The Best Marinas in the Middle East, Country by Country

Middle East marinas at a glance

Two questions come up on almost every first call: which marina is the largest, and which ones can actually take a superyacht. There is no single answer to either, because largest means different things depending on whether you count berths, basin size or boardwalk length. Ronautica Middle East at The Pearl-Qatar claims the largest marina basin in the Middle East, with capacity for up to 900 vessels and nearly 5km of boardwalk, while Old Doha Port's 450 berths sit across the biggest single basin footprint, 800,000 square metres, with a dedicated 53-berth zone for yachts up to 160m. For superyachts specifically, AMAALA Yacht Club's newly opened marina takes vessels over 100m up to 140m, and Sindalah's serviced offshore buoys extend to 180m even though its marina berths themselves stop at 75m. A sporty Sunseeker Predator 65 hopping between Bahrain and Qatar for a weekend needs a very different berth than an AMAALA-bound superyacht, and the table below is built to show that range.

Saudi Arabia: the fastest-growing marina map in the Gulf

Three marinas anchor Saudi Arabia's Red Sea push, and all three are real, not renderings, though one only opened this year. See what running one costs in our cost of owning a yacht in Saudi Arabia guide.

Jeddah Yacht Club & Marina

93 to 95 berths for yachts from 10m up to 120m-plus, on the north Jeddah Corniche. It carries Port of Entry status with onsite customs and immigration, plus a heli-pad, a five-star hotel and crew facilities, the most established marina in the Kingdom by a wide margin.

Sindalah Marina (NEOM)

86 berths for yachts up to 75m, plus serviced offshore buoys for superyachts up to 180m. IGY-managed, and open since October 2024 as NEOM's Red Sea yachting gateway, this one is built and operating, not a future promise.

AMAALA Yacht Club Marina

119 berths, taking superyachts over 100m up to 140m. Part of Red Sea Global's luxury-tourism push, it opened in 2026 and is set to host the Ocean Race 2027 Grand Finale. Berthing and mooring fees are pitched in line with leading European yachting destinations, Red Sea Global's own framing, not an independently confirmed figure.

Qatar: Doha's marina cluster

Doha and its satellite developments run three marinas working together under a single regional partnership network.

Old Doha Port Marina (incl. Mina Corniche Marina)

450 berths across an 800,000 square metre basin, including a dedicated zone of 53 berths for yachts up to 160m. The newer Mina Corniche Marina adds premium berths for yachts up to 70m, right in the city.

Ronautica Middle East / Porto Arabia Marina

The largest marina basin in the Middle East by our count, at The Pearl-Qatar, with nearly 5km of boardwalk and capacity for up to 900 vessels up to 60m. It partners with the Corinthia Yacht Club.

Al Mourjan Marinas

Lusail City's marina, with reciprocal berthing and member privileges through Old Doha Port's regional marina partnership network, useful if you split time between Doha and Lusail.

Oman: two marinas built around Muscat

Oman's marina scene is smaller and more focused than Qatar's or Saudi Arabia's, tied closely to Oman Vision 2040 coastal-tourism growth.

Al Mouj Marina

124 berths in a first phase, with 400 planned, for yachts 10 to 40m. It has 6m-wide pontoon walkways, an on-water lounge, fueling and maintenance, a 24-hour dockmaster and one of the world's longest marina breakwaters at 2km. Treat the 400-berth figure as the plan, not yet the count on the water.

Jebel Sifah Marina

84 wet berths, 31 of them reserved for superyachts up to 60m, plus 115 dry berths. Members get the Jebel Sifah Boat Owners Club: a pool, private beach and berth-holders' lounge.

Bahrain: compact, with one marina still under construction

Bahrain's marina scene centres on Amwaj Islands, with two newer waterfront developments filling in around it, one of them genuinely still being built.

Amwaj Marina

145 deepwater berths plus a 140m superyacht dock with capacity for 4 superyachts up to 75m, the only Bahraini marina able to take vessels over 75m. It runs 24-hour security, valet boat service, fuel and water.

Durrat Marina (Durrat Al Bahrain)

Planned for up to 400 berths for 33 to 85ft yachts. Phase one has delivered roughly 100 berths for 10 to 26m boats. Billed as the first mixed-use marina of its scale in the Middle East, it is a phase-one reality inside a much bigger plan, so confirm current berth availability before you count on a specific slip.

Bahrain Bay / Marassi Al Bahrain

Private-jetty and waterfront berthing tied to the Bahrain Bay and Marassi Al Bahrain mixed-use developments, alongside PMA-regulated commercial port facilities.

Kuwait: built for weekend boating, not superyachts

Kuwait's marinas serve a different owner than Saudi Arabia's or Qatar's giga-projects: a wealthy but weekend-focused boating culture rather than long-range cruising or superyacht basing.

Marina Crescent

Kuwait's most popular weekend leisure-boat and yacht-rental hub, in Salmiya on the Kuwait City waterfront, with an adjoining dining and retail promenade.

Souq Sharq Marina (incl. Marassi Sharq)

A waterfront marina promenade in the heart of Kuwait City. The adjacent Marassi Sharq marina supports up to 365 berths with fuel and maintenance facilities.

Al Kout Marina (Marsa Al Kout) / Khiran Marina

Roughly a 150-berth leisure marina at Al Kout. The wider Khiran area is a popular calm-water weekend destination for boating, fishing and swimming.

Is Sindalah Marina open to visiting yacht owners?

Sindalah is IGY-managed, and IGY runs marinas worldwide built around serving transient, visiting yachts as well as long-term berth holders. That is a reasonable basis for expecting Sindalah to welcome visiting owners, but we have not seen a published visiting-yacht booking policy specific to Sindalah itself. Confirm current availability and any visitor requirements directly with NEOM or IGY before you plan a cruise around a stop there.

Berthed is not the same as flagged

Which marina you choose has nothing to do with which flag your yacht flies. We cover that separately in our flag registration guide for Gulf owners, Cayman Islands and Marshall Islands remain the two most common choices regardless of which of these 14 marinas you end up berthed at.