# Open Water

> Three boats, one leaderboard, and a weigh-in at the dock. Deep-sea fishing as a competition, with the catch cooked at the harbour restaurant afterwards.

Package A-04 from Offsyte, corporate recreation in the UAE · [Water & Marine](https://offsyte.ae/catalog/boat-and-yacht-team-building/) · Web page: https://offsyte.ae/packages/open-water/

- **Duration:** 7 hrs door-to-door
- **Ideal start time:** 05:30 pickup — the fish and the sea state are both better before 10:00
- **Departure window:** 05:00–06:30
- **Group size:** 12 min — 40 max
- **Emirate / venue:** Dubai — Jumeirah or Dubai Marina fishing harbour, offshore
- **Season:** Oct–May
- **Booking lead time:** 12 days

## Price per person, excluding 5% VAT

| Group size | Per person | Billed for at least |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 12–19 people | AED 950 | 20 people |
| 20–29 people | AED 850 | 23 people |
| 30–40 people | AED 780 | — |

A group smaller than a band's "billed for at least" figure is still served, and is invoiced for that many people.
Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 28–29 are billed as 30 people at the rate for 30–40 people.

Payment: 50% advance on signature. 100% cleared 3 working days before the event. Numbers lock 7 days prior.

## Why this is not the retail version

A shared fishing trip retails at **AED 300–450 a person** — eight strangers, four hours, one boat, and whoever shouts loudest gets the good rod.

Three private hulls means the group never mixes with the public, the crew work the client's people rather than paying customers, and **the whole thing becomes a competition** because three boats can be scored against each other. That is the difference between an outing and an event: at 11:30 there is a leaderboard, and everyone cares about it.

The **cook-your-catch lunch is the moment the day lands.** Whatever came in gets cooked and eaten at the harbour, and the table talks about the morning rather than about work. No retail trip does this because no retail trip controls the restaurant booking.

**Sell it to sales teams and to boards of 12–20.** It is the catalog's best small-group package — competitive, physical, and the only one where the participants produce the lunch.

## Timeline

- **05:30** — Bus departs client office. Breakfast boxes and coffee on board
- **06:00** — Harbour. Branded welcome, boat draw — teams assigned by lot, not by department
- **06:15** — Safety briefing, tackle briefing, competition rules. Scorecards issued
- **06:30** — Boats depart. Three hulls, up to ten anglers each
- **07:00** — First drift. Crew work each boat on rigging and technique
- **09:30** — Boats reposition. Live radio standings called between hulls
- **11:00** — Lines up
- **11:30** — Weigh-in at the dock. Species, weight and angler recorded on the board
- **12:00** — Cook-your-catch lunch at the harbour restaurant, with what came in
- **13:15** — Prizes — heaviest fish, most species, and the boat that caught nothing
- **13:45** — Bus departs
- **14:15** — Arrival at drop point

## Included

- Return transfer from client office
- Breakfast boxes and coffee on the outbound journey
- Three private 42 ft charters, 5 hrs — crew, rods, tackle, bait and licences
- Water, soft drinks and snacks on board
- Safety briefing, life jackets and full safety equipment
- Competition format — scorecards, radio standings, dock weigh-in, prize kit
- Cook-your-catch lunch at a harbour restaurant, with a full alternative menu for non-fish eaters
- Branded dockside setup
- Photographer, half day — 40+ retouched stills within 5 working days
- Same-day 60-second social edit
- Event coordinator on site

## Not included

- Guaranteed catch — see below
- Alcohol
- Seasickness medication (carried by the coordinator, not prescribed)
- 5% VAT

## Weather and backup plan

- **Trigger:** Sea state above 1.5 m, sustained wind above 20 knots, or a small-craft advisory. Called at 16:00 the day before from the marine forecast, and again at 05:00 by the skipper.
- **Fallback:** Reschedule free within 90 days. Where the sea turns after departure, the boats work inshore and the day runs short — the lunch, the weigh-in and the prizes all still happen.
- **You are told by:** By 17:00 the previous day where the forecast is clear; otherwise by 05:15 by phone, before anyone leaves home.

## Customisation options

- Fourth boat for groups above 30: AED 2,600
- Extend to 7 hrs on the water: AED 180/person
- Upgrade to a premium seafood lunch: AED 60/person
- Engraved trophy for the heaviest fish: AED 450
- Videographer + edited reel: AED 1,200
- Drone coverage of the fleet: AED 500
- Branded caps and technical shirts: AED 45–90/person
- Sunset return leg with refreshments: AED 140/person

## Questions about Open Water

### How much does Open Water cost per person?

AED 950 per person for 12–19 people; AED 850 per person for 20–29 people; AED 780 per person for 30–40 people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. A group below a band's minimum chargeable size is billed at that minimum: 20 people in the 12–19 band, 23 people in the 20–29 band. Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 28–29 are billed as 30 people at the rate for 30–40 people.

### How long does Open Water take, and when does it start?

7 hrs door-to-door. Ideal start: 05:30 pickup — the fish and the sea state are both better before 10:00. Departure window: 05:00–06:30. The timeline on this page is door-to-door, so the transfer is already inside it.

### What is not included in Open Water?

Guaranteed catch — see below; Alcohol; Seasickness medication (carried by the coordinator, not prescribed); 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.

### What happens to Open Water if the weather turns?

Trigger: Sea state above 1.5 m, sustained wind above 20 knots, or a small-craft advisory. Called at 16:00 the day before from the marine forecast, and again at 05:00 by the skipper. Fallback: Reschedule free within 90 days. Where the sea turns after departure, the boats work inshore and the day runs short — the lunch, the weigh-in and the prizes all still happen. You are told: By 17:00 the previous day where the forecast is clear; otherwise by 05:15 by phone, before anyone leaves home.

### How far in advance do we need to book Open Water?

The booking lead time is 12 days. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

## Read before you book

- [Deep-sea fishing in Dubai for a team, and the licence](https://offsyte.ae/blog/deep-sea-fishing-corporate-group-dubai/): When a Dubai fishing licence is needed and when it is not, what a private deep-sea fishing competition for a company costs, and how the weather call works.

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