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Yacht charter in Canary Islands

55 yachts available in Canary Islands. Departing from 7 marinas. Prices from €1,640 per week.

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Practical info

Chartering from Canary Islands: the basics

Charter week
Saturday to Saturday

80% of the bookings in our calendar start on a Saturday.

Departure marinas
7

Bases you can start the week from.

Licence needed?
Not always

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

First look

What you can actually charter in Canary Islands

Tomeu

Tomeu

Las Galletas · 12.35 m

Little Mia

Little Mia

Las Galletas

Alboran Caipiroska (Las Galletas)

Alboran Caipiroska (Las Galletas)

Las Galletas

Alboran Limoncello (Las Galletas)

Alboran Limoncello (Las Galletas)

Las Galletas

Lady Sunshine

Lady Sunshine

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

On the water

Sailing conditions in Canary Islands

A year-round season
Including the European winter

The trades blow all year and the water stays swimmable. The one European region that charters properly in January and November.

A monohull region
46 of 55 boats

Against only four catamarans. The channels are open Atlantic with firm trades — this is sailing rather than anchoring.

Acceleration zones
And long wind shadows

The islands are high enough to funnel the trades off their headlands and block them entirely in their lee. Expect to be becalmed and overpowered on the same day.

Where the fleet is
Tenerife — 49 of 55 boats

22 at Marina del Sur, 20 at Radazul, plus Puerto Colón and Santa Cruz. Only three at Las Palmas. A week starts and ends on Tenerife.

Few anchorages
Steep volcanic coasts

Little shelf at anchorable depths, so you will use marinas more than in the Mediterranean. Budget for berths.

Changeover day
Saturday

All 55 boats. Rates from about €1,875.

Worth the detour

Where to drop anchor in Canary Islands

  • 1

    La Gomera

    A comfortable day's sail west of Tenerife and the obvious destination: a round, deeply ravined island with San Sebastián's harbour and the laurel forest of Garajonay above it, a World Heritage site.

  • 2

    The Tenerife–Gomera channel

    The best sailing of the week. The trades funnel between the two islands and the crossing is a genuine reach in real wind, with the Teide volcano astern of you.

  • 3

    Los Gigantes

    Cliffs on Tenerife's west coast dropping some 500 metres straight into the sea. There is a small marina at their foot and the pilot whales offshore are resident year-round.

  • 4

    Whales and dolphins

    The strait between Tenerife and La Gomera holds a resident population of short-finned pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins. Sightings on the crossing are routine rather than lucky.

  • 5

    La Palma

    Further west and a stretch for one week: steep, green and volcanic, with Santa Cruz de La Palma's colonial waterfront. The 2021 eruption reshaped part of its western coast.

  • 6

    El Hierro

    The smallest and furthest of the western group, with La Restinga in the south and a marine reserve around it. A serious commitment from Tenerife and almost no other yachts.

  • 7

    Gran Canaria — Las Palmas

    Three of our boats, and the Atlantic's great staging harbour — this is where the ARC rally gathers each November before crossing to the Caribbean.

  • 8

    Teide

    Not a sailing destination but the thing you see all week: a 3,700-metre volcano that is visible from every channel in the western group and makes the navigation unusually easy.

Suggested routes

A week out of Canary Islands

Tenerife, La Gomera and back

7 days

The realistic week from the Tenerife bases. One real channel crossing each way, the cliffs of Los Gigantes, and the best wind in the islands.

  1. 1

    Marina del Sur or Radazul

    Saturday handover; move along the south coast and settle in.

  2. 2

    Los Cristianos or Puerto Colón

    West along the southern shore; staging for the channel.

  3. 3

    San Sebastián, La Gomera

    The crossing — the best sail of the week, with whales likely on the way.

  4. 4

    La Gomera — Valle Gran Rey

    Round to the western side; a deep ravine opening onto the sea.

  5. 5

    Back east, then north — Los Gigantes

    The cliff coast; a small marina at their foot.

  6. 6

    Tenerife west or south coast

    Work back along the island, in and out of the wind shadows.

  7. 7

    Base

    Final leg for the Saturday handover.

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West to La Palma

7 days

Trades two easy days for two long crossings and a much emptier island. Needs a settled forecast and a crew happy with open-water legs.

  1. 1

    Marina del Sur

    Handover; west along the south coast.

  2. 2

    San Sebastián, La Gomera

    The first channel; provision here.

  3. 3

    Santa Cruz de La Palma

    The long crossing north-west — the committing leg of the week.

  4. 4

    La Palma — Tazacorte

    Round to the western side, below the 2021 lava field.

  5. 5

    Back to La Gomera

    The return crossing; start early.

  6. 6

    Los Gigantes or Los Cristianos

    Across to Tenerife.

  7. 7

    Base

    Along the south coast for handover.

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Before you book

Local rules and paperwork in Canary Islands

Skipper certificate
Required, plus a VHF certificate. Spanish rules: a recognised certificate such as an ICC or RYA Day Skipper Practical, a VHF operator's certificate held by someone aboard, and a second competent adult crew member.
Respect the acceleration zones
Reef before the headland. The wind off the corners of these islands can be two or three Beaufort above the channel average. Shorten sail before you get there rather than in it.
Fewer anchorages than you expect
Plan on marinas. Steep volcanic coasts leave little anchorable shelf. Book berths in the small western harbours, which are genuinely small.
Marine mammal approach rules
Regulated, and enforced. The resident pilot whales in the Tenerife–Gomera strait are protected, with required distances and no-swim rules. Keep your offing and let them come to you.
Small motorboats
Spain's licence rules changed. Hire motorboats that previously needed no licence now do in parts of Spain. It changes nothing for chartering a yacht, but matters if you add a powerboat for a day.
Winter works here
But check the swell. The season runs year-round; the caveat is Atlantic groundswell reaching the northern and western coasts in winter. The southern shore of Tenerife is the lee.

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

What is here

The Canary Islands fleet at a glance

The fleet in Canary Islands is made up of 46 sailing yachts, 5 motor yachts and 4 catamarans.

Most boats here are sailing yachts, averaging 14.3 metres.

Weekly prices start in the €1,500 – €3,000 range, where 13 boats are listed.

Boats sleep between 2 and 12 guests, with cabins up to 6.

The most common size band is 13 – 16 m, with 40 boats.

6 boats can be chartered with a skipper; 49 are available bareboat.

The fullest month on the calendar right now is Nov 2026: 56% of the fleet already has at least one booking, while 24 boats are still completely open.

46
Sailing yachts
from €1.640
5
Motor yachts
from €6.800
4
Catamarans

Budget

Charter prices in Canary Islands

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

Space on board

Boat sizes

Sleeping 2–12 guests

  • under 10 m 3
  • 10 – 13 m 8
  • 13 – 16 m 40
  • 16 – 20 m 3
  • over 20 m 1

Availability

How full is the calendar in Canary Islands?

Share of the Canary Islands 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

Nov 2026

56% of the fleet already booked

Most still open

Sep 2027

53 boats with no booking yet

Pick a month to see what is still open that week.

  • Quiet
  • Picking up
  • Busy
  • Peak
56%
Nov
’26
24 open
49%
Dec
’26
28 open
49%
Jan
’27
28 open
49%
Feb
’27
28 open
36%
Mar
’27
35 open
22%
Apr
’27
43 open
7%
May
’27
51 open
9%
Jun
’27
50 open
5%
Jul
’27
52 open
0%
Aug
’27
55 open
4%
Sep
’27
53 open
4%
Oct
’27
53 open

Most common models in Canary Islands

Counted from our live catalogue.

Beneteau Oceanis 51.1
9 available · from €4.210
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 519
8 available · from €2.995
Beneteau Oceanis 45
6 available · from €1.640
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440
5 available · from €2.840
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410
3 available · from €2.640
Beneteau Oceanis 43
3 available · from €2.120

Yachts in Canary Islands

Champagne 2008

Champagne

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

8.94 m 1 cabins 2 guests
From €1.086 / day €7.600 / week
Chic & Tonic 2024

Chic & Tonic

Las Palmas

9.9 m 2 cabins 4 guests
Price on request
Seaduction 2000

Seaduction

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

13.9 m
Price on request
Paladio 1993

Paladio

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

24.5 m 4 cabins 8 guests
Price on request

About the destination

Why charter from Canary Islands

The Canaries are Europe's winter charter answer, and that is the main reason to look here. When the Balearics and Greece have laid their boats up, these islands are still sailing: they sit at the latitude of the Sahara, the trade winds blow year-round, and the water stays swimmable. If your dates are fixed to January or November, this is the one European region that works properly.

It is also, unlike the Balearics, a monohull region. Forty-six of the 55 boats are sailing yachts against just four catamarans, and the geography explains it. The channels between these islands are open Atlantic, the trades are firm, and the islands themselves are high enough — Tenerife's peak is above 3,700 metres — to create genuine acceleration zones off the headlands and long wind shadows in their lee. You can be becalmed under one island and reefed an hour later in the channel beyond it. That is a sailor's cruising ground rather than an anchoring-and-swimming one.

The fleet is concentrated on a single island. Forty-nine of the 55 boats are on Tenerife — Marina del Sur at Las Galletas and Radazul hold 42 between them — with three at Las Palmas on Gran Canaria and the rest scattered. So a week here starts and ends on Tenerife, and the realistic range is the western group: La Gomera is a comfortable day, La Palma and El Hierro are further commitments.

The anchoring is the trade-off. These are steep volcanic islands with little shelf, so there are far fewer natural anchorages than in the Mediterranean and you will use marinas more than you might expect. Rates run from about €1,875 to €10,423, and all 55 boats change over on a Saturday.

Charter bases

Marinas in Canary Islands

Marina del Sur

22 yachts

C/Torre de Control 2 Planta

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Puerto Deportivo Radazul

20 yachts

Urb. Radazul, s/n

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Club Náutico Puerto Colón

5 yachts

Costa Adeje

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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

3 yachts

Las Palmas

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Marina Santa Cruz

2 yachts

Muelle de Enlace, Darsena de Los Llanos s.n.

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Marina San Miguel

2 yachts

Urb. Amarilla Golf s.n.

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Puerto de Playa Blanca

1 yachts

C. Salida a Fuerteventura, Playa Blanca

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46 available

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Motor yachts

5 available

Catamarans

Catamarans

4 available

Good to know

Frequently asked questions

Our Canary Islands listings include 46 sailing yachts, 5 motor yachts, 4 catamarans.
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 Nov, 56% of boats here already hold at least one reservation, with 24 still completely open.

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