Things to Do in Valencia on the Water: Beaches, Boat Trips and Watersports

Valencia meets the sea along one long, flat shoreline broken only by harbour walls: the Marina at the old America's Cup basin, La Malvarrosa and La Patacona stretching north, the painted canals of Port Saplaya beyond them and the coves of Cullera to the south. Most of that coast reads better from the water than from the promenade. Nineteen ways to get out there, from €12 to €490:

• Jet ski — Marina Real
• Boat rental with or without a skipper
• Catamaran cruises sold by the seat
• Private party boat and a run to the Cullera coves
• Sailing yachts by the day
• Wakesurf and wakeboard
• Kitesurf, windsurf and wingfoil
• Scuba diving and deep-sea fishing

In Valencia the unit matters more than usual — the same jet ski is sold both by the craft and by the head, and those two numbers are not comparable.

Things to do in Valencia on the water

What to see in Valencia is settled in the centre; what to do is settled on the coast. In front of the city there are jet skis from €85 per jet ski for half an hour, catamaran cruises from €12 per person, licence-free boats from €110 per boat, wake, kite and windsurf lessons from €50 per person, diving from €50 per person and sailing or fishing days from €400 per boat. Everything below follows that logic: the price first, then the unit and the marina it leaves from.

How much does a jet ski cost in Valencia?

From €85 per jet ski for 30 minutes with Blueseanautic at Marina Real Juan Carlos I, up to €175 per person for the guided two-hour «Valencia Norte» tour run by the same operator. Both run from the same Blueseanautic base at the marina, and neither asks for a licence.

Thirty minutes out of Marina Real

The Blueseanautic jet ski rental costs €85 per jet ski for 30 minutes, for up to 2 riders, from Marina Real Juan Carlos I. A guide leads the route along the city's golden coast, there is a photo stop against the Valencia skyline, and the safety briefing covers everything a first-timer needs. No licence required.

The two-hour «Valencia Norte» tour

The «Valencia Norte» jet ski tour costs €175 per person for 2 hours, in a mini-group of up to 8 guests — four jet skis plus the guide, no convoy. Gathering is 9:30, the start 10:00, at Marina Real Juan Carlos I. It stops for photos at Port Saplaya, Valencia's «Little Venice», and for a swim straight off the ski behind the breakwaters. Action-cam video of the whole ride is included.

Can you take a boat out in Valencia without a licence?

Yes, in two different ways. Arrecife hands you the wheel of a 5-metre boat from €110 per boat for an hour with no licence needed, while Wavepol sells a seat from €35 per person for 3 hours with a skipper always aboard.

Arrecife — drive it yourself

Arrecife Boats Valencia rents from €110 per boat for an hour, for up to 5 people, from Marina Norte (dock Y) or Marina Port València (dock K). The boats are modern 5-metre hulls, the pricing is simple — 1 h, 2 h, 4 h or a full day — and a short briefing gets first-timers ready to run out to the coves and Port Saplaya at their own pace.

Wavepol — a skipper on every trip

Wavepol boat and catamaran trips start at €35 per person for 3 hours, for up to 12 guests, from Marina de València. A skipper is always included and so is the fuel, with no extras added at the dock. The same fleet takes shared cruises, sunset trips, birthdays and private charters.

Which catamaran cruise fits your evening?

Three of them, and they differ by length before they differ by price: 50 minutes with Boramar at €12 per person, 2 hours with Mundo Marino at €19 per person, or the 1 h 30 min sunset sail at €14 per person. All three are sold per person and none needs a licence.

Boramar — fifty minutes out of the port

The Boramar catamaran cruise costs €12 per person for 50 minutes, for up to 30 guests, leaving the Port of València at Plaça de L'Ona. The catamaran is stable and easy with children, the crew is professional, and the longer versions add a swim stop, a sunset run or a tasting of paella and Valencian clochina mussels on board.

Mundo Marino — the swim cruise

The Mundo Marino catamaran cruise with a swim costs €19 per person for 2 hours, for up to 100 guests, from La Marina de València beside the Veles e Vents building. It is a giant sailing catamaran with nets to lie on over the water, a swim stop in the open sea off Valencia, paella on board as an option and a DJ on Saturdays.

Mundo Marino — sunset with a glass of cava

The sunset catamaran with cava costs €14 per person for 1 h 30 min, again for up to 100 guests and again from beside Veles e Vents. The boat sails the Valencia coastline through the golden hour, a glass of cava is included, and on selected evenings there is live music on deck. All ages are welcome and no licence is needed.

Private charters: the party boat, the coves and sail

Four charters price the whole boat instead of the seat, from €100 to €490. Two are motor and two are sail; all four come with a skipper, and all four take only your own group.

Fiestas Barco — the private party boat

The Fiestas Barco private charter starts at €100 per boat for 2 hours, for up to 12 guests, from Marina de València (Norte or Sur). A welcome board of jamón and cheese and the first round come with it, the skipper is included, and the fleet runs from speedboats to a yacht, a catamaran and a schooner. Swim stops, SUP and a paella cooked on board are options.

Half a day south to the Cullera coves

The half-day speedboat to the Cullera coves costs €420 per boat for 4 hours, for up to 12 guests, again from Marina de València with a skipper. The run goes south past the canals of Port Saplaya and down to the quiet coves of Cullera, with swim stops and SUP along the way, a welcome board and the first drink on board.

Sailing yachts: VelaMagna and Illuka

The VelaMagna day charter costs €490 per boat for 6 hours, for up to 8 guests, with a professional skipper out of Marina Real Juan Carlos I; the day anchors in a cove for a swim and everything is included. Illuka Sailing asks €400 per boat for the same 6 hours and the same 8 guests, on a Bavaria 46 Cruiser from Marina de València, and adds sunset sails and regatta days on the old America's Cup water.

Lessons, dives and a fishing charter: what does each cost?

From €50 per person for a wakesurf class or a windsurf lesson, up to €490 per boat for a half-day fishing charter. Boards and dives are sold per person; the two private wake boats and the fishing boat are sold per boat.

HOKUA — the wakesurf class

The HOKUA wakesurf and wakeboard class costs €50 per person for 2 hours, in a group of up to 6 students, from Marina Real Juan Carlos I. You pick wakesurf, wakeboard or wakefoil behind a proper Mastercraft wake boat and get three rounds of about seven minutes each; board, wetsuit and insurance are included.

Private wake boats: HOKUA and Valencia Wake

The HOKUA wake charter costs €300 per boat for 3 hours, for up to 6 guests: the whole boat is yours, with banana tow, platform, wakeboard and SUP, music and drinks aboard. The Valencia Wake session is shorter and cheaper — €120 per boat for 30 minutes, for up to 4 guests, with a skipper and an instructor, wake toys and an intro lesson for first-timers.

Kitesurf, windsurf and wingfoil

The Kitezone Valencia course costs €390 per person for a 10-hour initiation from zero, in a group of up to 2, with kite, bar, board, wetsuit, harness, vest and radio helmet included; the exact spot on the coast depends on the wind that day. Ocean Republik lessons cost €50 per person for 2 hours, for up to 4 students, a few steps from the beach at Marina de València (Malvarrosa).

Two dive centres, two different prices

El Mar de Valencia runs a first sea dive to around 12 metres from €150 per person over 2 hours, in groups of up to 4, from its PADI centre near the Real Club Náutico. Buceo Valencia does the same baptism dive to about 12 metres from €50 per person over 2 hours, in groups of up to 6, out of Pobla Marina in La Pobla de Farnals. Both include all equipment and insurance, and neither needs previous experience.

Deep-sea fishing with Valencia Pesca Paseo

The Valencia Pesca Paseo charter costs €490 per boat for 4 hours, for up to 9 anglers, leaving from near the Real Club Náutico de València with a skipper. The trip covers trolling, jigging, popping and bottom fishing for tuna, dentex, grouper and sea bream; a bigger 19-metre boat handles offshore runs to the Columbretes, and all gear and bait are aboard.

How much does a day on Valencia's water cost?

Nineteen options span €12 to €490, and the unit moves the arithmetic more than the number does: jet skis go per craft, the private charters and the two wake boats per boat, and everything else per person.