How Much Does a Superyacht Inflatable Platform Cost? (2026 Guide)

Ask three brokers what an inflatable platform costs and you'll get three shrugs. Most manufacturer sites don't publish prices at all. This guide fixes that with real, published 2026 price points, cited by brand and model, so you can budget before you request a quote.

The short answer: a compact bolt-on dock starts around EUR 300. A serious modular platform for a 30m-plus yacht sits between EUR 1,850 and EUR 5,995. Sea pools run from about EUR 2,200 to EUR 19,949. Above that, the market goes quote-only, and for good reason.

Every figure below is a live list price published by the manufacturer or an authorised dealer. VAT treatment varies by seller: German factory shops quote prices including 19% German VAT, while dealer and export pricing depends on where the platform ships. Confirm the VAT position on your specific delivery before comparing quotes.

2026 Price Bands, Built From Published Prices

These bands are rounded from verified list prices, not estimates. Each example names the brand, model and price as published in 2026.

Band	What You Get	Verified Examples
EUR 300 to 900	Entry modular docks and add-ons	Spinera Boating Steps and Seat 1.02 at EUR 299.95; Chill Dock 2.05 at EUR 449.95; Single Outboard Dock 3.08 at EUR 799.95; Twin Outboard Dock 3.08 at EUR 899.95 (factory shop, incl. 19% German VAT)
EUR 1,700 to 2,900	Compact premium platforms and toy docks	Jobe Infinity Island at EUR 1,699.97; Yachtbeach Platform 2.05 and 3.08 Premium Teak at EUR 1,889 each; Yachtbeach Foil Dock 2.05 at EUR 2,629; Yachtbeach Platform 4.10 Premium Teak at EUR 2,839
EUR 4,200 to 6,000	Full-size superyacht platforms	Yachtbeach Platform 6.16 at EUR 4,199; Nautibuoy Sport 525 Teak at EUR 4,240; Yachtbeach Platform 8.20 at EUR 5,779; Nautibuoy Voyager 800 Teak at EUR 5,995
EUR 2,200 to 19,949	Netted sea pools	Jobe Infinity Pool at EUR 2,299.97; YachtBeach Classic Pool 4x4m at EUR 2,199; Yachtbeach Luxury Pool 4.10 at EUR 5,569; Pool Superior 6.16 at EUR 14,699; Pool Superior 8.20 at EUR 19,949
EUR 2,500 to 15,749	Inflatable yacht slides	Yachtbeach Mini Yachtslide at EUR 2,499; Magic Yachtslide 4.6 at EUR 10,499; Magic Yachtslide 7.2 at EUR 15,749
Price on application	Custom and top-tier builds	SeaRaft custom platforms, seapools and docking; NautiBuoy factory quotes; FunAir Beach Club Sea Pools

For reference outside the eurozone, US dealer Light As Air Boats lists NautiBuoy platforms between $4,455 and $6,295, and SeaRaft standard sizes from $4,495 to $5,915, with a $450 shipping line and customs duties on top. Landed cost in the Mediterranean is a different sum, which is the case for buying from an EU dealer.

What Actually Drives the Cost

Size and buoyancy

Surface area is the first multiplier. Yachtbeach's own range shows it cleanly: the 2.05m platform lists at EUR 1,889 and the 8.20m version at EUR 5,779, with the same Premium Teak construction throughout. NautiBuoy's four sizes run from 2.5 x 1.5 m up to 4 x 2 m, and max load climbs from 410 kg to 700 kg across that range. More area means more dropstitch material, more chambers and more load capacity, and the price follows.

Construction and finish

The core technology is high-pressure dropstitch. NautiBuoy platforms are all 20 cm deep and inflate to 250 mb, built on a dropstitch core with Mehler German PVC borders, hand crafted in Europe. Spinera's entry docks use a 15 cm HDDS dropstitch core. Thicker cores, teak-effect PE foam decks (NautiBuoy's is UV tested for 3,000 hours and heat resistant to 110C), stainless D-rings and ballast systems all sit in the premium price, not the entry one.

Connection systems and customisation

A platform that only floats is cheap. A platform that locks into a jet ski dock, a sea pool and a second platform is not. NautiBuoy's patent-pending Air Toggle linking system builds T-shape jet ski docks from any two platforms. Yachtbeach uses its 10 and 12-point handle connection system for L, T and O-shape setups. That modularity is engineering, and it's a real share of the price gap between a EUR 450 dock and a EUR 5,995 platform.

NautiBuoy vs SeaRaft vs Yachtbeach: Where Each Brand Sits

NautiBuoy: the modular benchmark

NautiBuoy Marine is British designed by ex-superyacht crew with 25 years of experience, holds European design protection with 12 patents pending, and won the international DAME design and innovation award and later introduced the C-Dock. Its system is deliberately simple to spec: two series (Voyager and Sport), four sizes, two surfaces. The Sport series can do everything the Voyager can, but Voyager carries more connection options. The factory publishes no prices; dealer pricing puts a Sport 525 Teak at EUR 4,240 and a Voyager 800 Teak at EUR 5,995. Read our full NautiBuoy range overview.

SeaRaft: fully custom, engineered around one vessel

SeaRaft sits in the same Dutch group as NautiBuoy (Airgroup Industries BV, Nijmegen) and publishes no fixed model sizes at all. Everything is available in any desired size, custom made, engineered in the Netherlands and handbuilt in Europe. The group's own words draw the line: NautiBuoy offers a modular system that adapts to different vessels, while SEARAFT delivers a fully custom platform engineered specifically around one vessel. When a captain wants the platform contoured to the transom, that's the SeaRaft brief, and it's quote-only. See the Searaft platform page and SeaPool page.

Yachtbeach: German-engineered, transparent pricing

Yachtbeach, a division of Point of Sports GmbH in Germany, is the brand that publishes the most complete price list, from a EUR 139 stool to EUR 19,949 for the Pool Superior 8.20. Its catalogue is the widest of the three: platforms in five sizes, jet ski and foil docks, three pool tiers, pavilions, slides and air furniture, all Made in Europe and connectable through the handle system. If you want to know your total before you call anyone, start here. Browse the Yachtbeach range.

Why the Top End Is Price on Application

Three of the most serious names in this market publish no prices at all: NautiBuoy's factory site is quote-only, SeaRaft's site asks you to request a quote or a brochure, and FunAir lists its Beach Club Sea Pools behind an enquiry form.

That isn't coyness. Custom work has no list price: a SeaRaft platform built to one transom, in any desired size, with docking bays for a specific toy inventory, is priced per project. Fitting, freight to the vessel's location, crew handover and accessory packs (covers, steps, ballast, pumps) shift the total materially. NautiBuoy's own steps range exists because clients kept asking for custom pieces for yachts over 50 m with higher transoms.

The practical rule: published prices give you the floor and the mid-market. For a custom or superyacht-scale build, budget from the nearest published equivalent upward and get a written quote with freight and accessories itemised.

Buying in the Mediterranean: The Supply Angle

A platform bought from a US dealer means dollar pricing, transatlantic freight and customs duties. A platform bought from a northern European factory still has to reach your stern in Sardinia or Malta in season. The supply question matters as much as the list price.

Mercer Yachting supplies NautiBuoy, SeaRaft, Yachtbeach, Spinera and Jobe platforms from Malta, in the middle of the Med. Ritz Marine Ltd, our parent company, is the named NautiBuoy dealer for Malta and Sicily on the manufacturer's own dealer list, alongside Ocean Premium in Antibes and Versilia Supply Service in Italy. That means EU stock, EUR pricing, and delivery coordinated with your itinerary rather than around it.

Start with the inflatable platforms hub to compare the ranges side by side, or go straight to contact us with your yacht's LOA, transom layout and toy inventory. We'll come back with a like-for-like quote across brands, VAT position included.

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