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Arabian Sea

United Arab Emirates

Yacht charter in Arabian Sea

14 yachts available in Arabian Sea. Departing from 1 marinas. Prices from €23,419 per week.

  • 14
    Yachts available
  • €23,419
    From / week
  • 1
    Marinas & bases

Practical info

Chartering from Arabian Sea: the basics

Departure marinas
1

Bases you can start the week from.

Licence needed?
Not always

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

On the water

Sailing conditions in Arabian Sea

This region is the UAE
14 boats, one marina

All crewed motor yachts at Dubai Harbour, averaging 27.1 m with a 2015 build year. No other country and no bareboat.

The unit is the hour
Four or eight hours

A full day is typically eight hours and a half day four. Weekly figures of €23,000 to €397,000 are whole-boat crewed charter and not how most bookings are made.

Short distances
Everything within an hour

Bluewaters minutes away, the Palm crescent in half an hour, the Burj Al Arab inside an hour. The World Islands are the only offshore stop.

Season
October – April, peak December – February

Inverse of the Mediterranean. The summer heat makes the deck unusable for most of the day.

Booking lead time
Two to six weeks

Weekend sunset slots go 2–4 weeks ahead; allow 4–6 weeks before public holidays.

Changeover day
Saturday

All 14 boats, for the weekly listings. Hourly and daily bookings run every day of the week.

Worth the detour

Where to drop anchor in Arabian Sea

  • 1

    The Marina and JBR skyline

    The standard route and the reason most people book. The towers read completely differently from offshore, and at dusk the whole front lights up.

  • 2

    Palm Jumeirah

    Minutes from the harbour. The scale only makes sense from sea level — the trunk, the fronds and the crescent breakwater around the outside.

  • 3

    Burj Al Arab

    South along the coast on its own island, and the classic photograph stop. A common turning point for a four-hour charter.

  • 4

    The crescent anchorage

    Inside the Palm's breakwater, where most full-day charters stop to swim. Sheltered, and the part of the day the skyline shots leave out.

  • 5

    World Islands

    The offshore archipelago north-west of the Palm, largely undeveloped. Far enough out to need an eight-hour charter rather than a sunset slot.

  • 6

    Ain Dubai and Bluewaters

    Immediately outside the harbour entrance. Usually the first few minutes of the trip rather than a destination.

  • 7

    Sunset timing

    Why the evening slots sell first. In the peak months the sun sets early enough that a four-hour charter catches the light on the towers and the city illuminated.

  • 8

    Offshore fishing

    Several of these boats run fishing trips by arrangement instead of the skyline route. Worth asking if the view is not the point.

Suggested routes

Where a day on the water in Arabian Sea could take you

A four-hour sunset charter

1 day

The most-booked product in the region. Arrive early for parking, security and the Coast Guard check; everyone aboard must be on the manifest in advance.

  1. 1

    Dubai Harbour — boarding

    Fifteen to twenty minutes early for parking, security and ID checks.

  2. 2

    Bluewaters and Ain Dubai

    Out past the harbour entrance.

  3. 3

    Palm Jumeirah crescent

    Round the outside; swimming stop on the inside if time allows.

  4. 4

    Burj Al Arab

    South along the coast for the turn, timed for the light.

  5. 5

    Marina and JBR at dusk

    Back north as the towers light up.

  6. 6

    Dubai Harbour

    Return to berth.

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A full day — eight hours

1 day

Enough range to get properly offshore and spend real time at anchor. Catering is normally arranged separately.

  1. 1

    Dubai Harbour — boarding

    Morning departure, manifest and safety brief.

  2. 2

    Palm Jumeirah

    Round the crescent and out.

  3. 3

    World Islands

    The offshore group; quiet water and no shoreline development.

  4. 4

    Anchor and swim

    The long stop of the day, in the lee of the islands or the crescent.

  5. 5

    Burj Al Arab and the beachfront

    Back along the coast.

  6. 6

    Dubai Harbour

    Return in the late afternoon.

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Before you book

Local rules and paperwork in Arabian Sea

No bareboat
All 14 boats are crewed. No licence or sailing resume is required from you. There is no self-drive option anywhere in this region.
Passenger limits and the manifest
Set by the Coast Guard certificate. Each vessel's UAE Coast Guard safety certificate fixes the maximum, everyone on board is listed, and infants count. Do not plan to add someone at the dock.
Boarding
Arrive 15–20 minutes early. Parking, security access and Coast Guard ID checks all happen before you board; passport or Emirates ID details are usually collected at booking.
Read the pricing unit
Hourly, half-day, full-day or weekly. Confirm which a quote is in before comparing it with a Mediterranean week. Most bookings here are hourly or daily.
Weather cancellation
Daily Coast Guard forecast. Departures are subject to conditions and operators check the bulletin each day. Ask what the rebooking policy is when you confirm.
Avoid the summer
May to September. The heat, not the wind or sea state, is the practical limit on the season here.

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

What is here

The Arabian Sea fleet at a glance

The fleet in Arabian Sea is made up of 14 motor yachts.

Most boats here are motor yachts, averaging 27.1 metres.

Weekly prices start in the over €12,000 range, where 14 boats are listed.

Boats sleep between 2 and 10 guests, with cabins up to 5.

The most common size band is over 20 m, with 11 boats.

14 boats can be chartered with a skipper; 0 are available bareboat.

Budget

Charter prices in Arabian Sea

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

Space on board

Boat sizes

Sleeping 2–10 guests

  • 16 – 20 m 3
  • over 20 m 11

Most common models in Arabian Sea

Counted from our live catalogue.

About the destination

Why charter from Arabian Sea

This region is the United Arab Emirates and nothing else: 14 crewed motor yachts, all at Dubai Harbour, averaging 27.1 metres. There is no other country's fleet in it and no bareboat option anywhere in it.

Geographically it is a short, sheltered stretch of coast rather than a cruising ground. From the harbour entrance beside Skydive Dubai you are at Bluewaters and Ain Dubai within minutes, round the outside of Palma Jumeirah in half an hour, and off the Burj Al Arab inside an hour. The World Islands, the only genuinely offshore destination, sit north-west of the Palm and suit a full day rather than a sunset slot. Beyond that there is open Gulf, and nothing a charter would normally go to.

So the unit of time is the hour, not the week. A full day is typically eight hours and a half day four, and the four-hour sunset slot is what most people book — the towers of Dubai Marina and JBR read completely differently from the water, particularly at dusk. Most full-day charters include time at anchor in the sheltered water inside the Palm's crescent, which is the half of the trip the skyline photographs never show.

The season runs October to April with December to February the peak, because the summer makes the deck unusable for most of the day. Weekend sunset departures go two to four weeks ahead, and four to six weeks before public holidays.

Everything else — the Coast Guard ID checks, the manifest and passenger limits, the weather cancellation practice — is on the United Arab Emirates country page, because it applies to the whole fleet rather than to any particular stretch of coast.

Charter bases

Marinas in Arabian Sea

Dubai Harbour

14 yachts

Dubai

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Frequently asked questions

Our Arabian Sea listings include 14 motor yachts.
Weekly rates here fall mostly in the over €12,000 range. Prices are set by the charter operator; we add no booking fee.

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