Sanya Serenity Marina
Sanya VTY Yacht Services
Clearwater Bay Marina
Haikou City Marina
Visun Royal Yacht Club
Dive Wuzhizhou Island’s coral reefs
Hike Wuzhishan’s rainforest trails
Visit Nanshan Buddhist Cultural Park
Shop the CDF duty-free complex at Haitang Bay
Relax on Yalong Bay’s beach
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November through April is the classic dry season, with warm days, lower humidity and the lowest typhoon risk, making it the most reliable window for a charter. The wet season runs roughly May to October, peaking with typhoon risk from July to October, though Hainan’s water stays warm enough to swim in year-round even when a charter itinerary needs to work around storm forecasts.
Sanya Phoenix International Airport and Haikou Meilan International Airport both take direct flights from major Asian hubs and a growing number of long-haul routes. Hainan also runs its own enhanced entry policy: passport holders from more than 60 eligible countries can enter visa-free for up to 30 days, provided they arrive on a direct flight into Hainan with a confirmed return ticket and itinerary, though the stay is then confined to the island itself.
Sanya Serenity Marina and Sanya VTY Yacht Services are the two established full-service marinas on the south coast, both offering berths for yachts up to 60 metres, while Clearwater Bay Marina, further along the coast, holds a Five Gold Anchors rating. Haikou, on the north coast, has its own smaller marinas including Haikou City Marina and the Visun Royal Yacht Club, useful for a Hainan circuit that takes in both ends of the island.
Five to seven days cover Sanya’s south coast comfortably, including time on the water off Wuzhizhou Island, a beach day at Yalong or Haitang Bay and an inland excursion to Wuzhishan’s rainforest. Extending to ten days allows a fuller circuit taking in Haikou and the Boao Forum’s home town on the east coast, though most charter guests treat Hainan as a focused, beach-and-diving-led week rather than an island-wide itinerary.
It has become significantly easier. In July 2026, Sanya’s Qingshui Bay port area opened as a dedicated international yacht clearance facility, and that September the first outbound clearance under the new system was completed there, a genuine milestone after years of foreign yachts routing through slower, cargo-focused ports. The Sanya border inspection station has since introduced pre-screened documentation and streamlined procedures specifically for international leisure vessels.
