Almost every boat chartered in Ibiza goes to Formentera. It is an hour away, the water over the sand is the clearest in the Mediterranean, and the trip is the product. That makes Ibiza the most day-charter-dominated market in this record, and it has a practical consequence most visitors discover late: you cannot simply anchor when you arrive.
What the day market publishes
Click&Boat lists Spanish boats with a from-price against each one, running from a few hundred euro a day at the small end and well into four figures for the large motor boats Ibiza specializes in, with the floor moving as listings sell. SamBoat's Spanish listings work the same way. Expect Ibiza in August to sit at the top of any national range rather than near its floor.
Yacht charter Formentera: the buoy fields
The seagrass meadows between Ibiza and Formentera are protected and anchoring over them is restricted. Mooring buoys are laid instead, they are chargeable, and in July and August they are booked in advance and gone by mid morning. A charter that assumes it will anchor off Illetes on an August Saturday is a charter that will be motoring around looking for space. Book the buoy when you book the boat.
Boat hire, Ibiza to Formentera: day boat against charter week
A day boat out of Ibiza town, San Antonio or Santa Eulalia with a skipper is what most visitors want and is priced accordingly. A charter week is a different product from a Balearic base, usually Palma, and it treats Ibiza and Formentera as two stops among several rather than as the destination. If the trip is about Formentera, the day boat is the right answer.
Hiring a yacht: Ibiza and what raises a quote
Size, August, and a skipper, which is usually mandatory on the larger motor boats. Beyond the hire: fuel, which is substantial on a planing boat doing the Formentera run twice; the buoy; and berthing if you stay out. Ask whether the quoted figure includes the skipper and the fuel, because on this coast it frequently includes neither.
Questions people ask about boat charter ibiza
How much is a boat charter in Ibiza?
The published Ibiza figures are day rates on marketplaces with floors that move as listings sell, read on 11 September 2026. Expect the island in August to sit near the top of any Spanish range.
Can you anchor off Formentera?
Not over the protected seagrass. Mooring buoys are laid instead, they are chargeable, and in July and August they are booked ahead and gone by mid morning.
Is a day boat or a charter week better for Ibiza?
A day boat, if Formentera is the point. A charter week works from a Balearic base such as Palma and treats Ibiza as one stop among several.
Is fuel included in an Ibiza charter?
Usually not, and it is substantial on a planing motor boat doing the Formentera run. Ask whether the skipper is included too, because on the larger boats one is generally mandatory.