The price on a Fuerteventura booking page is usually honest. What it is not always is finished. The same €45 buys one guided dive at one centre and one dive plus insurance plus hired gear at another; a boat price can be for the boat or for your seat in it; and on one island price list the tax sits on a line of its own, below everything else. None of that is a trap — it is just the part of the sum that gets added on the day.
- Which prices are per person, which are per boat and which are per machine
- Where a 7 % tax is added on top and where the operator says it is already in
- The free Isla de Lobos permit: who arranges it and who waits to be asked
- Fuel, deposits and the money that comes back to you
- Whose transfer is included, and from which towns
- What to bring, from the operators' own lists
Every figure below belongs to a named operator, because that is the only way a surcharge means anything. Where an operator's price list contradicts the body text of its own dive page, that is flagged below rather than smoothed over.
Important
Hiring a boat without a licence has an end date. Until 30 September 2026 a boat under 5 metres with a motor of up to 15 CV may be hired without a licence, no further than 2 nautical miles from the port, in daylight only and from the age of 18. From 1 October 2026 RD 1188/2025 requires the person hiring the boat to hold the relevant qualification. Jet skis and skippered departures are not affected.
Per person, per boat or per machine?
The unit surprises people more often than any surcharge does. A number without its unit is a number you cannot compare, and on this island all three units are in daily use, sometimes by the same company on two neighbouring products.
| Outing | Unit | What the operator prints |
|---|---|---|
| Magic & Sailing catamarans, Jandía | per person | €79 per adult and €40 per child aged 2–11 on the Magic Select; €99 and €60 on the Lagoon 450S |
| Lobos in Catamaran, Corralejo | per person or per boat | €65 per adult on the shared trip; €520 for the whole catamaran, up to ten people |
| Rent a Boat Fuerteventura, Morro Jable | per boat | €200, €250 and €300 for 3, 5 and 8 hours, up to four on board |
| Pastinaca dinghy, Corralejo | per boat, per hour | €45 an hour for up to four people |
| Fuerteventura Buceo, Morro Jable | per person and per dive | €45 buys one dive, so a two-dive morning is €90 |
| Jetski Fuerteventura, Corralejo | per machine | €85 with one rider and €100 with two on the 40-minute tour |
| Puerto Castillo, Caleta de Fuste | per machine | €68 for 20 minutes, whether one or two people ride |
| René Egli, Sotavento | per person, per course | €205 for three hours of kite tuition, two students to an instructor |
One pair of prices shows why the unit is worth the question. Rent a Boat Fuerteventura sells five hours of sport fishing out of Morro Jable two ways: €400 for the whole boat or €100 per person on the shared trip, with a maximum of four people on board either way. Four friends therefore pay the same money on both lines. What differs is not the bill but the day: on the shared trip the captain sets the fishing plan, on the private one your group does.
Diving: the tax, the insurance and the kit
Diving is where the gap between the headline and the bill is widest, and also where the operators are most explicit about it. Three separate lines can sit under one price, and which of them apply depends entirely on the centre.
The 7 % tax, and who prints it
The Canaries levy IGIC instead of Spanish VAT, and Fuerteventura Buceo Diving Center in Morro Jable states on its own price list that taxes of 7 % are not included. That applies across its programmes: boat dives on the Veril de Jandía at €45, an hour of guided snorkelling at €40 a person and the try dive at €105, whose course page prints the tax note beside the figure. Pesca Fishing Corralejo takes the opposite line and states that its listed price includes tax and that there are no fuel surcharges. So it is one question at booking, not an assumption.
€45 is a dive, not a day
Fuerteventura Buceo removes the ambiguity in one sentence — the published price is per person and per dive — so a two-dive morning on the Veril is €90 before the tax, dropping to €40 a dive from five dives and €35 from nine. In the price the centre puts an inspected 12-litre tank, weights, the transfer to its support boat and a guide in the water; a 15-litre tank is a bookable extra, and the full equipment set is €15 a day, a single item €6, a computer on its own €7.
Further north, Abyss Fuerteventura in Corralejo sells fun diving as a ladder with equipment on every row: one dive €55, two €90, four €180, six €250. Its fun-diving page carries a headline of €40 that no row supports — the cheapest dive you can actually buy is the single at €55. A night dive is the dive price plus €10.
Dive Pro Fuerte in Costa Calma prints the whole sum on one line: €45 for the dive, €5 for insurance, €10 for equipment hire, and a free transfer from and to your hotel — €60 covers a diver who arrives in swimming trunks. That same page also gives equipment hire as €5 a day, which is the contradiction to raise at the desk.
At Punta Amanay in Corralejo the dives at Lobos start from €50 for the boat trip, an air or nitrox tank with weights and a certified guide, with equipment rental and insurance both named as separate — and the centre rents gear only to divers diving with it.
Insurance: included, or €5, €7 or €9
Spanish rules require cover for recreational diving, and every centre prices it differently. Abyss puts insurance inside its €100 Discover Scuba morning along with all the equipment and the PADI certificate, and sells a second dive on the same programme at €55 — but for qualified divers it keeps insurance on a separate table: €9 a day, €16 a week, €22 a month, €43 a year. Fuerteventura Buceo calls its international cover mandatory and charges €7 for 24 hours, €15 for a week, €20 for a month, €35 for a year. Dive Pro Fuerte asks €5.
Punta Amanay leaves insurance out of its guided dives, citing the decree that requires it, but includes it in the SSI Open Water course from €460 together with the full equipment rental and the certification. Small extras live at Abyss too: a GoPro is €30 a day, a torch and a dive computer €5 each, an SMB with a cutter €2.
Isla de Lobos: the permit is free, and it is not optional
Visiting the Islote de Lobos nature park needs an authorisation from the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, issued through the LobosPass web app. It costs nothing, it names each visitor, and it is checked on the islet itself when you step ashore — the ferry ticket does not stand in for it. The calendar opens a few days ahead rather than months, and sites that charge a fee to obtain it are not the Cabildo.
Operators handle it differently, and that difference is worth knowing before the morning of the trip. On Kayak Fuerteventura's crossing to Lobos the authorisation is managed by the operator as part of the trip, so there is nothing extra to pay or arrange. On the Oby catamaran with paella the free permit is added to your ticket on request through WhatsApp — the request is the step that is easy to forget. And the 90-minute jet ski tour of Lobos circles the island with stops in the water: the operator's pages describe no landing, so no permit comes into it. If going ashore was the point, that is the thing to confirm before booking.
A private trip with a skipper: almost everything is already in the price
Rent a Boat Fuerteventura's private trip out of Morro Jable is priced for the boat: €300 for three hours for one to four people, €50 for each extra person. What is unusual here is how little is added afterwards — fuel, drinks, snacks, the transfer from and back to the hotel and occupant accident insurance are all inside that figure, and the skipper aboard is the reason no licence is asked of you. Two things are worth settling on the phone: a proper meal is not included, and the operator's wakeboard page prints a second table for the same three hours, €250 for one to three and €350 for four to five. A bareboat hire is a different calculation: the Quicksilver 555 «TREU» goes to holders of the licencia de navegación or higher at €300 for three hours plus fuel and a €500 deposit.
Two smaller boats in the north work on the hour. The four-metre Pastinaca sailing dinghy in Corralejo is €45 an hour for the boat, up to four people, and a skipper who teaches you to sail costs the same €45 an hour — the operator asks for real dinghy experience before letting it go out unaccompanied.
The Bavaria 44 with its skipper is €200 for two hours, €370 for four and €455 for six, with catering not listed against those prices; the operator's own two pages quote the three-hour trip at €290 on one and €295 on the other, which is worth settling on the phone.
Fishing: the tackle is in, and the format decides the rest
On the fishing charters the equipment question mostly disappears. Pesca Fishing Corralejo puts rods, reels and tackle, the fishing licence and insurance in the price, states that the listed price includes tax and that there are no fuel surcharges, and is clear about what is missing: a full meal — drinks on board, a snack on the private trips — and getting yourself to the Corralejo dock.
The money is split between the booking and the day. A place on the shared five-hour bottom-fishing trip is €95 as the early-bird price against €105, six places to the 08:00 departure, with €23.75 paid online and the rest on the day. The same five hours as a private charter are €500 against €590, deposit €100. Eight hours of trolling and big game are €800 against €890, deposit €160, one booking per date so the boat goes to a single group.
At Caleta de Fuste, Albakora Cat prices the same four hours twice: €79 for an angler and €60 for someone who is only coming along, with fishing equipment supplied and a picnic and one drink on board. Trolling and big game are a separate trip the operator quotes on request, and no pick-up is listed — the morning starts at Puerto Castillo.
Jet skis: you pay for the machine, and sometimes for the seat
At the three bases below the jet ski is priced by the machine rather than by the person, but whether a second rider costs anything depends on the base. Jetski Fuerteventura in Corralejo charges for one: the 40-minute PowerSafari is €85 for one rider and €100 for two, against standard prices of €99 and €119, and the 90-minute Lobos tour is €145 and €160 against €169 and €189. The operator states it does not offer a hotel pick-up, and photos and video are sold separately.
The other two do not charge for the passenger. The 20-minute circuit at Puerto Castillo marina is €68 for one or two people, printed that way by the marina, with no hotel pick-up on offer. Sunfun in Morro Jable prints €80 for 30 minutes for one person and €80 for two, and €149 for the hour; a transfer along the Morro Jable — Esquinzo — Costa Calma stretch comes with three jet skis booked, lunch is stated as not included, and the departure time is agreed by phone rather than published.
Kite, windsurf and wing: the price is a course, not an hour
Wind schools sell blocks — days, or hours spread over days — and the block is where the comparison has to happen. What sits outside it is usually the same three things: the certificate, the kit you use after the lesson, and insurance.
Flag Beach in Corralejo runs its beginner kite course from €175 for one day to €570 for five, its windsurf course from €90 to €360 and its wing-foil course from €120 to €520 at an hour and a half a day. The VDWS international licence with its book is separate on all three: €20 for kite, €40 for windsurf, €20 for wing.
Kit outside lessons is separate again — a complete kite setup is €70 for half a day, €80 for a day and €140 for two, and on the windsurf list a harness or a wetsuit is €5 a day. The school holds third-party public liability cover; its terms make your own travel and personal accident insurance your responsibility.
René Egli in the Sotavento lagoon prices per person, two students to an instructor: €205 for three hours, €395 for six, €585 for nine, €750 for twelve. Board, kite, accessories, wetsuit, life-vest, helmet and the insurance on the equipment are all in the course price, and so is the shuttle to the deepest parts of the lagoon.
Outside it: supervised rental in the Advanced Pool at €160, €285 and €390 per person for three, six and nine hours, a private two-hour lesson at €240 without kite equipment or €270 with, and getting yourself to Costa Calma, for which no transfer is quoted. Pre-booking saves 5 % if the invoice is transferred a week before arrival.
Matas Bay in Costa Calma teaches two students to one kite at €140 for two hours and €165 for three, and one to one from €145 on the first day. Kite, board, wetsuit, helmet, impact vest and boots come with the lesson, along with a headset in the helmet and a jet ski that carries you back rather than a walk up the beach.
Hire afterwards is a different price and a different kit list: kite and board are €50 an hour, €80 a day and €150 for two days from September to June, and €60, €90 and €170 in July and August — with the impact vest, helmet, harness and wetsuit no longer included. Riders on their own gear pay €20 for the day service, €20 for supervision, €20 per rescue and €100 if the equipment has to be recovered. On the windsurf side the school says plainly that hired board, sail, harness and wetsuit come without insurance.
Transfers: who collects you, and from where
Some prices carry the road with them. Magic & Sailing includes transport from the hotel on the Lagoon 450S and picks up from named points in Costa Calma, Esquinzo, Morro Jable and Jandía on the Magic Select and the Magic Dolphin. The Oby catamaran includes the transfer in its ticket. Dive Pro Fuerte drives you from your hotel and back at no charge. Rent a Boat Fuerteventura includes the transfer on both of its fishing trips. Kayaking Atlantis collects free from hotels in the south of the island.
Flag Beach brings beginners to the beach from their Corralejo accommodation on the windsurf course, and Matas Bay includes the hotel run with its private windsurf lesson.
Others start where they start. Punta Amanay names transport to and from its Corralejo dive centre as not included on all four of its programmes. Jetski Fuerteventura states it does not offer a hotel pick-up. Pesca Fishing Corralejo leaves from the dock with no transfer listed, and Albakora Cat begins at Puerto Castillo the same way. René Egli quotes no transfer to Costa Calma with its courses.
Geography matters as much as the operator: Lobos in Catamaran and Kayak Fuerteventura both pick up inside Corralejo only, and Lobos in Catamaran names Cotillo, Origomare, Lajares, Puerto del Rosario and Caleta de Fuste as areas it does not serve.
Deposits, discounts and the price that is not yours
Booking online often splits the sum in two. Pesca Fishing Corralejo takes €23.75 for a shared place, €100 for a private bottom-fishing charter and €160 for the trolling day, with the balance paid on the day. Rent a Boat Fuerteventura holds a refundable €300 deposit against the boat and carries a €50 sport-fishing booking item on its site. Lobos in Catamaran closes its online form 24 hours before departure, and the Oby catamaran allows free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Some of the lower numbers you will see are genuine. Kayaking Atlantis prints €45 as its standard rate and €40.50 online, which is its stated 10 % discount. René Egli takes 5 % off a course invoice transferred a week before arrival. Pesca Fishing shows €95 against €105 and €800 against €890, and Jetski Fuerteventura €85 and €100 against €99 and €119.
One low number is not for you at all. Canary sea carriers publish a separate fare column for residents of the islands, confirmed at the desk with a DNI or a passport: the licensed Lobos carrier prints €17.00 for an adult return and a lower resident fare beside it. A visitor cannot buy the resident fare, so a figure that looks improbably low is worth reading the column heading for before it becomes an expectation.
What to bring
Most kit lists start the same way — swimwear, a towel and sun protection — and then add something specific. The additions are the useful part.
On boats: a layer. Magic & Sailing says it on its own lists — it feels cooler at sea than on the beach, and the trade wind is at its strongest in the second half of the day, which is when most afternoon trips are running.
Diving: your paperwork. Abyss, Dive Pro Fuerte, Fuerteventura Buceo and Punta Amanay all ask certified divers for a certification card, a logbook and an insurance certificate if you already hold cover. Punta Amanay puts a number on the suit: 5 mm is enough in summer, 7 mm or a semi-dry the rest of the year. After a try dive, do not fly the same day; after several days of diving, Punta Amanay asks for twenty-four hours.
Jet skis: photo identification. All three bases ask for it, so the document belongs in the bag rather than in the safe. Jetski Fuerteventura adds reef-safe sunscreen, a waterproof phone pouch on a lanyard and sunglasses with a strap — contact lenses are fine, glasses need a retainer — and from December to February it hands out neoprene shorties on request. Sunfun provides free lockers for whatever you are carrying.
Fishing and rentals: the booking paperwork and everything else. Pesca Fishing Corralejo asks for ID matching the booking plus the order number from your confirmation email, and suggests comfortable athletic clothing, a hat, a jacket and sunscreen. Rent a Boat Fuerteventura's hire boat comes with none of the day: food, water, sun protection and snorkelling gear are yours, and the fuel and the €300 deposit belong in the budget rather than in the surprise. The Pastinaca dinghy is a wet boat — clothes you do not mind soaking, a change for afterwards, and no locker worth trusting a phone to.
Kayaks and schools: read the kit list. Kayak Fuerteventura asks you to bring your own drinking water on the four-hour coastal trip, while its Lobos crossing includes water and lunch and puts a spraydeck rather than a wetsuit on the list — a long day in sun and spray. The hourly kayak and SUP hire at Puerto Castillo has no changing routine built into it, so arrive ready to get in. And Matas Bay asks for your height, weight and age when you book, because that is how the school picks your equipment.
Questions that come up before booking
Is the 7 % tax included in the price?
It depends on the operator. Fuerteventura Buceo Diving Center states on its price list that 7 % tax is not included, on boat dives, snorkelling and the try dive alike. Pesca Fishing Corralejo states the opposite: its price includes tax, with no fuel surcharges.
Does the Isla de Lobos permit cost anything?
No. The Cabildo authorisation is free, issued through the LobosPass app, and checked when you land on the islet — a ferry ticket does not replace it. Kayak Fuerteventura arranges it as part of its crossing; the Oby catamaran adds it to your ticket if you ask through WhatsApp.
Does €45 buy a morning of two dives?
Not at Fuerteventura Buceo: the centre states the price is per person and per dive, so two dives are €90, plus 7 % tax, insurance from €7 for 24 hours and equipment at €15 a day. At Abyss a single fun dive with equipment is €55.
Does a second rider on a jet ski pay extra?
At Jetski Fuerteventura in Corralejo, yes: €85 for one rider and €100 for two on the 40-minute tour, €145 and €160 on the 90-minute one. At Puerto Castillo marina €68 covers one or two riders for 20 minutes, and Sunfun prints €80 for 30 minutes either way.
Why is one price so much lower than the rest?
Usually one of three reasons. An online or early-bird discount, like Kayaking Atlantis at €40.50 against €45. A deposit rather than the whole sum. Or a resident fare, sold only against a DNI or passport.
