Villages clinging to cliffs, sea caves, coves you can only reach by water: the Amalfi Coast looks better from the sea than from the road. This guide compares every Amalfi Coast boat tour (short trips from Amalfi, half days with snorkelling, full days from Sorrento), what it costs, the public ferry, and hour-by-hour weather with wind.
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Weather at 2:00 PM. Boat trips start from 08:00.
| Tour | From | Duration | What you see | Languages | Cancellation | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our pickGozzo with canopyGetYourGuide | €99 | 4 h | Positano, caves, coves, Amalfi | Guide IT, EN | Free up to 24 h before | Depends on the option (4 points, incl. Positano and Amalfi) |
| Shared boatGetYourGuide | €36 | 2 h | Furore fjord and the coast west of Amalfi | Commentary EN, IT | Free up to 24 h before | Molo Cassone, Amalfi |
| Motor vesselGetYourGuide | €60 | 8 h | Coast from Sorrento to Amalfi, Positano | No guide | Free up to 24 h before | Sorrento or Nerano (pickup on request) |
| Boat, small groupGetYourGuide | €118 | 8 h | Positano, Amalfi, caves and coves | Guide IT, EN, ES | Free up to 24 h before | Sorrento, depending on the option |
| Motorboat, max 10 peopleGetYourGuide | €148 | 4 h | Caves, Furore, coves, Positano | Captain EN, IT | Free up to 24 h before | Via Lungomare dei Cavalieri 5, Amalfi |
| Boat, small groupTiqets | €129 | 4 h | Coast from Amalfi to Positano, caves | Guide IT, EN | Free up to 24 h before | Amalfi marina (Darsena) |
Our pick: the snorkelling and drinks boat tour from €99. In four hours you see Positano, the caves and coves, swim, and have a guide in English. With more than 2,700 reviews and a 4.9 rating it’s the coast’s best-loved trip, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Boat tours mainly run from April to October: in winter many departures are suspended, and rough seas cancel trips.
4 h · guide in Italian and English · 4.9 from 2,707 GetYourGuide reviews
2 h · commentary in English and Italian · 4.8 from 596 GetYourGuide reviews
8 h · no guide, crew only · 4.7 from 3,968 GetYourGuide reviews
8 h · guide in Italian, English, Spanish · 4.8 from 481 GetYourGuide reviews
4 h · captain speaks English and Italian · 4.8 from 1,230 GetYourGuide reviews
4 h · guide in Italian and English · 5.0 from 9 Tiqets reviews
Indicative prices, checked on October 31, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
The public ferry is the cheapest way to see the coast from the sea.
It isn’t a tour – no caves, no swim stops. But from the deck the view of the villages is the same, at a tenth of the price.
The best months are May to September: highs of 25 to 31 °C, little rain and warm water for swimming.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13° | 12 |
| Feb | 14° | 11 |
| Mar | 17° | 11 |
| Apr | 20° | 10 |
| MayBest | 25° | 7 |
| JunBest | 29° | 5 |
| Jul | 31° | 4 |
| Aug | 31° | 5 |
| SepBest | 28° | 7 |
| Oct | 24° | 9 |
| Nov | 19° | 13 |
| Dec | 15° | 14 |
Indicative averages for Salerno, the nearest city with published data: mean high and rain days. Source: Globopix, table on Wikipedia (“Salerno”); period not stated.
Fair
Fair: rain, 18 to 19 °C, 2.3 mm, wind up to 24 km/h.
Fair
Fair: light rain, 18 to 21 °C, 1.2 mm, wind up to 17 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | Light rain | 19° | 0.3 mm | 16 km/h |
| 09:00 | Light rain | 19° | 0.1 mm | 16 km/h |
| 10:00 | Light rain | 20° | 0.1 mm | 16 km/h |
| 11:00 | Light rain | 21° | 0.4 mm | 15 km/h |
| 12:00 | Light rain | 21° | 0.3 mm | 16 km/h |
| 13:00 | Cloudy | 21° | – | 15 km/h |
| 14:00 | Cloudy | 21° | – | 15 km/h |
| 15:00 | Cloudy | 20° | – | 17 km/h |
| 16:00 | Cloudy | 20° | – | 16 km/h |
| 17:00 | Cloudy | 18° | – | 15 km/h |
| 18:00 | Cloudy | 18° | – | 14 km/h |
The best days for a boat trip are Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19. The rating only looks at rain and wind during tour hours.
Today and tomorrow are accurate hour by hour; up to day seven the trend is reliable; the last days give a rough idea. Above 30 km/h the water gets choppy and small boats may postpone departures. Updated every hour.
The issue isn’t rain but the sea: with waves and strong wind small boats stay in and ferries are suspended.
From Salerno: ferry to Amalfi and Positano, or the SITA bus along the coast.
From Naples: Circumvesuviana train to Sorrento, then bus or boat; or train to Salerno and ferry.
From Amalfi the two-hour trip to the Furore fjord costs from €36; half days with snorkelling €99 to €148. A full day from Sorrento costs from €60 without a guide and from €118 in a small group.
Short and half-day trips leave from Amalfi and Positano. From Sorrento tours last a full day, because the boat has to round the peninsula before reaching the coast.
Yes: scheduled ferries link Amalfi and Positano in about 20 minutes, from €10 one way, from April to the end of October.
Only a few: from November to March many companies stop and ferries cut services. Rough seas cancel trips.
Yes, almost every trip has swim stops and many provide a mask and snorkel. The unguided crossing from Sorrento gives you free time in Amalfi and Positano instead.
The company cancels or moves the trip and offers another date or a refund. Check the hourly wind on this page the day before.
Fair: rain, 18 to 19 °C, 2.3 mm, wind up to 24 km/h.
Saturday, November 14: Fair: light rain, 20 to 20 °C, 1.1 mm, wind up to 8 km/h. Sunday, November 15: Not ideal: heavy rain, 16 to 16 °C, 23.5 mm, wind up to 3 km/h.
Reliable forecasts go about 10 days ahead: here you get the next 10, hour by hour (with wind) for today and tomorrow and as a trend after that. To choose the month, see the climate month by month.
Forecasts come from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates and updated every hour during the day and every 3 hours at night. Tour prices and conditions are checked on the sellers’ pages, with the date.
Amalfi Coast & Positano: boat tour with snorkelling and drinks · from €99
Forecast by MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates. Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), updated every hour. Updated: October 31, 2026.