Day boats

40 options across our Marbella fleet.

A day-boat sits in a different bracket to the crewed superyacht fleet: smaller, quicker to board, built around a single afternoon rather than a multi-day passage. The 40 vessels in this category at Yacht Hire Marbella cover that gap - open-deck boats and compact motor yachts sized for four to ten guests, with rates starting from €1,700 for a day out. They suit a shorter brief: leave Puerto Banús after lunch, run along the coast, drop anchor somewhere calm enough for swimming, and be back before the light goes. Because the boats are smaller, the routing tends to stay closer to shore - Bahía de Marbella or the bay off Estepona rather than the longer haul toward the Strait of Gibraltar, which suits families or groups who want swim stops and shallow anchorages more than distance covered. Boarding is simpler too: less tender work, quicker turnaround at the marina, and a shorter safety briefing before guests are in the water. None of that rules out a livelier group booking or a couple wanting a few hours on the water without committing to a full-day superyacht charter - the category just keeps the day itself, rather than the vessel, as the main event. Because specification varies boat to boat within this range, guest capacity, toy setup and exact layout should be confirmed against the numbers travelling before departure, and the day rate should be checked at the point of booking rather than assumed from the category minimum.