https://elyxta.store/blog/ Water-sports marketplace en Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://elyxta.store/blog/wind-and-board-punta-cana-kitesurf-sup-surf/ https://elyxta.store/blog/wind-and-board-punta-cana-kitesurf-sup-surf/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Punta Cana Kiting is banned at Los Corales and on part of Bávaro, the hotel beaches have no surf, and a paddleboard comes without a transfer. What the three board sports cost here and where each of them is actually allowed to happen. https://elyxta.store/blog/fishing-punta-cana-shared-boat-or-private-charter/ https://elyxta.store/blog/fishing-punta-cana-shared-boat-or-private-charter/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Punta Cana On a shared boat the rods rotate between the guests; on a charter they do not. What four hours offshore costs each way, what the crew provides and how one operator prices four, six and nine hours on the same boat. https://elyxta.store/blog/catamaran-from-punta-cana-shared-or-private/ https://elyxta.store/blog/catamaran-from-punta-cana-shared-or-private/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Punta Cana $79 with up to 65 guests, $89 with 27, $675 for the whole boat: how the number of people on deck sets the price off Bávaro, and when a private charter is the cheaper arithmetic. https://elyxta.store/blog/diving-punta-cana-bavaro-saona-sharks/ https://elyxta.store/blog/diving-punta-cana-bavaro-saona-sharks/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Punta Cana From $129 for two dives off Bávaro to $199 for a wreck day at Saona: what each day includes, which hotels the transfer covers and where the operator's own page contradicts itself on depth. https://elyxta.store/blog/catalina-island-catamaran-and-altos-de-chavon/ https://elyxta.store/blog/catalina-island-catamaran-and-altos-de-chavon/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bayahibe Catalina's reef wall drops below 20 m right under your mask. What a sailing catamaran day there costs from Bayahibe, what it includes and what children pay. https://elyxta.store/blog/saona-island-from-bayahibe-or-punta-cana/ https://elyxta.store/blog/saona-island-from-bayahibe-or-punta-cana/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bayahibe The same island, two starting points and a $30 gap. What a Saona day costs from each town, how many hours it takes, how many people share the boat and what the four-stop version adds. https://elyxta.store/blog/diving-bayahibe-st-george-wreck-reefs-cave/ https://elyxta.store/blog/diving-bayahibe-st-george-wreck-reefs-cave/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bayahibe From $79 for a first dive off the beach to $180 for the 260-foot St George: what each Bayahibe dive day includes, which certification it needs and where the operators' own pages disagree with themselves. https://elyxta.store/blog/cost-of-a-day-on-the-water-punta-cana-bayahibe/ https://elyxta.store/blog/cost-of-a-day-on-the-water-punta-cana-bayahibe/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Punta Cana From $44 for half a day of snorkelling to $785 for a private catamaran: entry prices in both towns by category, read on the operators' own pages, with what each figure covers and what it leaves out. https://elyxta.store/blog/first-dive-koh-tao-koh-phangan-age-depth-price/ https://elyxta.store/blog/first-dive-koh-tao-koh-phangan-age-depth-price/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Koh Tao Two ways to breathe underwater for the first time, ฿2,500 (≈ $69) on Koh Tao and ฿4,200 (≈ $116) on Koh Phangan, and one way to dive on a breath: what each day includes, the minimum age, the depth and the students per instructor. https://elyxta.store/blog/what-a-day-at-sea-costs-koh-phangan-koh-tao/ https://elyxta.store/blog/what-a-day-at-sea-costs-koh-phangan-koh-tao/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Koh Phangan Eleven prices from the operators' own pages, from ฿990 (≈ $27) for a snorkelling morning to ฿7,000 (≈ $194) for a two-day freediving course: what each includes, which fees come on top and where the unit is not per person. https://elyxta.store/blog/kitesurfing-koh-phangan-wind-seasons-first-lesson/ https://elyxta.store/blog/kitesurfing-koh-phangan-wind-seasons-first-lesson/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Koh Phangan Koh Phangan's shallow lagoons and three wind seasons, a two-hour discovery lesson for ฿3,500 (≈ $97) and courses of 6 and 10 hours for ฿12,000 (≈ $332) and ฿19,000 (≈ $526) with Siam Pro Kite. https://elyxta.store/blog/sail-rock-from-koh-phangan-or-koh-tao-prices/ https://elyxta.store/blog/sail-rock-from-koh-phangan-or-koh-tao-prices/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Koh Phangan Two dives on Sail Rock cost ฿3,200 (≈ $89) from Chaloklum on Koh Phangan, about an hour away, and ฿2,900 (≈ $80) to ฿4,000 (≈ $111) from Koh Tao, 1.5 to 2 hours away. What each trip includes, plus a snorkeller's place and a first dive. https://elyxta.store/blog/snorkelling-koh-tao-four-bays-or-koh-nang-yuan/ https://elyxta.store/blog/snorkelling-koh-tao-four-bays-or-koh-nang-yuan/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Koh Tao Oxygen Tour's two morning boats around Koh Tao compared: ฿990 (≈ $27) for four bays with a lunch box, or ฿1,390 (≈ $38) for five stops with Koh Nang Yuan, a buffet and at most 25 guests, plus the ฿250 island fee. https://elyxta.store/blog/diving-koh-tao-sail-rock-fun-dives-first-dive/ https://elyxta.store/blog/diving-koh-tao-sail-rock-fun-dives-first-dive/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Koh Tao From ฿2,200 (≈ $61) for two fun dives to ฿4,000 (≈ $111) for a full day on Sail Rock: what each Koh Tao dive day includes, who can join, how long the boats take and what a freediving course costs. https://elyxta.store/blog/what-a-day-on-the-water-costs-bali/ https://elyxta.store/blog/what-a-day-on-the-water-costs-bali/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bali Prices in rupiah from IDR 200,000 (≈ $12) per person for 2 hours to the mantas to IDR 3,450,000 (≈ $203) for a day of 3 dives: what each includes, which transfers and fees come on top, what a family of four pays and how to pay without surcharges. https://elyxta.store/blog/parasailing-tanjung-benoa-price-of-one-round/ https://elyxta.store/blog/parasailing-tanjung-benoa-price-of-one-round/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bali Parasailing at Tanjung Benoa is sold as one round in the air for IDR 400,000 (≈ $24) per person, with safety gear, insurance, a towel and a locker. What the operator publishes, what it leaves out, the contradiction about flying alone and what to ask before paying. https://elyxta.store/blog/jet-ski-tanjung-benoa-15-minute-price/ https://elyxta.store/blog/jet-ski-tanjung-benoa-15-minute-price/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bali A jet ski at Tanjung Benoa is priced per machine for 15 minutes: IDR 450,000 (≈ $26) with an instructor behind you, IDR 600,000 (≈ $35) alone from 16, IDR 750,000 (≈ $44) for a couple. What the briefing and insurance cover, who pays for damage, and what the operator does not publish. https://elyxta.store/blog/diving-bali-liberty-wreck-tulamben-or-nusa-penida/ https://elyxta.store/blog/diving-bali-liberty-wreck-tulamben-or-nusa-penida/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bali Two dive days with almost nothing in common: a first dive from the beach at the Liberty wreck for IDR 650,000 (≈ $38), no certificate needed, or 3 boat dives off Nusa Penida for certified divers at IDR 3,450,000 (≈ $203). What each includes, the extras, the mola-mola season and who each day is for. https://elyxta.store/blog/surfing-bali-beginners-kuta-canggu-balangan/ https://elyxta.store/blog/surfing-bali-beginners-kuta-canggu-balangan/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bali Four beaches, four schools and one question: how many students share your instructor. A 2-hour group lesson from IDR 300,000 (≈ $18) per person, private coaching from IDR 450,000 (≈ $26), packs of several lessons, the season according to the schools, and what to bring. https://elyxta.store/blog/manta-ray-snorkeling-nusa-penida-lembongan/ https://elyxta.store/blog/manta-ray-snorkeling-nusa-penida-lembongan/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bali Manta Bay or Manta Point, a day from Sanur or 2 hours from the islands: from IDR 200,000 (≈ $12) per person on a shared boat, IDR 1,550,000 (≈ $91) for Manta Point. What each price includes, which fees come on top, and what the operators say about guarantees. https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-on-the-water-bali/ https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-on-the-water-bali/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bali Mantas off Nusa Penida from IDR 200,000 (≈ $12) per person, surf lessons from IDR 300,000 (≈ $18), a parasailing round for IDR 400,000 (≈ $24), a jet ski for IDR 450,000 (≈ $26) per 15 minutes and a first dive on the Liberty wreck for IDR 650,000 (≈ $38). Where each day starts, what sits outside the price and when to go. https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-on-the-water-sharm-el-sheikh/ https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-on-the-water-sharm-el-sheikh/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sharm El Sheikh Six categories, three currencies and a day that costs from $13 for a glass boat to $600 for the whole catamaran: the entry price in each category with the unit the operator prints, where the boats leave from and go, what runs all year and what only from June, and six questions to settle before you pay. https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-on-the-water-koh-samui/ https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-on-the-water-koh-samui/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Koh Samui Eight categories, eight entry points and three different units: ฿2,300 per person for a speedboat day, ฿2,800 for sea kayaking, ฿8,000 per jet ski, ฿22,000 for a sunset sail and ฿79,000 for a yacht for the day. Who leaves from where, why the season runs the other way round to Phuket and what to settle before you pay. https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-on-the-water-ayia-napa-protaras/ https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-on-the-water-ayia-napa-protaras/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ayia Napa Five categories, five entry prices and five units: €30 per adult for a cruise, €50 per jet ski, €60 per parasailing flight, €80 per boat for the first hour and €80 per person for a try dive. Where the boats leave from, when the season runs and what to ask before paying. https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-on-the-water-cancun-cozumel/ https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-on-the-water-cancun-cozumel/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cancun Eleven categories, eleven entry prices and three units: $45 per person through the mangroves, $75 per parasailing flight, $110 for two tanks at MUSA, 1,400 MXN per jet ski, $359 per fishing boat and $1,495 per sailing catamaran. Which fees sit outside the ticket, where the boats leave from and what to settle before paying. https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-on-the-water-phu-quoc/ https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-on-the-water-phu-quoc/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Phu Quoc Five categories and a day that costs from $17 for an evening after squid to 10,000,000 ₫ for the whole boat: the entry price in each category with the unit the operator prints, the ports the boats leave from, the season that shuts the north of the island for part of the year, the age and height thresholds for children and the six questions to ask before you pay. Checked on the operators' pages on 27 September 2026. https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-in-nha-trang-by-sea/ https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-in-nha-trang-by-sea/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nha Trang Hon Mun is 40 to 50 minutes out and the first stop the swell takes away. What a day costs in dong and in dollars, who keeps the marine park fee inside the price, and when the outer reef closes. https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-in-fuerteventura-by-sea/ https://elyxta.store/blog/things-to-do-in-fuerteventura-by-sea/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fuerteventura Eight categories, four harbours and one island that can only be reached from Corralejo. What a day costs, when the trade wind helps and when it does not, and what to ask before you pay. https://elyxta.store/blog/spain-boat-hire-licence-rule-1-october-2026/ https://elyxta.store/blog/spain-boat-hire-licence-rule-1-october-2026/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Spain RD 1188/2025 rewrites article 10 of RD 875/2014: from 1 October 2026 the licence-free exception in Spain covers private and sporting use only, so the person hiring a motorboat of up to 5 metres and 15 CV must hold a qualification. Jet skis are taken out of the rule, skippered boats are untouched, and until 30 September 2026 nothing changes. What it means for a booking you have already paid for. https://elyxta.store/blog/how-and-where-to-book-water-activities/ https://elyxta.store/blog/how-and-where-to-book-water-activities/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Guide Directly with the operator, through a boat marketplace, through an experience marketplace, or at a hotel desk: what each channel publishes about money, and what it does not. GetMyBoat names a 13% and 16% service fee and charges the card in full on acceptance; Boatsetter publishes an owner payout of 65–88.5% and a $500 hold but no guest fee; GetYourGuide and Viator do not publish their commission at all. And what happens here after you press the button — checked against this site's own code and data on 22 September 2026. https://elyxta.store/blog/with-kids-in-cancun-and-cozumel-minimum-ages/ https://elyxta.store/blog/with-kids-in-cancun-and-cozumel-minimum-ages/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cancun Four years to board a boat on Cozumel, ten to snorkel in Cancún, three to sit in a speedboat, ten for a first dive, five for a parasail flight on one island and ten on the other: every threshold six operators print, with the supervision they require, the child rates and the three places where one page argues with itself. Checked in September 2026. https://elyxta.store/blog/per-person-or-per-craft-jet-ski-and-parasailing/ https://elyxta.store/blog/per-person-or-per-craft-jet-ski-and-parasailing/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cancun A jet ski is sold by the machine, a parasail by the seat, and that single difference decides the bill: 1,400 MXN for a machine two may share in Cancún, $75 for a machine on Cozumel, $75 a seat in the harness on both beaches. With the fees paid on the day, the arithmetic for two, and the deposit one operator prints as both 20% and $20. Checked in September 2026. https://elyxta.store/blog/cozumel-from-a-cruise-ship-how-much-time-you-need/ https://elyxta.store/blog/cozumel-from-a-cruise-ship-how-much-time-you-need/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cozumel Four hours for the snorkel trip, half an hour for check-in, twelve to seventeen minutes by taxi from the three terminals: the arithmetic of a port call on Cozumel, with the back-to-ship guarantee of Cozumel Snorkel Center quoted in full, its exclusions, and what happens when the ship cannot dock. Checked in September 2026. https://elyxta.store/blog/cozumel-diving-two-tank-day-what-is-included/ https://elyxta.store/blog/cozumel-diving-two-tank-day-what-is-included/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cozumel $135 per certified diver at ScubaTony with the park fee inside, 3,300 MXN (about $185) for two guided dives without a certificate at Blue Note Scuba with the fee on top: what each operator puts in the price, what the gear adds, why the island is dived with the current and which two amounts are quoted for the same federal fee. Checked in September 2026. https://elyxta.store/blog/fishing-in-cancun-and-cozumel-what-is-included/ https://elyxta.store/blog/fishing-in-cancun-and-cozumel-what-is-included/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cancun Four hours of private fishing are $780 for the whole boat with Kianah's SportFishing in Cancún and 15,880 MXN, about $790, in Cozumel — one price for up to six guests, the other for up to eight. Both are per boat, so the useful number is per head: from six anglers the Cancún charter undercuts a shared seat, and the small print differs more than the price does. https://elyxta.store/blog/isla-mujeres-shared-catamaran-or-private-boat/ https://elyxta.store/blog/isla-mujeres-shared-catamaran-or-private-boat/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cancun A seat on the shared catamaran is $97 per adult; the private catamaran is $1,495 for the boat. Divide the second by the number of guests and the two lines only meet at fifteen — the operator's own maximum — and even there the private one stays a shade dearer. What each price includes, where the private boat really does win, and what the group size has to be. https://elyxta.store/blog/cenote-diving-from-cancun-price-certificate/ https://elyxta.store/blog/cenote-diving-from-cancun-price-certificate/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cancun Two tanks in a cenote are $219 per person with Only Bubbles, door to door with transport, entrance fees and lunch — about twice what two tanks in the sea cost at the same centres. A certificate is required for the dive and not for the snorkel, the day runs from a 6:30 pick-up to a mid-afternoon return, and the differences from the sea are the ones that decide whether you enjoy it. https://elyxta.store/blog/musa-underwater-museum-cancun/ https://elyxta.store/blog/musa-underwater-museum-cancun/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cancun MUSA has no ticket office and publishes no admission price: what you pay is the price of whoever takes you there. Two tanks at the museum are $110 per person with Cancun Scuba Center — exactly what two reef tanks cost on the same rate card, so the museum carries no surcharge. Who needs a certificate, who only needs a mask, and what is added on the day. https://elyxta.store/blog/what-a-day-on-the-water-costs-cancun/ https://elyxta.store/blog/what-a-day-on-the-water-costs-cancun/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cancun From $45 per person for two hours at the wheel of a speedboat to $1,495 for a private catamaran: the entry price of every activity in Cancún with its unit — per person, per jet ski, per boat — the operator who charges it, the fee paid on the day and the arithmetic per head. Checked in September 2026. https://elyxta.store/blog/cancun-or-cozumel-diving-snorkelling-prices/ https://elyxta.store/blog/cancun-or-cozumel-diving-snorkelling-prices/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cozumel Two tanks cost $110 at the MUSA sculptures off Cancún, $135 on a six-diver boat in Cozumel with the marine park fee included, and $219 in a freshwater cenote. Snorkelling runs from $45 plus a $20 fee to 1,100 MXN for turtles and starfish. What each price buys, who can go and how to get there, checked in September 2026. https://elyxta.store/blog/what-a-day-on-the-water-costs-ayia-napa-protaras/ https://elyxta.store/blog/what-a-day-on-the-water-costs-ayia-napa-protaras/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ayia Napa From €30 per person for a four-hour cruise to €460 per person for an Open Water course: the entry price in every category on this coast, each with its unit — per person, per boat, per jet ski, per flight — the operator who charges it, and the arithmetic per head once the boat is full. Checked in September 2026. https://elyxta.store/blog/jet-ski-in-cyprus-licence-and-price-per-machine/ https://elyxta.store/blog/jet-ski-in-cyprus-licence-and-price-per-machine/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ayia Napa Why «no licence required» on a Cypriot beach board means a signed binding declaration and a stay under thirty days — and why €50 buys the machine, not the seat, so two people ride for one price. https://elyxta.store/blog/musan-underwater-museum-ayia-napa/ https://elyxta.store/blog/musan-underwater-museum-ayia-napa/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ayia Napa MUSAN charges no admission and takes no bookings of its own — the dive centre does, and its price is the one you pay: €150 per person for the Easy Divers package that reaches the museum without a certificate, while Poseidon’s list prints one museum dive at €75 for certified divers. Where the museum really lies, who needs a certificate and who only needs a mask. https://elyxta.store/blog/what-is-included-ayia-napa-boat-trip/ https://elyxta.store/blog/what-is-included-ayia-napa-boat-trip/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ayia Napa Lunch, drinks, transfers and deposits, operator by operator on the boats that sail from Ayia Napa harbour: who puts lunch in the ticket and who sells it for €10 more, who prints €5 and €6 for a transfer on two of their own pages, and where a dive centre keeps gear, nitrox and night dives on separate lines. https://elyxta.store/blog/when-to-go-to-ayia-napa-month-by-month/ https://elyxta.store/blog/when-to-go-to-ayia-napa-month-by-month/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ayia Napa Air and rainfall for all twelve months at the Paralimni station, the sea and the sun beside them, and the four different calendars — the bathing season, the lifeguards, the dive centre and the cruise company — that usually get piled into one. https://elyxta.store/blog/parasailing-or-jet-ski-which-to-choose-on-holiday/ https://elyxta.store/blog/parasailing-or-jet-ski-which-to-choose-on-holiday/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Compare Parasailing is ten minutes in the air for €54–60 in Tenerife or a ฿800 slot in Pattaya; a jet ski is 25 minutes to an hour at the controls, priced per machine. Prices, age limits and the arithmetic for two where both are sold. https://elyxta.store/blog/jet-ski-rental-phuket-2026-prices-deposit-damage-claims/ https://elyxta.store/blog/jet-ski-rental-phuket-2026-prices-deposit-damage-claims/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Phuket A beach ride at Patong is about ฿1,500 (≈ $42) per 30 minutes, a guided island tour from ฿4,800 (≈ $133) per jet ski. What each format includes, why the price is per machine, and how to keep your passport and avoid a scratch bill. https://elyxta.store/blog/fuerteventura-or-tenerife-two-islands-two-waters/ https://elyxta.store/blog/fuerteventura-or-tenerife-two-islands-two-waters/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fuerteventura Wind, cetaceans, what is underwater, children, price and the road, compared on the axes where the two islands genuinely differ — including the places where the honest answer is the other island. https://elyxta.store/blog/fuerteventura-with-children-on-the-water-from-what-age/ https://elyxta.store/blog/fuerteventura-with-children-on-the-water-from-what-age/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fuerteventura Two, three, four, seven, ten, twelve, fifteen, eighteen — the published age thresholds for Fuerteventura's water, and what a child actually pays. https://elyxta.store/blog/what-is-not-included-fuerteventura-boat-trips/ https://elyxta.store/blog/what-is-not-included-fuerteventura-boat-trips/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fuerteventura The tax line, the insurance line and the kit line, operator by operator: who adds 7 % on top, who wants a deposit, whose transfer is in the price, and what the free Isla de Lobos permit actually requires of you.