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A 50 to 60m yacht Fiji in the dry season (May to October 2026) runs $270,000 to $390,000 per week plus 28 to 32 percent APA, takes 10 to 12 guests across 6 cabins, and carries 14 to 18 crew. Fiji at this LOA is the South Pacific's structural large-yacht charter base, running on the Port Denarau Marina outer-T standard at Nadi on the western face of Viti Levu and the 333-island Fijian archipelago that spans roughly 1,290,000 square kilometres of exclusive economic zone. The active 50 to 60m fleet at any dry-season week is 2 to 4 yachts, the deepest 50-plus metre base in the South Pacific basin and a structurally seasonal pool that repositions in from the Mediterranean or the Indian Ocean for the May to October window. The Port Denarau base, the Vuda Marina secondary alongside on the western Viti Levu coast, and the Savusavu port-of-entry on northern Vanua Levu run the bracket's clearance and provisioning structure under the Fiji Customs Service and the Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji yacht-charter framework.
Why the bracket calls Fiji specifically
The Mamanuca and Yasawa northwestern chain. The bracket's structural day-call programme on Fiji runs the Mamanuca chain on the protected western lee of Viti Levu (Malolo, Mana, Castaway, Tokoriki, Vomo) and the Yasawa chain extending 70 nautical miles northwest (Naviti, Waya, Matacawalevu, Sawa-i-Lau, Nanuya Levu also known as Turtle Island). The Likuliku Lagoon and the Vomo Island Resort on the Mamanuca run the resort-tied dining anchors and the Yasawa Sawa-i-Lau limestone-cave daylight and the Blue Lagoon Naviti anchor run the marquee daytime call.
The Lau Group eastern remote programme. The Lau Group on the eastern Fijian archipelago (Vanua Balavu, Fulaga, Lakeba, Komo) holds the bracket's structural off-grid product against the western Mamanuca-Yasawa resort coast, with the Bay of Islands anchorage on Vanua Balavu and the Fulaga lagoon at 60 limestone islets reading as the destination's marquee remote anchor. The Lau permit runs through the Lau Provincial Office on prior agent coordination at contract and the bracket's Lau call sits 6 to 10 percent above the standalone Mamanuca-Yasawa week on the structural separation.
The Vanua Levu and Taveuni Somosomo Strait dive corridor. The northern Vanua Levu coast at Savusavu Bay and the Taveuni Rainbow Reef on the Somosomo Strait holds the bracket's dive-product anchor on the soft-coral wall daylight with the Cousteau-pedigree dive infrastructure on the Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort coordination. The bracket runs the corridor as a 2 to 3 night extension on the wider rotation.
The Port Denarau Marina base. The Port Denarau Marina on the western face of Viti Levu at 17 degrees 46 minutes south handles the bracket alongside on the outer-T berth structure with the 60m-plus capacity on prior allocation through the marina office. The base runs 10 minutes from Nadi International (NAN) for the bracket-fit guest transfer and 30 minutes from the central Nadi commercial zone for the chief stew provisioning. NAN takes direct fixed-wing from LAX, SFO, AKL, SYD, BNE, HKG, NRT, and the wider Pacific carrier network with the Fiji Airways and Qantas codeshare structure.
Weekly rate map for dry season 2026 to 2027
Rates below are firm dry-season pricing (May to October 2026, with the 2027 calendar repeating), before APA at 28 to 32 percent and gratuity at 12 to 15 percent. The Mamanuca-Yasawa resort-coordination fees, the Lau Group provincial permit, and the Fiji Customs Service clearance run through the APA on the daily basis. The 9 percent Fiji service turnover tax on charter activity applies at the bracket and the captain's agent runs the prior coordination.
| LOA bracket | Motor yacht (low to high) | Sailing yacht and motor-sailor (low to high) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 to 53m | $270K to $310K per week | $225K to $265K per week |
| 53 to 57m | $310K to $345K per week | $260K to $300K per week |
| 57 to 60m | $345K to $390K per week | $295K to $345K per week |
The peak dry-season window runs July through September on the central southeast-trade hold and pulls a 6 to 10 percent premium against the May and October shoulder edges. The Christmas and New Year Fiji programme runs on the cyclone-shoulder edge and the bracket does not structurally market the December and January window. The Fiji all-in week at the bracket runs roughly 1 to 3 percent below the equivalent French Polynesia week on the wider Society Islands infrastructure premium, roughly 5 to 8 percent above the equivalent Tonga Vavau week on the Lau and Mamanuca-Yasawa product depth, and roughly 8 to 12 percent above the equivalent New Caledonia or Vanuatu week. For broader context see Charter French Polynesia, South Pacific charter season, and the 40-50m Fiji bracket.
What is in the bracket in this bracket
Cabins. Six standard. The Fiji shoulder pool at the bracket runs the on-deck master plus VIP plus four guest doubles as the layout. The destination's product reads multi-couple and small-family weeks on the dry-season Mamanuca-Yasawa programme rather than the multi-cabin Caribbean pattern.
Crew. Fourteen to eighteen. The Fiji call rewards a captain bench with prior Port Denarau outer-T tenure, prior Lau Group Provincial Office permit coordination, and prior Yasawa chain northern reach with the Sawa-i-Lau limestone-cave anchor positioning. The chef bench runs the Australasian and South Pacific pool with the local provisioning route through Nadi and the cross-corridor restock through AKL or SYD on the wider rotation. The dive instructor's prior bench on the Somosomo Strait Rainbow Reef and the Beqa Lagoon soft-coral programme is the load-bearing technical crew question at inquiry.
Tenders. Primary 11 to 12m fast tender plus a 7 to 8m beach tender plus a chase boat plus a dedicated dive tender. The Mamanuca resort-tied dining shuttle, the Yasawa Sawa-i-Lau daylight, the Lau Fulaga lagoon daylight, and the Vanua Levu Taveuni dive call run tender-heavy and take the secondary plus the chase plus the dive tender.
At-anchor stabilizers. Required. The Mamanuca western-lees holds take the prevailing southeast-trade swell that wraps around the southern face of Malolo and Mana, the Yasawa northern reach takes the open-corridor swell on the Bligh Water exposure, and the Lau Bay of Islands hold takes the easterly trade-wind chop on the eastern Vanua Balavu face. The 2018-and-newer hulls running the zero-speed product hold the bracket fit through the wider trade-wind window.
Beach club. Required. The Mamanuca, the Yasawa, and the Lau anchorages run the beach club open hard through the 25 to 27 degree water band. The structural-open programme runs the morning window before the southeast-trade afternoon chop on both the western and eastern grounds.
Helipad. Cat A useful at the upper end. The cross-corridor helicopter shuttle from NAN to the Wakaya Club, the Vatulele, the Turtle Island Yasawa, and the eastern Lau remote anchorages runs the bracket-fit upper end and shaves the cross-archipelago transit from the 6 to 8 hour fast-tender leg to a structurally direct rotation on the off-grid eastern programme.
Trip shape that fits the bracket
The bracket's Fiji call sits inside a 7 to 14 night South Pacific dry-season programme rather than a Mediterranean-style port-of-call rotation. The 7-night Mamanuca and Yasawa round trip runs Port Denarau embarkation, one night at the Malolo western-lees on the Likuliku Lagoon dining anchor, two nights split between the Vomo Island and the Castaway Mamanuca anchors, two nights at the Naviti and Sawa-i-Lau Yasawa northern reach with the limestone-cave daylight, one night at the Matacawalevu southern Yasawa anchor, one night at Port Denarau for the disembark.
The 10-night Mamanuca-Yasawa plus Vanua Levu dive corridor runs Port Denarau embarkation, three nights on the Mamanuca-Yasawa western coast, the northeasterly transit to Savusavu Bay on Vanua Levu, two nights at the Savusavu port-of-entry and the Cousteau Resort coordination, two nights at the Taveuni Somosomo Strait Rainbow Reef dive anchor, the southwesterly transit back to Port Denarau, two nights at Port Denarau for the disembark.
The 14-night Mamanuca-Yasawa plus Lau Group eastern remote routing runs Port Denarau embarkation, two nights on the Mamanuca western coast, the eastern transit to the Lau Group on the prior Provincial Office permit, six nights through Vanua Balavu Bay of Islands, Fulaga lagoon, Lakeba, and Komo on the off-grid programme, three nights on the return through the central Koro and Ovalau corridor, one night at Port Denarau for the disembark. Fourteen nights. The bracket-fit Lau Group routing that holds the destination's strongest product separation against the wider South Pacific alternative.
What the bracket does not do well at Fiji
The cyclone shoulder window from November through April. The South Pacific cyclone calendar runs the destination off-calendar through the wet window and the bracket does not run charter in the structural off-window. We would pass on any December through April plan at Fiji and position the bracket on the equatorial alternative through the Solomons or the Indonesian wider basin for the same calendar.
The standalone Suva eastern Viti Levu call. The Suva commercial port on the eastern Viti Levu coast handles container traffic and the diplomatic-quarter shore programme but reads as a commercial port rather than a structural charter overnight. We would pass on the Suva-only plan and route any eastern Viti Levu call as the Lau Group eastward transit only.
The Beqa Lagoon shark-dive standalone overnight. The Beqa Lagoon south of Viti Levu holds the destination's bull-shark dive product on the operator-led daylight programme, but the bracket's overnight on the Beqa Lagoon outer roads runs on the prevailing southeast-trade swell exposure and reads as a daylight call rather than a structural overnight. We would pass on the Beqa overnight and position the dive day on the chase-boat shuttle from the Pacific Harbour anchor on the southern Viti Levu coast.
The Lau Group week without the prior Provincial Office permit. The Lau permit runs through the Lau Provincial Office on a 4 to 6 week prior application window and the bracket-fit Lau call sits structurally short of any walk-up plan. We would pass on any Lau Group routing without the Provincial Office permit confirmed in writing through the Fiji yacht-charter agent at contract.
The pick
For two couples, 7-night Mamanuca and Yasawa round trip in mid-August with Port Denarau embarkation, one night at the Malolo Likuliku Lagoon dining anchor, two nights at the Vomo Island and Castaway anchors, two nights at the Naviti and Sawa-i-Lau Yasawa northern reach, one night at the Matacawalevu southern Yasawa anchor, one night at Port Denarau for the disembark: a 53 to 55m motor yacht, 6 cabins, twin tenders plus chase plus dedicated dive tender, captain bench on the Port Denarau outer-T routine and the Yasawa northern reach anchor positions. Budget $330K per week, all-in roughly $440K including APA at 30 percent. Lead time 8 to 12 months for the August central-trade window.
For a family of 10, 14-night Mamanuca-Yasawa plus Lau Group eastern remote routing in mid-September with Port Denarau embarkation, two nights on the Mamanuca, the eastern transit to the Lau on the prior Provincial Office permit, six nights through Vanua Balavu, Fulaga, Lakeba, and Komo, three nights on the return through Koro and Ovalau, one night at Port Denarau for the disembark: a 56 to 58m motor yacht, 6 cabins, Cat A helipad load-bearing for the Lau remote-anchor extension, captain bench on the Lau Provincial Office permit routine and the Fulaga lagoon anchor positioning. Budget $370K per week, all-in roughly $500K. Lead time 10 to 14 months.
Inventory
The live 50 to 60m Fiji and South Pacific dry-season inventory updates weekly through the May to October calendar.. For broker-side inquiry, see the brokers pillar and the South Pacific charter season how-to.