If you are interested Key West boat rentals, then be prepared to pay substantially more than anywhere outside of Key West. For a 16 foot skiff, get ready to shell out $300 for a full day. For a two hour jaunt to see the Key West sunset, it'll cost you $200 plus 7% tax if you want to rent your own boat. For a 20 foot center console Angler, it's $400 for the whole day. Compare this to elsewhere in the Florida Keys, outside of Key West, it's $255 for a 20 foot center console. Keep in mind, that even with high prices for Key West rentals, you still probably won't get a nice GPS system like the screen on the boat in this picture.
Basically, like everything else, it costs more in Key West. Anyway, if you're vacationing in Key West, what choice do you have? You can pay for convenience or you can drive "up the Keys" for a lower rate. Marathon, 50 miles away, has a few cheaper boat rental places. Big Pine Key, 30 miles away, has a boat rental company that will deliver the boat to you. You can rent anything from a 12 foot Jon boat for $100 bucks a day to a 30 foot Sea Ray, $650 bucks a day.
Renting a boat out of Big Pine Key also means you'll be close to Looe Key Sanctuary when you go out. That means extraordinary snorkeling and scuba diving. However, no fishing because it's a sanctuary. Don't worry, because the Florida Keys have some of the best sportfishing in the world and the sanctuaries only eliminate a small portion of fishing opportunities.
