Cruises From San Diego, California

Overview

As of today (October 20, 2025) there are 112 available cruise options out of San Diego, CA (from which 24 are in 2025, 53 are in 2026 and the rest are in 2027). In the following paragraphs you'll find a detailed overview of all those cruise options. If you're just looking to see the listing of the 112 sailings, please click on one of the 3 buttons on the right side - either on "View Sailings Sorted By Departure Date" (good for viewing last minute San Diego cruise deals), "View Sailings Sorted By Price Per Day" or "View Sailings Grouped By Itineraries".

Regions and Prices

In the upcoming year, the most affordable month for booking a cruise vacation that leaves from San Diego and visits Hawaii is November, with prices starting from $1399. For Mexico you can book cruises in November starting from $299. For Other Voyages you can book cruises in May of 2026 starting from $349. As for Panama, the lowest priced cruises are in November, with prices starting from $1399.

You can click on links in the table above to view the cruise options for the given region in a given month. You can also click on the "Next Month" and "Previous Month" links at the top of the table to shift the window of months that are displayed.

Cheap Cruises From San Diego

Since San Diego cruises have various durations (7 days, 14 days and other durations - see below), the best way to compare cruise prices is to do that on price-per-day bases. The following table shows San Diego cruises in the upcoming 12 months sorted by price per day. You can use this table to find the best cruise deals from San Diego.

The most discounted San Diego cruise starts at $50 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on November 2, 2025 (6 nights San Diego round-trip itinerary on Norwegian Jade).

If you want to see the listing of all 112 San Diego sailings sorted by price per day, you can click on 'View All Cruises Sorted By Price Per Day' link at the bottom of the table above.

Cruise Lines out of San Diego

There are only three cruise lines - Holland America, Norwegian (NCL) and Royal Caribbean - that offer cruises that depart from the Port of San Diego.

Holland America Cruises Out Of San Diego

Holland America offers the most sailings out of San Diego - 83 cruise options. It offers 78 distinct itineraries out of San Diego, serviced on 6 cruise ships. The average price per person per day for Holland America cruises is $135.

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Norwegian (NCL) Cruises Out Of San Diego

Norwegian (NCL) offers 22 cruise options out of San Diego. It offers 9 distinct itineraries and has 2 cruise ships (Norwegian Star and Norwegian Jade) sailing out of San Diego. The average price per person per day for Norwegian (NCL) cruises is $149.

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Royal Caribbean Cruises Out Of San Diego

Royal Caribbean offers 7 cruise options out of San Diego. It offers 4 distinct itineraries out of San Diego, serviced on 1 cruise ship (Serenade of the Seas). The average price per person per day for Royal Caribbean cruises is $104.

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Cruise Ships out of San Diego

There are 9 cruise ships that offer sailings that depart from the San Diego cruise terminal.


Koningsdam, which was built in 2016 and accommodates approximately 2700 passengers, offers the most sailings out of San Diego - 26 of them. It features 22 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $137.

Nieuw Amsterdam, built in 2010 with capacity of approximately 2100 passengers, offers 24 sailings out of San Diego. It features 23 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $127.

Zaandam, which started sailing in 2000 and accommodates approximately 1400 passengers, offers 21 sailings. It features 21 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $135.

Norwegian Star offers 16 cruises using 3 distinct itineraries, Zuiderdam offers 8 cruises using 8 distinct itineraries, Serenade of the Seas offers 7 cruises using 4 distinct itineraries and Norwegian Jade offers 6 cruises using 6 distinct itineraries.

For all other cruise ships please see the table above to learn when they were built and how many sailings and itineraries they offer.

Duration of Cruises

Almost all cruise sailings scheduled out of San Diego are 4 days, 7 days, 11 days, 14 days, 15 days, 17 days or 18 days long. The following table summarizes those options:

The most popular duration of cruises traveling out of San Diego is 7 days (7 nights) long. There are 48 such cruises featuring 28 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $146.

There are 12 cruise sailings that are 14 days (14 nights) long. They feature 12 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $140.

Among cruises that sail out of San Diego you can also find 11 day cruises (6 sailings), 4 day cruises (5 sailings), 15 day cruises (5 sailings), 17 day cruises (5 sailings) and 18 day cruises (4 sailings).

Even though many people ask about them, cruise lines do not offer any 2 day or 3 day cruises out of San Diego. There are, however, 5 day cruises sailing out of San Diego.

Ports of Call

There are 32 distinct ports that are visited by cruises that leave from San Diego. The following table shows these ports:

Among cruises that leave from San Diego there are 83 cruises (62 distinct itineraries) that visit Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on the other hand, is visited by 60 cruises on 45 distinct itineraries. There are 56 cruises that visit Mazatlan, Mexico on 40 itineraries.

Some of the other more popular ports of call for San Diego cruises are Ensenada, Mexico (28 sailings), Honolulu, Hawaii (16 sailings), Kahului (Maui Island), Hawaii (16 sailings) and Kona, Hawaii (16 sailings).