes. Twenty berths, so be early.

  4. 4

    Korčula town

    North across the channel; the herringbone streets and a real current in the strait.

  5. 5

    Pelješac — Trstenik or Žuljana

    The mainland peninsula; vineyards above the shore.

  6. 6

    Mljet east or Lopud

    Working back east toward base.

  7. 7

    Dubrovnik

    Return up the coast for handover.

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Before you book

Local rules and paperwork in Dubrovnik / Montenegro

Skipper certificate
Required in both countries, plus VHF. Croatia and Montenegro both ask for a recognised sailing qualification and a VHF operator's certificate for bareboat charter.
Crossing the border
Cavtat out, Herceg Novi in. Roughly two hours of formalities at each end. Confirm your charter agreement permits leaving Croatian waters — not all do, and a one-way booking is the cleaner way to do it.
Montenegro — clear in where you like
No first-point-of-entry requirement. Unlike Croatia and Schengen generally, you may choose between Zelenika, Porto Montenegro and Portonovi. That flexibility is worth using to shorten the first day.
Mljet — plan the arrival time
Pomena has about twenty berths. No marinas on the island. Polače is larger, Pomena is closer to the lakes. In peak season arrive by around 14:00 or take the other bay.
Mljet fees
Park entry per person, plus mooring. Around €25 per adult per day for 2026, with multi-day passes available. Overnight mooring for a 12-metre yacht typically €80–100, often including entry. Several restaurants in Polače offer free mooring with dinner.
One-way pricing
Ask about the repositioning fee. Dubrovnik to Kotor is sold as a route, but a one-way charter usually carries a surcharge or a restricted set of dates. Confirm it when you enquire rather than at the end.

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

What is here

The Dubrovnik / Montenegro fleet at a glance

The fleet in Dubrovnik / Montenegro is made up of 18 sailing yachts, 12 catamarans and 6 motor yachts.

Most boats here are sailing yachts, averaging 13.4 metres.

Weekly prices start in the €1,500 – €3,000 range, where 15 boats are listed.

Boats sleep between 2 and 11 guests, with cabins up to 6.

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

11 boats can be chartered with a skipper; 26 are available bareboat.

The fullest month on the calendar right now is May 2027: 47% of the fleet already has at least one booking, while 19 boats are still completely open.

Budget

Charter prices in Dubrovnik / Montenegro

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

Space on board

Boat sizes

Sleeping 2–11 guests

  • under 10 m 5
  • 10 – 13 m 14
  • 13 – 16 m 16
  • 16 – 20 m 1

Availability

How full is the calendar in Dubrovnik / Montenegro?

Share of the Dubrovnik / Montenegro 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

May 2027

47% of the fleet already booked

Most still open

Dec 2026

35 boats with no booking yet

About the destination

Why charter from Dubrovnik / Montenegro

This region is two countries and, in practice, one signature route. Of the 155 boats, 117 are Croatian — 82 of them at ACI Marina Dubrovnik — and 38 are Montenegrin. The week most people book is the one-way passage between them: out of Dubrovnik, a single cross-border day, and into the Bay of Kotor. Our changeover data backs that up: 26 of the boats hand over on a Sunday rather than a Saturday, which is what one-way scheduling looks like.

The crossing itself is a morning's work. You clear out of Croatia at Cavtat, clear into Montenegro at Herceg Novi, and the paperwork runs about two hours at each end. Your skipper or the base will handle most of it.

What is worth knowing — and what makes Montenegro easier than its neighbour — is that Montenegro does not require you to call at the first clearance point. Unlike Croatia, and unlike Schengen practice generally, you may choose where in the bay to clear in: Zelenika at the entrance, or further inland at Porto Montenegro or Portonovi. That single difference changes how you plan the first day on the Montenegrin side.

On the Croatian side the set pieces are Dubrovnik itself, the Elaphiti islands just offshore — Koločep, Lopud and Šipan, all inhabited, all quiet — and Mljet, which needs a little planning. There are no marinas on the island: you moor at Polače or Pomena, and Pomena, which is closer to the lakes, has only around twenty berths, so arriving by about two in the afternoon matters in high season. The national park charges entry of roughly €25 per adult per day for 2026, and overnight mooring for a 12-metre yacht typically runs €80 to €100, often with park entry included.

The fleet averages 15.2 metres and 4.6 cabins with a 2020 build year — the second-largest average in Croatia after Split, and the newest.

Charter bases

Marinas in Dubrovnik / Montenegro

Porto Montenegro

20 yachts

Obala bb

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Marina Solila

4 yachts

Tivat

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Lazure Meljine Marina

4 yachts

Braće Pedišića bb

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Portonovi Marina

3 yachts

Portonovi

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Jamb Marina

2 yachts

Mrcevac

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Lustica Bay Marina

1 yachts

Zaliv, Traste

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Kotor

1 yachts

Kotor

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Airport Marina

1 yachts

Brdista bb

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Good to know

Frequently asked questions

Our Dubrovnik / Montenegro listings include 18 sailing yachts, 12 catamarans, 6 motor yachts.
Weekly rates here fall mostly in the €1,500 – €3,000 range. Prices are set by the charter operator; we add no booking fee.
In May, 47% of boats here already hold at least one reservation, with 19 still completely open.

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