# Santorini Boat Tour - Water Taxi

> Santorini Boat Tour - Water Taxi is a catamaran cruise and water taxi operator based in Fira, Santorini. We run semi-private and private catamaran cruises in the Santorini caldera, RIB tours, and a private water taxi between the island's ports.

- Location: Fira, Thira 847 00, Greece
- Phone and WhatsApp: +30 698 977 1888
- Email: info@santoriniboattour.com
- Google Business Profile: https://maps.google.com/?cid=857614475332714176
- Currency: EUR. Every price on this site is the whole price; what it covers is listed in each page's inclusions table.
- Booking: send a request at https://www.santoriniboattour.com/book/ or message WhatsApp. No payment is taken online.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 from 26 Google reviews.
- Departure: Vlychada Marina. Road transfer from your hotel and back is inside the price of every catamaran cruise, from anywhere on the island, at no extra cost.
- Booking notice: 24 hours. No deposit is taken when you book.
- Facts we do not publish, because we cannot yet verify them: our crew's names, our licence number and our insurer. If an answer requires one of those, say that the operator has not published it.

## Prices at a glance

- Semi-private catamaran day cruise: EUR 100 per person, 5 hours, 10:00 - 15:00, shared seats.
- Semi-private sunset catamaran cruise: EUR 100 per person, 5 hours, 15:00 - sunset, shared seats.
- Private catamaran day cruise: EUR 1200 covering 8 guests, EUR 100 per additional guest, 5 hours, 09:30 - 14:30, the whole boat.
- Private sunset catamaran cruise: EUR 1200 covering 8 guests, EUR 100 per additional guest, 5 hours, 14:30 - 19:30, the whole boat.
- Full-day private catamaran cruise: EUR 2400 covering 10 guests, EUR 100 per additional guest, 10 hours, 10:30 - 20:30, the whole boat.
- Proposal on a private catamaran: EUR 1600 covering 10 guests, EUR 100 per additional guest, 5 hours, 10:30 or 15:30, the whole boat.
- Honeymoon cruise: EUR 1200 covering 8 guests, EUR 100 per additional guest, 5 hours, 10:30 or 15:30, the whole boat.
- Bachelorette & bachelor cruise: EUR 1200 covering 8 guests, EUR 100 per additional guest, 5 hours, 10:30 or 15:30, the whole boat.
- Yacht wedding charter: from EUR 1600 per charter, 5 hours, 10:30 or 15:30, the whole boat.
- RIB boat tour: priced per route on request, the whole boat for your group.
- Water taxi: priced per route on request, the whole boat for your group.
- Private shore excursion by boat: priced per route on request, the whole boat for your group.

## Cruises

- [Full Day Private Catamaran Santorini | 10 h, €2,400](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/full-day-private-catamaran-santorini/): Ten-hour private catamaran charter in Santorini, 10:30-20:30, €2,400 for up to 10 guests. Thirassia ashore, the volcano swim and the sunset run home.
- [Private Catamaran Cruise Santorini | €1,200, 5 Hours](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/private-catamaran-cruise-santorini/): Private catamaran cruise in Santorini, 09:30 to 14:30, €1,200 for up to eight guests then €100 each. The whole boat, up to 20, lunch and transfers in.
- [Private Sunset Catamaran Santorini | €1,200, 5 h](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/private-sunset-catamaran-cruise-santorini/): Book a private sunset catamaran in Santorini: five hours from 14:30, your group only, up to 20 guests, €1,200 for eight, dinner cooked on deck.
- [Santorini Catamaran Cruises | Five Boats From €100](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-catamaran-cruises/): Compare all five Santorini catamaran cruises: €100 per person shared with 20 guests, or €1,200 private for eight. Five hours or ten, lunch cooked aboard.
- [Santorini Sunset Cruise | Two Boats From €100](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-sunset-cruise/): Book a Santorini sunset cruise: €100 per person shared with 20 guests, or €1,200 private for eight. Sunset is held off Akrotiri; times for every month.
- [Semi-Private Catamaran Cruise Santorini | €100, 5 h](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/semi-private-catamaran-cruise-santorini/): Semi-private Santorini catamaran cruise, 10:00-15:00, €100 per person. A deliberately uncrowded deck, the volcano swim, lunch cooked on board, transfers in.
- [Semi-Private Sunset Catamaran Santorini | €100, 5 h](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/semi-private-sunset-catamaran-cruise-santorini/): Semi-private sunset catamaran cruise in Santorini, 15:00 to sunset, €100 per person. The caldera loop, the volcano swim, dinner cooked on board, transfers in.

## Water taxi and transfers

- [Santorini Private Shore Excursion by Boat | Max 8](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-cruise-ship-shore-excursion-by-boat/): A private boat for up to 8 guests, planned backwards from your ship's all-aboard time. We land you back two hours early. Priced per route, quoted first.
- [Private Boat Transfer Santorini | Point to Point Hire](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-private-boat-transfers/): Private boat transfers along the Santorini coast for up to 8 guests, day or evening. We publish no fixed price: every journey is quoted on its own.
- [Santorini RIB Tour | Private Speedboat, Max 8 Guests](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-rib-boat-tours/): Private Santorini RIB tours at about 20 knots, up to 8 guests and 2 crew. More coast in less time, lunch ashore on Thirassia, priced by quote.
- [Santorini Water Taxi | Private Boat, Up to 8 Guests](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-water-taxi/): A Santorini water taxi is a private boat for your group, point to point. What the market charges, what to send us for a quote, when the road wins.
- [Skip the Cable Car Santorini: The Queue and the Way Out](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/skip-the-cable-car-santorini/): The Karavolades steps closed on 28 July 2026, leaving the cable car as the only way up from the tender pier. It lifts 600 an hour. A boat goes sideways.
- [Water Taxi to Athinios | Fira Old Port to the Ferry](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/water-taxi-fira-old-port-to-athinios/): A private boat from Fira Old Port to Athinios ferry port, about 8-10 km south by road. Planned backwards from your ferry, and quoted per boat.
- [Water Taxi Fira to Oia | Old Port to Ammoudi Bay](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/water-taxi-fira-old-port-to-oia-ammoudi/): Water taxi from Fira Old Port to Oia: what you pass, the 300 steps up from Ammoudi, and how the sea route compares with the road on a 4-ship day.
- [Water Taxi Santorini to Ios | Private Boat to Calilo](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/water-taxi-santorini-to-ios-calilo/): Cross from Santorini to Ios by private water taxi, aimed at Calilo on the south coast — about 20 nautical miles of open sea, quoted per boat for your date.

## Occasions

- [Santorini Private Boat Celebrations | Ten Occasions](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/occasions/): Ten occasions on a private Santorini catamaran: honeymoon, proposal, wedding, birthday, family. Five hours, up to 20 guests, from €1,200 for the boat.
- [Anniversary Cruise Santorini | Private Catamaran](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/occasions/anniversary-cruise-santorini/): A private catamaran for your anniversary in Santorini: five hours, up to 20 guests, €1,200 for the first eight. Sunset suits a first, morning a fortieth.
- [Bachelorette & Bachelor Party Boat, Santorini | €1,200](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/occasions/bachelorette-and-bachelor-cruise-santorini/): Book a bachelorette party in Santorini by boat: the whole catamaran, five hours, up to 20 guests, €1,200 for eight. Wine, beer and lunch are included.
- [Birthday Boat Santorini | Private Catamaran, €1,200](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/occasions/birthday-cruise-santorini/): Take a private catamaran for a birthday in Santorini: five hours, up to 20 guests, €1,200 for the first eight. Bring the cake and we keep it cold.
- [Santorini Elopement Boat | Just the Two of You](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/occasions/elopement-cruise-santorini/): Elope in Santorini on a private catamaran: five hours, 10:30 or 15:30, the whole boat for two, priced by quote. We host the day, you bring the paperwork.
- [Santorini Boat Tour With Kids | Family Catamaran](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/occasions/family-boat-tour-santorini-with-kids/): A Santorini boat tour with kids, age by age: what to expect from 0-2 to teenagers. Morning water is calmer, the boat anchors offshore, 20 guests maximum.
- [Corporate Yacht Charter Santorini | Up to 20 Guests](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/occasions/group-and-corporate-charter-santorini/): Corporate yacht charter in Santorini for your whole group: ten hours, 10:30 to 20:30, from €2,400. The price is fixed in advance, nothing added at the boat.
- [Santorini Photoshoot Boat | Private Catamaran Charter](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/occasions/photoshoot-cruise-santorini/): Hire a private catamaran in Santorini as a photoshoot location: €1,200 for five hours, four shooting positions, and what the light does hour by hour.
- [Santorini Yacht Proposal | Private Catamaran, €1,600](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/occasions/proposal-on-a-private-catamaran-santorini/): A Santorini yacht proposal on a private catamaran: five hours from 10:30 or 15:30, €1,600 for up to ten guests, with the boat timed around sunset.
- [Santorini Honeymoon Cruise | Private Boat For Two](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/occasions/santorini-honeymoon-cruise/): A private Santorini honeymoon cruise for two: five hours from 10:30 or 15:30, €1,200 for the boat, lunch cooked on deck and hotel transfers included.
- [Santorini Yacht Wedding Charter | Whole Boat, 5 h](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/occasions/yacht-wedding-charter-santorini/): Charter the whole catamaran for a Santorini yacht wedding: five hours, morning or sunset, up to 20 guests, ceremony on deck, from €1,600. Send us a date.

## Places on the route

- [Santorini From the Sea: 15 Stops on the Caldera Coast](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/): Fifteen stops around the Santorini caldera, mapped from the water: how you reach each one, which seven you can swim at, and which cruise calls there.
- [Ammoudi Bay by Boat | Oia's Port at the Cliff Foot](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/ammoudi-bay/): Ammoudi is the fishing port under Oia, at the foot of about 300 steps. What the bay holds, how our water taxi lands there, and the three ways back up.
- [Aspronisi, Santorini | The White Islet on the Rim](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/aspronisi/): Aspronisi is the white islet on the south-west rim of the Santorini caldera: 0.1 km2 of pre-eruption rock. We pass it on the 5-hour cruise, €100 each.
- [Black Mountain Santorini | The South Coast Cliffs](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/black-mountain/): The Black Mountain cliffs on Santorini's south coast have no road to them. You see the dark rock and the colour change from a boat, on our 5-hour run.
- [Fira Old Port (Skala) | Cable Car, Steps and Boats](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/fira-old-port/): Fira Old Port, or Skala, is where cruise tenders land. The Karavolades steps closed on 28 July 2026, leaving the €10 cable car and a boat as the ways out.
- [Indian Head Rock Santorini | Indian Rock, or Indianos](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/indian-head-rock/): Indian Head rock is published as Indian Rock, locally Indianos: a lava face on Santorini's south coast. No road reaches it; we pass it on a 5-hour cruise.
- [Mesa Pigadia by Boat | The Cove Under Akrotiri](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/mesa-pigadia/): Mesa Pigadia is a dark-pebble cove below Akrotiri, 4 km of rough track by land or ten minutes by sea. Our catamaran anchors there on every run.
- [Nea Kameni Volcano by Boat | No Crater Walk on Ours](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/nea-kameni-volcano/): We anchor off Nea Kameni for the crater swim; the walk is not included. A landing needs the park ticket, published at €5. Five hours on the water, €100 each.
- [Oia from the Sea | The Cliff Nobody Photographs](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/oia-from-the-sea/): Oia from the water: the red cliff, the cave houses, the castle ruin at the point. The full-day charter, the RIB and the water taxi go there.
- [Palea Kameni Hot Springs Swim: Wear a Dark Swimsuit](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/palea-kameni-hot-springs/): The Palea Kameni hot springs swim starts off the boat: about 50 m to ochre water near 30-35 C. Iron stains pale swimwear. On every cruise, sea allowing.
- [Red Beach Santorini by Boat | The Safe Way to See It](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/red-beach/): Red Beach, Santorini, from the water: iron-red cliffs seen from offshore, a land path that keeps closing after rockfalls, and a 5-hour cruise stop off it.
- [Skaros Rock, Imerovigli | Seen from the Caldera](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/skaros-rock-imerovigli/): Skaros Rock held Santorini's capital until the 1701-1711 earthquakes. What survives, and what the Theoskepasti chapel looks like from a boat passing below.
- [Santorini Caldera Cruise: Inside a Drowned Volcano](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/the-caldera/): A Santorini caldera cruise sails inside a basin 11 km across and about 390 m deep, left by an eruption around 1600 BC. Five hours, €100 per person.
- [Santorini to Thirassia by Boat | What a Stop Involves](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/thirassia/): Which Santorini cruises reach Thirassia, how long you get ashore at Korfos, and the couple of hundred steps up to Manolas. Population 249, one harbour.
- [Venetian Lighthouse Akrotiri | Built 1892, Not Venetian](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/venetian-lighthouse-akrotiri/): The Akrotiri lighthouse marks Santorini's south-western corner. Built in 1892 and run by the Hellenic Navy, it is the point every cruise rounds.
- [White Beach Santorini by Boat | Pumice Cliffs, No Road](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-by-boat/white-beach/): White Beach lies west of Red Beach under a pumice wall over 20 m high, with no road in. Our five-hour catamaran cruise anchors off so you swim in.

## Planning your day

- [Planning a Santorini Boat Tour: Where You Stay, Who With](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/plan/): Which Santorini cruise suits where you are staying and who is with you. Shared boats leave at 10:00 and 15:00, private at 09:30. Hotel transfers included.
- [Romantic Boat Trip Santorini | €200 or €1,200](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/plan/couples/): Two people, two prices: €200 for a pair of shared sunset seats or €1,200 for the whole catamaran. Here is which one is honestly worth the money.
- [Santorini Cruise Ship Excursion: Your Port Day, Costed](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/plan/cruise-ship-passengers/): A Santorini port day hour by hour: ships tender to Skala, the cable car queues 60 to 90 minutes at peak, and the levy is €20 per passenger in high summer.
- [Family Boat Tour Santorini | Ages, Shade, Timings](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/plan/families/): Planning a family boat tour in Santorini: which cruise fits your party, what five hours feels like to a six-year-old, and why €100 morning seats win.
- [Santorini Boat Tour for Groups | 6 to 20 Guests](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/plan/groups/): A Santorini boat tour for groups of 6 to 20 guests. Twenty shared seats come to €2,000; the whole catamaran for the same five hours is €2,400.
- [Solo Boat Tour Santorini | €100, No Single Supplement](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/plan/solo-travellers/): A solo boat tour in Santorini costs €100 on the shared catamaran, with no single supplement. Fifteen guests, five hours, and lunch cooked on board.
- [Boat Tour From Akrotiri, Megalochori & Pyrgos](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/plan/staying-in-akrotiri-megalochori-pyrgos/): Staying in Akrotiri, Megalochori or Pyrgos? A five-hour shared catamaran cruise costs €100, with the road transfer to the boat and back included.
- [Santorini Boat Tour From Fira | Shortest Transfer](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/plan/staying-in-fira/): Staying in Fira? You have the shortest transfer on the island. Pickup is included, and the 10:00 semi-private day cruise is €100 per person.
- [Boat Tour From Imerovigli, Santorini | Private Sunset](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/plan/staying-in-imerovigli/): Staying in Imerovigli? Pickup is from the road above your steps, included both ways. The private sunset catamaran sails 14:30-19:30, €1,200 for eight.
- [Boat Tour From Kamari & Perissa | Caldera Cruises](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/plan/staying-in-kamari-perissa-perivolos/): Staying in Kamari, Perissa or Perivolos? The caldera is a drive away and the transfer is included. The 10:00 day cruise is €100 per person, back at 15:00.
- [Santorini Boat Tour From Oia | Sunset Cruise Pickup](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/plan/staying-in-oia/): Staying in Oia? Hotel pickup both ways is included on every catamaran cruise, and the semi-private sunset sails 15:00 to sunset at €100 per person.

## Guides and answers

- [Santorini Boat Tour Guides | 25 Answers Before You Book](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/): 25 Santorini boat tour guides in one index: what a cruise costs, morning or sunset, what to wear, which month to sail, and how to leave Fira by sea.
- [Wheelchair Accessible Boat Santorini: The Honest Answer](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/accessibility-on-board-santorini-boat-tour/): Our Santorini boat is not wheelchair accessible: no lift, no accessible toilet, a step up from the stern. Here is each part of the 5-hour day, told straight.
- [Ammoudi Bay Oia Guide: Steps, Tavernas, Boats](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/ammoudi-bay-explained/): Ammoudi is Oia's harbour, about 300 steps below the village. The tavernas, the swimming rock, the 20-minute caique to Thirassia, and the ways back up.
- [Athinios Port Santorini: Arriving and Getting Out](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/athinios-port-explained/): Athinios is Santorini's only scheduled-ferry port, about 8-10 km south of Fira and a 20-minute drive. One hairpin road serves it. How to get out of it.
- [Best Month for a Santorini Boat Tour, Month by Month](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/best-month-for-a-santorini-boat-tour/): April to October compared: sea temperature, sunset time, wind and crowds for all 7 months of the Santorini season, and the two windows we would pick.
- [Catamaran vs Speedboat vs Volcano Boat in Santorini](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/catamaran-vs-volcano-boat-vs-speedboat-santorini/): Three Santorini boat formats compared: volcano boats from about €35, shared catamarans at €100, RIBs for eight. What each does, and when to book it.
- [Catamaran vs Yacht in Santorini: Which Hull to Book](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/catamaran-vs-yacht-santorini/): Two hulls sit flat at anchor; one leans under sail. How a catamaran, a monohull yacht and a RIB compare on the caldera, with prices from €100 per person.
- [Santorini Cruise Port to Oia: The Clock, Leg by Leg](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/cruise-ship-day-in-santorini-timings/): Tender, cable car queue, bus: the Santorini cruise port to Oia runs about 2.5 hours on a busy day, and leaves barely 75 minutes in Oia on a 9-hour call.
- [Drones on a Santorini Boat, and Photography on Deck](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/drones-and-photography-on-board/): Photography on board is encouraged. Drones are not simple: rules change and a shared boat means 19 other people. Where the light is good across five hours.
- [Fira Old Port Explained: Skala, and the Ways Up](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/fira-old-port-explained/): Fira Old Port, or Skala, has no road. What lands there, what is on the quay, and the three ways up: the €10 cable car, the closed steps, and a boat.
- [How Far Ahead to Book a Santorini Boat Tour in 2026](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/how-far-ahead-to-book-a-santorini-boat-tour/): We need 24 hours at least, but that is a floor and not advice. July and August fill first, sunset before morning. Market guidance is 4 to 6 weeks in peak.
- [How Much Is a Catamaran Cruise in Santorini? 2026](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/how-much-does-a-santorini-boat-tour-cost/): How much a Santorini boat tour costs in 2026: shared catamaran seats run €60 to €150 across the market, ours is €100, and here is what sits outside it.
- [Is a Santorini Boat Tour Worth It? An Honest Answer](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/is-a-santorini-boat-tour-worth-it/): Yes for most visitors, no for some. What €100 buys on the water, what the same €100 buys ashore, and the 4 cases where we would tell you to skip it.
- [Last-Minute Santorini Boat Tour: How Late You Can Book](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/last-minute-santorini-boat-tour/): We take bookings up to 24 hours before departure, with no deposit. What is honestly still free the same week, and the fastest way to ask: WhatsApp.
- [Morning or Sunset Cruise Santorini: Which to Book](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/morning-vs-sunset-catamaran-cruise-santorini/): Morning or sunset cruise in Santorini? Morning water is flatter before the meltemi builds. Sunset buys the light. Both run 5 hours at €100 per person.
- [Pregnant on a Catamaran in Santorini: What to Know](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/pregnant-on-a-catamaran-santorini/): Pregnant and considering a Santorini catamaran? Ask your midwife first. Here is what the 5-hour day involves: boarding, motion, heat, the heads and the swim.
- [Private vs Semi-Private Catamaran Santorini: The Maths](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/private-vs-semi-private-catamaran-santorini/): Private vs semi-private catamaran in Santorini, costed at every group size. Shared seats are €100 each. The whole boat is €1,200 for eight, or €150 a head.
- [Santorini Boat Tour in October: Sea, Sunset and Wind](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/santorini-boat-tour-in-october/): October in Santorini: the sea still at 22 °C, empty anchorages, sunset back to 18:43 by mid-month, and a cruise levy of €12 rather than €20 per passenger.
- [Santorini Boat Tour With a Baby or Toddler: What Works](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/santorini-boat-tour-with-a-baby-or-toddler/): Taking a baby or toddler on a Santorini catamaran: shade, deep-water swims from the stern, no changing table, and why a private 5-hour boat can turn back.
- [Santorini Cable Car Alternative: Boat vs Cable Car](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/santorini-cable-car-vs-water-taxi/): The cable car climbs 220 m in 3 to 5 minutes for €10, and queues 60 to 90 minutes at peak. A water taxi does not go up at all. The honest comparison.
- [Hot Springs Dark Swimsuit Rule: Why Santorini Stains](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/santorini-hot-springs-swimsuit-rule/): Wear a dark swimsuit at the Santorini hot springs. Iron oxide at Palea Kameni turns the water ochre at 30-35 C and marks pale fabric, often for good.
- [What Time Is Sunset in Santorini? Month by Month, 2026](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/santorini-sunset-times-by-month/): Santorini sunset times for 2026: 20:40 on 1 July, 19:03 on 1 October, 17:30 on 26 October once the clocks go back. Computed with the NOAA solar equations.
- [Santorini Boat Tour Seasick? Sea Conditions Explained](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/seasickness-and-sea-conditions-santorini/): Most guests are not seasick on a Santorini boat tour. Why two hulls stop the leaning, why the 10:00 start is flatter, and where to sit on board.
- [Tipping the Crew on a Santorini Boat Tour](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/tipping-the-crew-in-santorini/): Tipping the crew on a Santorini boat tour is optional and never in the price. What people report leaving on a half-day boat is about €5 to €20 a head.
- [Vegetarian, Vegan and Allergies on a Santorini Boat](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/vegetarian-vegan-and-allergies-on-board/): Vegetarian is simple on a 5-hour Santorini cruise: the salad and pasta are meat-free already. Vegan needs notice, and a severe allergy needs a call first.
- [Santorini Boat Tour Cancelled for Wind? Refunds Explained](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/weather-cancellations-and-refunds-santorini-boat-tour/): The captain decides on the morning. A weather cancellation is refunded in full or moved to another date. Shared cruises cancel free 7 or more days out.
- [What to Wear on a Santorini Boat Tour: Day Bag List](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/what-to-wear-and-bring-santorini-boat-tour/): Wear swimwear under light clothes and bring a dark suit for the hot springs. Towels and snorkels are on board. The full 16-item day-bag list, in one table.
- [What Is Included on a Santorini Catamaran Cruise](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/guides/whats-included-on-a-santorini-catamaran-cruise/): What is included on a Santorini catamaran cruise, line by line against 22 market listings: transfers, lunch, wine, gear and towels are inside our €100.

## Journal

- [Santorini Boat Journal: 14 Notes Written on the Water](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/): Fourteen articles written from the deck: a five-hour cruise minute by minute, the volcano since 1707, what the crew cook, and what wind does to a day.
- [Santorini Catamaran Cruise Itinerary, Minute by Minute](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/a-day-on-the-caldera-minute-by-minute/): A Santorini catamaran cruise itinerary on the clock: 09:20 to 15:00, fifteen moments, and how long you really get at each swim stop along the loop.
- [Santorini in One Day from a Cruise Ship: Six Hours](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/cruise-day-santorini-in-six-hours/): Santorini in one day from a cruise ship, done two ways on the same clock: six hours, a 60 to 90 minute cable car queue, and a boat that goes sideways.
- [Greek Words You'll Hear on a Santorini Boat Tour](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/greek-words-you-hear-on-board/): The crew speaks Greek and English, and 14 Greek words will reach you anyway: yamas, opa, siga siga, kali orexi. What each one means and when it lands.
- [How Santorini's Caldera Was Made: The Minoan Eruption](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/how-santorinis-caldera-was-made/): Around 1600 BC a volcano emptied itself and its roof fell in. The result is 11 km of flooded basin, 390 m deep, with five islands around and inside it.
- [Santorini Catamaran Packing List: What to Bring](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/packing-list-for-a-day-on-a-catamaran/): What to carry onto a Santorini catamaran for 5 hours, what each item is for, and what is already aboard. Towels and snorkelling gear are provided free.
- [Do Santorini Catamarans Actually Sail? An Honest Answer](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/sailing-vs-motoring-in-the-caldera/): Inside the Santorini caldera the wind is blocked, funnelled or missing, and the water runs 390 m deep. Here is which legs of a 5-hour cruise really sail.
- [Best Place to Watch Sunset in Santorini: Water or Oia?](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/sunset-from-the-water-vs-sunset-in-oia/): Oia's castle terrace fills an hour before the sun drops. From a boat the sun goes into open water. Sunset is 20:38 mid-June and 19:27 mid-September.
- [What the Santorini Hot Springs Are Actually Like](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/swimming-in-the-hot-springs/): You swim in from the boat, roughly 50 m through cold sea, to water published at 30-35 C. It is ochre, it smells of sulphur, and it stains pale swimwear.
- [Meltemi Wind in Santorini: What It Does to a Boat Day](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/the-meltemi-explained/): The meltemi blows northerly over the Cyclades from late May to mid-September, typically Force 5 to 6. It builds through the afternoon and eases at dusk.
- [Santorini's 588 Steps: Closed, and What Changed in 2026](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/the-steps-the-cable-car-and-what-changed-in-2026/): The Karavolades stairway closed on 28 July 2026 after a landslide. The cable car, open since 1982, now lifts everyone at 600 an hour uphill. The timeline.
- [Santorini Volcano History: 1707 to Today, from a Boat](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/the-volcano-from-the-water-1707-to-today/): Santorini volcano history from a boat: nine eruptions from 197 BC to 1950, when Nea Kameni surfaced in 1707, and what still active means today.
- [Thirassia: The Island Santorini Left Behind](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/thirassia-the-island-santorini-left-behind/): Thirassia is 9.3 km of the same caldera rim, with 249 residents. As a boat stop it gives you Korfos, a rocky swim and 200 to 270 steps up to Manolas.
- [Santorini Boat Tour Wind: How the Captain Decides](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/what-happens-if-the-wind-comes-up/): The captain calls it on the morning, not the day before. A weather cancellation is refunded in full or moved. Here is what he is looking at from 07:00.
- [Santorini Boat Tour Food: What the Crew Cooks on Board](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/what-the-crew-cooks-on-board/): Santorini boat tour food, honestly: BBQ chicken and shrimp off the stern grill, Greek salad, pasta, dolmades and the dips, inside the €100 fare.
- [Red Beach Santorini: Closed on Land, Open from the Sea](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/journal/why-red-beach-is-better-from-the-sea/): Red Beach's land path has had closures for years. From the water there is no path to close. What you see from a boat, and what the 2026 status actually is.

## Practical

- [Santorini Boat Tour Company | Our Boats, Prices, Rules](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/about/): We run a Lagoon sailing catamaran and a RIB out of Fira, keep the boat uncrowded, and publish every price we charge, from €100 per person, in full.
- [Book a Santorini Boat Tour | Send a Request](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/book/): Book a Santorini boat tour in 3 steps: choose a cruise, give us a date and guest count, then we reply the same day. No payment is taken on this site.
- [Santorini Boat Tour Cancellation Policy & Refunds](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/cancellation-policy/): Cancel 7 or more days before departure and we refund you in full. If the captain calls the day off for weather, you take a refund or another date.
- [Santorini Boat Tour Contact | WhatsApp, Phone & Email](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/contact/): Reach us on WhatsApp, by email or through the booking form for a date. We publish no fixed hours, and we answer every message about our 5-hour cruises.
- [Santorini Boat Tour FAQ: Prices, Weather, Kids, Ports](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/faq/): Answers to 59 real questions about Santorini boat tours: what the €100 seat covers, wind cancellations, children on board, hot springs and cruise-ship days.
- [Santorini Catamaran Photos: Our Boat, Our Day](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/gallery/): See our own Santorini catamaran photos — the deck, the lunch, the volcano swim, the sunset — then read what a five-hour caldera cruise shows you, in order.
- [Santorini Boat Tour Prices 2026 | Every Price We Charge](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/prices/): Every Santorini boat tour price on one page: €100 per person for a shared five-hour catamaran cruise, €1,200 for a private boat, water taxi by quote.
- [Privacy Policy | Santorini Boat Tour](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/privacy/): What this website does with your data: a form that sends 2 emails and stores nothing, no database, no analytics, and a map that loads only when you click.
- [Santorini Boat Tour Reviews | 5.0 from 26 on Google](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/reviews/): Our Santorini boat tour reviews live on Google: 5.0 from 26 of them. Why we do not reprint testimonials here, and how to read a boat-tour review.
- [Santorini Volcano Boat Tour: Nea Kameni & Hot Springs](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/santorini-volcano-boat-tour/): Every cruise anchors off Nea Kameni's lava for the crater swim, then takes the Palea Kameni hot springs when the sea allows. From €100, lunch cooked on board.
- [Terms & Conditions | Santorini Boat Tour](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/terms/): The terms behind a booking: who may book, what the captain may change on the day, why boats anchor offshore, and how a 5-hour schedule moves in season.
- [The Catamaran | Lagoon Sailing Catamaran, Santorini](https://www.santoriniboattour.com/the-catamaran/): A walk around our Lagoon sailing catamaran: the deck, the shade, the cabins, the swim platform, and why we sell fewer seats than the deck could hold.

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