The Gulf of Orosei is the most spectacular stretch of eastern Sardinia: limestone cliffs, sea caves and coves you can reach almost only by sea, such as Cala Mariolu, Cala Luna and Cala Goloritzé. Here are the boat trips side by side, what they cost, where they leave from and the hour-by-hour weather and wind.
Budget option → · Orosei, La Caletta and Cala Gonone, Sardinia
Weather at 2:00 PM. Boat trips start from 09:00.
| Tour | From | Duration | What you see | Languages | Cancellation | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our pickMotor shipGetYourGuide | €68 | 7–9 h | Cala Mariolu, Cala Sisine, Grotta del Fico | Guide IT, EN; audio EN, FR | Free up to 24 h before | La Caletta or Orosei |
| Motor shipGetYourGuide | €80 | 8 h | Cala Goloritzé, Piscine di Venere, Cala Mariolu, Cala Luna | Guide EN, IT, DE | Free up to 24 h before | Orosei |
| Dinghy (RIB)GetYourGuide | €119 | 7 h | Coves and caves of the gulf | Guide IT, EN, FR | Free up to 24 h before | Cala Gonone harbour |
Our pick: the Imperatrice boat from La Caletta or Orosei, from €68. It is the most reviewed trip (4.5 from over 1,500 reviews) and the cheapest: it stops at Cala Mariolu, Cala Sisine and the Grotta del Fico, with swim stops and an English-speaking guide. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Budget for: Grotta del Fico entry and environmental landing fees at the coves, often payable in cash. The only Tiqets trip in the gulf was not on sale.
7–9 h · 4.5 from 1,552 GetYourGuide reviews
8 h · 4.8 from 75 GetYourGuide reviews
7 h · 4.7 from 679 GetYourGuide reviews
Indicative prices, checked on November 8, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
There is no public scheduled boat in the gulf: the cheapest trip is the €68 motor ship.
Trips run from spring to late October; the best months are June and September.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14° | 5 |
| Feb | 14° | 6 |
| Mar | 16° | 5 |
| Apr | 18° | 5 |
| May | 22° | 4 |
| JunBest | 27° | 2 |
| JulBest | 30° | 1 |
| AugBest | 31° | 2 |
| SepBest | 27° | 5 |
| Oct | 23° | 6 |
| Nov | 18° | 7 |
| Dec | 15° | 7 |
Capo Bellavista (Arbatax) 1981–2010 averages: mean daily high and rain days. Source: table on Italian Wikipedia (“Stazione meteorologica di Capo Bellavista”).
Good
Good: mostly sunny, 22 to 25 °C, no rain, wind up to 20 km/h.
Perfect day
Perfect day: partly cloudy, 20 to 24 °C, no rain, wind up to 17 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Partly cloudy | 20° | – | 11 km/h |
| 10:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 14 km/h |
| 11:00 | Partly cloudy | 23° | – | 15 km/h |
| 12:00 | Partly cloudy | 23° | – | 16 km/h |
| 13:00 | Partly cloudy | 23° | – | 17 km/h |
| 14:00 | Partly cloudy | 24° | – | 14 km/h |
| 15:00 | Partly cloudy | 24° | – | 12 km/h |
| 16:00 | Partly cloudy | 23° | – | 13 km/h |
| 17:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 14 km/h |
The best days for a boat trip are Wednesday, November 11, Sunday, November 15 and Tuesday, November 17. 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.
In summer it almost never rains here: 1–2 days a month from June to August.
La Caletta and Orosei are on the east coast, about an hour’s drive from Olbia airport. Cala Gonone is reached from Dorgali.
From €68 on the motor ship from La Caletta or Orosei, from €80 on the boat that reaches Cala Goloritzé and from €119 by dinghy from Cala Gonone. Entry tickets and landing fees are extra.
Yes, all three trips we compared have a guide who speaks English.
Yes, the Amira boat stops for snorkelling at Cala Goloritzé.
From spring to late October; in winter they usually stop.
Good: mostly sunny, 22 to 25 °C, no rain, wind up to 20 km/h.
Saturday, November 14: Good: partly cloudy, 20 to 20 °C, 0.3 mm, wind up to 7 km/h. Sunday, November 15: Perfect day: partly cloudy, 22 to 22 °C, no rain, wind up to 6 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.
Imperatrice boat: the gulf in a day · from €68
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: November 8, 2026.