An overnight yacht rental in Miami is a 24 hour charter. The boat, the captain and the crew are yours from one afternoon to the next. You sleep aboard, in a cabin with a door.
Seven boats in our Miami fleet are set up for it. The smallest is a 43ft power catamaran at $4,500 for the 24 hours. The largest is a 166ft superyacht at $35,000. Captain and fuel are inside every one of those figures. Food, drink and any tip for the crew are not.
This guide is what a "from" price leaves out. Every boat with a 24 hour rate, its berths and what the rate covers. Where the captain can anchor for the night and where Florida law bars it after dark. Which boats also cross to Bimini. And who decides when the weather turns.
Overnight yacht rental Miami: which boats sleep aboard, and how many?
Seven boats out of Miami and Miami Beach have berths and a published 24 hour rate. Day capacity is 13 guests on every one of them. For the night, the berth count is the number that matters.
The table reads from each boat's own listing. The rate column is the 24 hour price. The last two columns are what the listing puts inside that rate and what it leaves out.
| Boat | Sleeps | Cabins | Crew | 24 hours | In the rate | Not in the rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43ft Leopard Power Cat (2017) | 6 | 3 | 2 | $4,500 | Captain, crew, fuel, water, ice, cooler, floating mat | Food and alcohol, gratuity (15 to 20 percent customary), dockage if applicable |
| 52ft Prestige 500 Fly (2017) | 6 | 3 | 2 | $5,500 | Captain, crew, fuel, water, ice, cooler, floating mat | Food and drink (BYOB welcome), gratuity, jet ski at $180 an hour, photography, island dockage |
| 70ft Azimut 68 Fly (2023) | 9 | 4 | 3 | $8,700 | Captain, crew, fuel, water, ice, cooler, floating mat | Food and drink, gratuity, dock fees if applicable |
| 70ft Azimut W | 6 | 4 | 3 | $10,000 | Captain, crew, fuel, water, ice, cooler, floating mat | Food and drink, gratuity |
| 70ft Sunreef Power Cat (2025) | 8 | 5 | 3 | $10,500 | Captain, crew, fuel, water, ice, cooler, floating mat | Food and drink (BYOB welcome), gratuity, jet ski at $180 an hour, photography, island dockage |
| 97ft San Lorenzo | 8 | 5 | 4 | $11,500 | Captain, crew, fuel, ice, water, cooler | Food, alcohol, decorations, jet ski, gratuity |
| 166ft Trinity | 20 berths (13 guests) | 6 | 5 | $35,000 | Captain, crew, fuel, water, ice, cooler, floating mat | Food and drink, gratuity |
Overnight yacht rental Miami prices: what does 24 hours really cost?
Start with the gap between the longest day window and the 24 hour rate, because that gap is what the night costs you. Captain and fuel sit inside every number below.
- 43ft Leopard: 8 hours $4,200, 24 hours $4,500. The night adds $300.
- 52ft Prestige: 12 hours $5,500, 24 hours $5,500. The night adds nothing.
- 70ft Azimut 68 Fly: 8 hours $7,800, 24 hours $8,700. The night adds $900.
- 70ft Azimut W: 12 hours $9,500, 24 hours $10,000. The night adds $500.
- 70ft Sunreef: 8 hours $9,500, 24 hours $10,500. The night adds $1,000.
- 97ft San Lorenzo: 8 hours $10,000, 24 hours $11,500. The night adds $1,500.
- 166ft Trinity: 8 hours $30,000, 24 hours $35,000. The night adds $5,000.
Then add what the rate leaves out. Food and drink are yours to bring or to have us arrange. Gratuity is not in the rate either. 15 to 20 percent is customary, and the amount is yours to decide. If the night is spent at a dock rather than at anchor, the dockage is extra.
A worked example. Eight friends take the Azimut 68 Fly for 24 hours at $8,700, captain, crew and fuel included. If you tip 15 percent, that is $1,305, and the boat costs $10,005 before food and drink. That is about $1,250 a head. Pay the charter by card and the 5% fee adds $435; by Zelle it adds nothing.
Paying works the same as any charter with us. Half the charter price secures your date as the deposit, and you settle the rest when you board. Pay by Zelle and the quote is the price; pay by card and 5% is added for processing. No sales tax goes on top.
The 24 hours, from boarding to handing the boat back
Pick a start time that puts the sunset inside your first evening. A mid afternoon boarding does it, and it leaves the whole morning for the water.
You board at the boat's marina in Miami or Miami Beach. The cooler, the ice and the drinking water are already aboard; your food and drink come with you. The captain runs the afternoon the way a day charter runs. The skyline, a sandbar stop or a swim, then the sunset underway or at anchor.
Dinner is on deck, wherever the captain has set the anchor for the night. The crew stays with the boat for the full 24 hours. You sleep in a cabin, the captain keeps the boat where it should be, and the sunrise is yours. Morning is a swim off the platform, breakfast, and a slow run back to the dock for the hour you boarded.
Two honest notes. A boat at anchor moves a little all night and light sleepers feel it; the two power catamarans sit steadier than a single hull. And quiet hours are the captain's call, because sound carries a long way across still water.
Where does the yacht spend the night?
At anchor, in almost every case, in a spot the captain picks on the day from the wind and the forecast. Biscayne Bay has miles of water in the lee of Key Biscayne and the barrier islands. The captain knows which corner is calm in an east wind and which is calm in a north wind.
Some of the prettiest water is off limits after dark. [Florida Statute 327.4108](http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0300-0399/0327/Sections/0327.4108.html) names anchoring limitation areas, and two sit in Miami-Dade. Outside narrow exceptions, no one may anchor a vessel in them "at any time during the period between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise" (Florida Legislature, read 30 Oct 2026).
The first is "Sunset Lake in Miami-Dade County". The second is a set of stretches of Biscayne Bay, among them the water lying between these islands:
- "Palm Island and Star Island"
- "Palm Island and Hibiscus Island"
- "Palm Island and Watson Island"
- "Rivo Alto Island and Di Lido Island"
- "San Marino Island and San Marco Island"
The exceptions are narrow: a breakdown, weather that makes anchoring the safe choice, or a special event such as a fireworks display.
So the postcard anchorage between the Venetian Islands, with the houses lit up around you, is a sunset stop and not a bedroom. The captain moves the boat to legal water before dark.
If you would rather sleep tied up, say so when you book. Whether the boat can stay in a slip for the night depends on the boat and its marina. Any dockage sits outside the charter rate.
Who is aboard with you, and what about food and drink?
A captain and crew come with every boat here and stay aboard for the full 24 hours. The Leopard and the Prestige run with a crew of two. The two 70ft Azimuts and the Sunreef carry three, the San Lorenzo four and the Trinity five.
Every rate includes the fuel, drinking water, ice and a cooler, and most add a floating mat. The San Lorenzo lists no floating mat, so bring your own if you want one.
Food and drink are yours on every boat. Bring your own, or ask us to arrange catering and we quote it on top. On the Trinity, provisioning is planned with you around the trip. For 24 hours think in meals: dinner, breakfast and lunch, plus more water than you expect.
The booking form offers the same extras on every boat. A jet ski is the one with a set price, $180 an hour. Catering, a bar, water toys, decorations and photo and video are quoted on request. A tip for the crew is not in any rate. 15 to 20 percent is customary, and it is your call.
Can you take the overnight to Bimini?
Yes, on the right boat, and it is a different trip from a night on Biscayne Bay. Bimini sits across the Gulf Stream. NOAA says the Stream "has an average speed of 6.4 kilometers per hour (four miles per hour)" (NOAA Ocean Service, read 30 Oct 2026). It "moves north along the coast of Florida", and the captain allows for it when he plans the run.
Not every boat here makes the crossing. The 70ft Azimut W is offered for Bahamas runs. The 52ft Prestige is our usual boat for the Bimini crossing, and multi day island trips run on the 166ft Trinity. A crossing is quoted to your dates and your group, not off the 24 hour rate. The Bimini and Bahamas page sets out how we run it.
Our rule for any crossing is a passport for every guest, children too. Coming home, the boat reports in to US Customs and Border Protection. CBP says arriving pleasure boats "are required to report their arrival to CBP immediately" (CBP, read 30 Oct 2026). The captain makes that report and tells you what CBP needs from you. Keep your passport to hand until he does.
Our Miami to Bahamas guide covers the distance, the shape of the crossing day and what to carry. Whether the boat leaves the dock that morning is the captain's decision, made on the forecast and the sea state.
What happens if the weather turns?
The captain decides, before you leave and at any point in the 24 hours. That is the rule on every charter we run, and an overnight gives the weather more time to change its mind.
The marker the captain watches is the small craft advisory. The National Weather Service office in Key West defines it by wind and by sea. It covers "winds from 20 to 33 KT inclusive", or seas "considered potentially hazardous to small boats" (National Weather Service, read 30 Oct 2026). Whether that is unsafe for your boat is the captain's judgement, hull by hull.
Before you board, our cancellation policy treats a charter as canceled by us when any of these applies on the date:
- a National Hurricane Center hurricane or tropical storm watch or warning for Miami-Dade or your route
- a US Coast Guard port condition that closes the marina you leave from
- a small craft advisory the captain judges unsafe for your boat
Then the choice is yours. Move the booking to another open date and pay nothing more. Take your money back inside 10 business days. Or hold the whole amount as a credit for 12 months. For a Bimini run you hear by 6pm the day before.
A forecast you simply dislike is different. If you cancel yourself, a confirmed charter is nonrefundable, with one storm exception the policy page spells out. Read it before you pay the deposit.
If the weather turns while you are out, the captain moves the boat to shelter or brings you in. Safety first and the schedule second.
Which boat should you pick for your group?
A couple or two couples: the 43ft Leopard. Three cabins, a catamaran's steady deck at anchor, and the lowest 24 hour price in the fleet: $4,500, captain, crew and fuel included.
A family or a group of friends who want everyone in a bed: the 70ft Azimut 68 Fly. Nine berths in four cabins, three bathrooms, a flybridge for the sunset, and $8,700 for 24 hours with captain, crew and fuel. Nothing else here sleeps nine for under $10,000.
A big occasion where the deck matters more than the cabins: the 70ft Sunreef at $10,500 or the 97ft San Lorenzo at $11,500. Both sleep eight, with captain and fuel included. The Sunreef has five bathrooms, which on a 24 hour charter is worth more than it sounds.
Money no object: the 166ft Trinity. $35,000 for 24 hours and $255,000 for the week, captain, crew and fuel included. A crew of five, and berths for 20 across six cabins. We charter it for up to 13 guests.
Other Miami boats have cabins but no published 24 hour rate. Ask, and we tell you whether that boat can stay out overnight. Our Nassau boats list overnights too, but those trips start in the Bahamas.
Booking an overnight yacht in Miami
Tell us three things: your date, how many of you will sleep aboard, and whether you want the bay or Bimini. We come back with the one or two boats that fit, the 24 hour rate and everything outside it, in one itemized quote.
Half the price down secures the boat. You pay the rest when you step aboard, after the captain's weather call. Then you bring your bags, your passport if you are crossing, and more food than you think you need.
Use the Plan your charter button below. Give us the night you want and how many are sleeping aboard. We reply with the boats free that night and a full quote.
