Side Fishing Tour for Groups and Friends: How Bookings Work
Friends on a stag weekend, three generations of one family, two couples who met at the pool: a group needs to know how many fit, who else will be aboard and how the money works.
Short answer
One online booking takes up to 12 guests. The shared boat carries at most 12 guests in total, so a group may share the deck with others. For a boat with nobody outside your party, book private deep sea fishing at €650 per person plus the €5 sea fee. A party of more than 12 is handled as an enquiry.
The numbers that matter
- One booking: up to 12 guests.
- The shared boat: at most 12 guests, from all bookings together.
- The private boat: your party alone; how many it takes is something we confirm with you.
- More than 12 in your party: send us an enquiry rather than splitting it into several bookings.
Several separate bookings will not necessarily land on one boat together, so a large group should write to us instead.
A group on the shared morning
A group of friends or a family can book seats on the shared morning like anyone else: €45 per person, every age, plus the €5 sea fee each in cash on the boat. You are collected from your hotel at the minute we message you the evening before; the fishing boat heads out at 07:00 and is alongside the quay again at 12:30.
If your group is smaller than the boat, you will share it with other guests. That suits groups who enjoy a bit of company at the rail; the captain helps everyone aboard in the same way.
If your party is staying in different hotels, enter the hotel where the larger part of the group is staying and tell us about the others on WhatsApp, so the pickup can be worked out. The hotel pickup page shows the areas we collect from.
A private boat for the group
For a group that wants the boat to itself, private deep sea fishing is the option. It is priced per person, not per boat: €650 for each guest, plus the €5 sea fee per person in cash on the boat. For four friends, that is 4 × €650, plus 4 × €5 in cash on the boat.
We do not publish the private boat's capacity, start time, duration or meeting arrangements. After you book, we settle all of it with you on WhatsApp, including whether your full group fits.
Collecting the money
With a group, the cash is the part that goes wrong. The fare is paid in euros on the day, and each person's €5 sea fee is paid in cash on the boat. Agree beforehand who carries the money: a single organiser for all, or every guest for themselves, and make sure whoever carries the cash has enough for every guest on the booking.
Our sea fee guide explains how it appears on the ticket, so the group organiser can show everyone the figure before the morning.
Who does what
One person makes the booking and gives a WhatsApp number we can reach. That person receives the ticket and the day-before pickup message, and passes it on. If someone in the group is new to fishing, a child or uneasy on boats, tell us when you book: our guides for beginners and children cover what to expect.
Plans for groups change more than plans for two. Free cancellation runs until 48 hours before the trip, and as nobody pays ahead of time, a change of mind costs the group nothing before that point.
Larger groups
For more than 12 guests, or for a group interested in big game fishing, write to us with the date, the head count and what you have in mind. We reply with what is possible and what it costs. For a smaller group ready to go now, book the shared deep sea fishing morning from tomorrow onwards.