Yakhtul (Arabic: يختل) is a large coastal fishing village in the Taiz Governorate of southwestern Yemen.

During World War I, British patrol vessels shelled Dhubab fort in November 1914 and opened fire on Yakhtul on 8 December 1914, damaging 7 or 8 dhows moored there.

[3] Yakhtul lies on the coast of the Red Sea, at the head of a small shoal inlet, 10 miles (16 km) north of Mocha.

[5][6] The nine-mile (14 km) stretch between Yakhtul and Marsa Farjah has numerous sand and coral patches which give the sea a dark grey colour.

The salt pans, called darah are said to be "cut out of the hard ground and the soil heaped up on the sides to form bunds (zabir al-darah).