Sunset Catamaran Cruises In Mallorca

An evening on the water in Mallorca is a narrower market than the brochures suggest. Of the nineteen bookable catamaran listings covered here, exactly two offer a sunset departure in their own titles and durations: the Mallorca Catamaran Luxury Tour with Meal and DJ, which runs a 4 hour sunset option, and the Sa Calma Boats Premium Catamaran Day or Sunset Trip, a 4.5 hour cruise sold in day and sunset versions. Everything else is a daytime sailing, however golden the light looks in the photos. That distinction matters, because a real sunset departure is timed so the boat is on the water when the sun goes down, rather than hoping the daylight holds.

This guide sets out which listings genuinely carry a sunset option, what the sun actually does over Palma month by month, what to expect on deck in the evening, where these boats leave from, and how the prices stack up. The sunset times come from a fixed astronomical table for Palma, so they are the same whether you sail from Palma, Port d'Alcudia or Port de Pollenca. The deeper calendar, with sunrise times and every month of the year, sits in the companion page on Mallorca sunset times by month.

Which Catamaran Tours In Mallorca Offer A Sunset Option?

Only two listings covered here offer a genuine sunset departure: the Mallorca Catamaran Luxury Tour with Meal and DJ, from $61.62 per person for a 4 hour sunset sailing with buffet dinner, and the Sa Calma Premium Catamaran Day or Sunset Trip, from $95.24 per person for 4.5 hours. Both leave from Palma. No listing from Port d'Alcudia, Port de Pollenca or Cala Ratjada sold here is a sunset sail. If a mellow sunset sail sounds too tame and you would rather have music, DJs and drinks on the water, the guide to party catamaran tours in Mallorca explains which boats lean lively and what an open bar actually gets you.

The Mallorca: Catamaran Luxury Tour with Meal and DJ, operated by Attraction Catamarans, is the most reviewed listing on this site, with a rating of 4.5 from 3,654 reviews. Its morning option runs 5 hours with a buffet lunch; its sunset option runs 4 hours with a buffet dinner, and the meal covers vegetarian and vegan diners as well. Water comes with the meal, an onboard DJ plays through the trip, a professional photographer works the deck, and the boat makes one swimming stop at Cala Vella. Snorkel gear is not included, the listing sells it onboard for €20, and drinks from the bar are extra. It departs from Muelle Golondrina on the Paseo Maritimo, and free cancellation is listed. You can check availability on the operator's live listing, or read the site's full Palma Bay catamaran sailing guide for the wider picture.

The Sa Calma Boats Premium Catamaran Day or Sunset Trip is a different animal. It is rated 4.4 from 522 reviews, from $95.24 per person, and its 4.5 hours are sold by deck area: a General area, a Premium Terrace and a Sky VIP Lounge, each with its own catering tier and drink allowance. The boat sails to Cala Vella, inside a marine reserve area, stops for an hour and a half of swimming, and carries snorkeling equipment at a €10 deposit. One drink is included wherever you sit, with more depending on the area chosen, and towels are only included in the VIP area where specified. Free cancellation is listed.

That is the whole sunset field. Other Palma listings run in the morning or midday and return well before dusk in summer. That is not a flaw, it is arithmetic: a 4 to 5 hour daytime sailing that leaves at 10 am is back by 3 pm. If your heart is set on the sun dropping into the sea from the water, book one of the two above or plan a land-based sunset instead.

What Time Does The Sun Set In Palma Each Month?

Sunset in Palma swings by almost four hours across the year: about 9:18 pm on 15 June at the latest, and about 5:26 pm on 15 December at the earliest. In July it is 9:16 pm, in September 7:58 pm and in October 7:10 pm, so a "sunset sailing" in midsummer starts hours after the same trip would in winter.

These times are computed for Palma's coordinates at local Mallorca time, and because the island is small, the difference between Palma and the north coast bays is a matter of a minute or two at most. The practical consequence is large. Sunset in mid-June falls close to 9:30 pm, so a summer sunset sail leaves the pier with hours of daylight still ahead, and swimming happens in bright afternoon light long before the sky turns. By mid-October the sun goes down near 7:20 pm, so a late-autumn departure is far earlier and the golden hour can arrive before the buffet is cleared.

Two months deserve special attention. June and July sit within about two minutes of each other at the top of the curve, so the choice between them is about sea temperature and price, not light. October is the steepest drop on the table: the sun goes from 7:10 pm mid-month to 5:34 pm by mid-November, which means an October sunset booking can look very different at the start of the month and the end. Weather can still cancel trips at any time of year; the listing shows the policy.

What Should You Expect On Deck During An Evening Sail?

An evening sailing on either sunset listing means a shared catamaran with a buffet meal, one swimming stop in daylight, music or catering depending on the operator, and a return to port after dark. The DJ listing carries its own photographer, the Sa Calma trip is structured by seating area, and neither includes bar drinks across the board.

Start with the meal, because it anchors the evening. The Attraction Catamarans sunset option serves a gourmet buffet dinner with vegetarian and vegan options included, water at the table, and bar drinks sold separately. The Sa Calma sunset trip serves catering that depends on the area you book, General, Premium Terrace or Sky VIP Lounge, with one drink included and more depending on the tier. Towels cost €8 onboard the DJ sailing, and only come free in the VIP area on Sa Calma where specified. Both operators list free cancellation, which is worth confirming on the live listing before you commit a group to one evening.

The deck itself differs more than the itineraries suggest. The Attraction Catamarans boat has an onboard DJ and a professional photographer, and its single swimming stop at Cala Vella sits in the middle of the 4 hours. Sa Calma's boat carries water slides and a swim platform alongside its three seating tiers, and gives the sea an hour and a half. Neither trip is a quiet sunset sail; if calm is the goal, the small-group tapas listings are daytime options but cap at 10 to 12 guests, which is a different kind of evening entirely.

What to pack barely changes from a day trip, and the site's catamaran packing guide covers it in full: towel, warm layer for the return leg after dark, and cash or card for the bar. The one sunset-specific item is timing your arrival at the pier, since evening departures can coincide with busy traffic periods on the Paseo Maritimo in Palma, and the waterfront itself has changed. The Paseo Maritimo redevelopment, 3.5 km with more than 1,800 added trees and about 70 percent more pedestrian and green space, won a national sustainable construction prize reported in late October 2026, per Mallorca Magazine's report. Several departures covered here leave from this same waterfront.

Where Do Sunset Catamarans Depart From In Palma?

Both sunset listings depart from Palma's waterfront: the DJ tour from Muelle Golondrina on Avinguda de Gabriel Roca, and the Sa Calma trip from its own Palma meeting point. No sunset catamaran covered here departs from Port d'Alcudia, Port de Pollenca or Cala Ratjada, so an evening sail means staying within reach of Palma.

Palma concentrates its sailing departures along a short stretch of the Paseo Maritimo, and the piers matter because they are not interchangeable. Muelle de Golondrina, where Attraction Catamarans leaves from, sits near the Auditori end of the waterfront. La Lonja Marina Charter, at Muelle de la lonja, serves the Sail Palma tapas sailings. Escalera Real near La Lonja serves Oasis Catamaran's BBQ sail, and D-Marin Palma Cuarentena serves the 12-guest small-group tapas cruise. All of these are within a seaside walk or short taxi hop of one another, which makes a pre-departure drink or an after-return dinner easy to plan.

The port authority reorganized berths at Muelle de las Golondrinas, and party boats, tourist-registered vessels offering onboard parties and music, were excluded from the new concession per a December 2025 report in Mallorca Diario. The report says nothing about which individual listings are affected, so treat it as background on how the waterfront is run rather than as a comment on any specific sunset sailing. If you are staying outside Palma, the site's guide on where to stay for boat tours maps the trade-offs between the capital and the north-coast resort ports.

How Warm Is The Sea At An Evening Swim Stop?

Average sea temperature near Palma runs from 26.0 degrees C in August down to 13.9 in February, with 24.8 in July and 22.7 in October. The swim stop on a summer sunset sailing happens in the warmest water of the day's end, but from late autumn the same stop is bracing and short.

Both sunset listings schedule their swim in the middle of the sailing, not at dusk, which in June means swimming in full evening light with hours of daylight left. That is the comfortable version. By November, when the average drops to 19.7 degrees C and sunset is 5:34 pm mid-month, the swim happens in the mid-afternoon chill and the sailing home is in the dark. The table below is the monthly average; the sea on any given evening will sit above or below it. Other pages covering the same trip are gathered on Mallorca Katamaran Tours.

Beach flags apply once you are in the water anywhere: green for swim, yellow for caution, red for no swimming, and a white flag with a jellyfish icon signals jellyfish. If stung, rinse with seawater only. Boat traffic is also regulated close to shore, with no navigation above 3 knots within 200 m of beaches and 50 m of the coast in marked or default swimming zones. On the sunset trips, swimming happens at the stops the crew choose, so follow their guidance on where and when to get in the water.

What Are The Rules For Swimming And Snorkeling At Cala Vella?

Cala Vella, the named stop on both sunset listings, sits in a marine reserve area where anchoring on Posidonia seagrass meadows is banned under Balearic Decree 25/2018 and reinforced nationally by Real Decreto 191/2026. Snorkel gear is included on the Sa Calma trip with a €10 deposit, and sold onboard the DJ tour for €20.

Posidonia oceanica is the seagrass meadow that underpins the Balearic sea floor, and the legal protection is strict: anchoring on it is prohibited across the islands, published in BOIB num. 093 on 28 July 2018, with Spain's Real Decreto 191/2026 reinforcing the ban nationwide. Authorised mooring buoys are the legal alternative, and crews on reserve-area sailings work around this as a matter of course. The meadows are visible from the surface when snorkeling, and they are part of what makes the stop worth the swim, so treat them as scenery rather than an obstacle.

The gear split between the two sunset listings is worth knowing before you pack. The Sa Calma Premium Trip lists use of snorkeling equipment among its inclusions, at a €10 deposit, while the DJ tour lists snorkeling equipment as an exclusion, available to buy onboard for €20. Sa Calma's listing also shows a swim platform and water slides. The DJ tour's listing shows no swim platform, so treat its swim stop as simple bathing rather than a toys-and-slides setup. Neither trip promises wildlife. Spanish law keeps boats at least 60 m from cetaceans under Real Decreto 1727/2007, and passengers on southwest boat routes have reported bottlenose dolphins in 2026 reviews, but no listing covered here departs on those routes or sells itself as a dolphin trip. The site's dolphin watching guide covers that topic honestly.

How Much Do Evening And Daytime Catamaran Sails Cost?

Palma Bay shared catamaran sails run from $44.82 to $102.44 per person, with the sunset DJ option at from $61.62 per person and the Sa Calma sunset trip at from $95.24 per person. Private charters are priced per group, from $1,389.36 to $1,877.98 for the whole boat, and are never cheaper or dearer than a per-person price without saying so.

The two sunset options sit inside the Palma Bay range rather than above it, which surprises people who assume evening light costs extra. The DJ tour's from-price of $61.62 per person covers the 4 hour sunset sailing with buffet dinner, DJ and a swimming stop; bar drinks, snorkel gear at €20 and towels at €8 are extra. The Sa Calma from-price of $95.24 per person covers the 4.5 hour sunset trip in the General area with catering and one drink, and rises with the Premium Terrace and Sky VIP Lounge tiers. Below them, the LIFE & SEA cruise with swimming and snorkelling starts at $44.82 per person for 2 to 4 hours, and above them, the Oasis Aperitif Plus BBQ sail tops the category at $102.44 per person.

Private charters are the other route to an evening on the water, and they work differently: the price buys the whole boat for up to 12 guests, not a seat. The Good Life charter runs from $1,400.56 per group for 4 hours of tapas, snorkeling and paddle boarding, with a sunset experience listed among its inclusions. The Eco Catamaran charter runs from $1,877.98 per group with snacks and fruit served aboard. Neither runs to a fixed departure slot, so a private skipper can time a 4-hour charter to the sunset table in a way a shared daytime tour cannot. The site's private versus shared catamaran guide works through the arithmetic.

Can You Watch The Sunset From A North Coast Catamaran Instead?

No listing from Port d'Alcudia, Port de Pollenca or Cala Ratjada covered here is sold as a sunset sailing; all five north coast trips are daytime departures. Prices on that coast run from $45.55 to $85 per person, while the east coast Cala Ratjada trip, which reaches Cap des Freus and Llevant Natural Park, is from $113 per person.

The north coast category is daytime sailing: the Alcudia catamaran with lunch and swim stop runs 5 hours from $82 per person, the BRISA BBQ cruise about 5 hours from $85 per person, and the Pollensa Bay tour 4.5 hours from $78 per person. The Formentor beach half-day runs 4.5 hours from $45.55 per person. None of them carries a sunset option in its title or duration, and in midsummer an early-afternoon departure still returns in daylight. The honest framing is that a north coast sailing gives you the same golden-hour light from the beach afterwards, at Formentor or Platja Des Coll Baix, rather than from the deck.

If you are based in the north and want a genuine evening sailing, the practical answer is that the sunset market is in Palma, roughly an hour's drive south from Port d'Alcudia depending on traffic. Alternatively, flip the plan: take a daytime north coast catamaran, then watch the sun go down from Cap de Formentor on land, which costs nothing. The site's Alcudia catamaran guide and the free things to do in Palma page cover both halves of that day.

Timing, in the end, is the whole decision. Pick the month first, because a June sunset sailing and a December one share almost nothing but the name: daylight stretching late into the evening against dusk arriving before six, an average sea temperature of 21.0 against 16.0 degrees C, and a swim stop that is either the point of the trip or a shiver. The best month for your own constraints, crowds aside, is worked through in the best time for a catamaran tour guide.

Common Questions About Sunset Catamaran Cruises In Mallorca