Cruises From San Diego, California

Overview

As of today - November 11, 2026 - there are 116 available cruise options out of San Diego, CA (from which 20 are in 2026, 82 are in 2027 and the rest are in 2028). 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 116 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 Asia is March of 2027, with prices starting from $3334. For Hawaii you can book cruises in January of 2027 starting from $1699. For Mexico you can book cruises in November starting from $200. As for Other Voyages, the lowest priced cruises are in April of 2027, with prices starting from $399. Finally, for Panama, you can book cruises in February of 2027 starting from $1709.

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, 4 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 cruises start at $50 per day. There are 2 sailings at that price point, with the earliest one sailing on November 29, 2026 (4 nights San Diego round-trip itinerary on Serenade of the Seas).

If you want to see the listing of all 116 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 4 cruise lines - Holland America, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian (NCL) and Princess - 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 - 66 cruise options. It offers 60 distinct itineraries out of San Diego, serviced on 6 cruise ships. The average price per person per day for Holland America cruises is $138.

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Royal Caribbean Cruises Out Of San Diego

Royal Caribbean offers 39 cruise options out of San Diego. It offers 16 distinct itineraries and has 1 cruise ship (Serenade of the Seas) sailing out of San Diego. The average price per person per day for Royal Caribbean cruises is $109.

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Norwegian (NCL) Cruises Out Of San Diego

Norwegian (NCL) offers 9 cruise options out of San Diego. It offers 5 distinct itineraries out of San Diego, serviced on 1 cruise ship (Norwegian Star). The average price per person per day for Norwegian (NCL) cruises is $88.

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Princess Cruises Out Of San Diego

Princess offers 2 cruise options out of San Diego. It offers 2 distinct itineraries and has 2 cruise ships (Coral Princess and Island Princess) sailing out of San Diego. The average price per person per day for Princess cruises is $125.

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Cruise Ships out of San Diego

There are 10 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 - 43 of them. It features 37 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $130.

Serenade of the Seas, built in 2003 with capacity of approximately 2100 passengers, offers 39 sailings out of San Diego. It features 16 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $109.

Zaandam, which started sailing in 2000 and accommodates approximately 1400 passengers, offers 12 sailings. It features 12 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $161.

Norwegian Star offers 9 cruises using 5 distinct itineraries, Zuiderdam offers 4 cruises using 4 distinct itineraries, Eurodam offers 3 cruises using 3 distinct itineraries and Nieuw Amsterdam offers 3 cruises using 3 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 3 days, 4 days, 7 days, 11 days, 14 days, 16 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 36 such cruises featuring 27 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $121.

There are 17 cruise sailings that are 4 days (4 nights) long. They feature 6 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $87.

Among cruises that sail out of San Diego you can also find 3 day cruises (14 sailings), 14 day cruises (6 sailings), 16 day cruises (6 sailings), 11 day cruises (5 sailings) and 18 day cruises (5 sailings).

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

Ports of Call

There are 102 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 116 cruises (83 distinct itineraries) that visit . Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on the other hand, is visited by 63 cruises on 52 distinct itineraries. There are 54 cruises that visit Ensenada, Mexico on 29 itineraries.

Some of the other more popular ports of call for San Diego cruises are Mazatlan, Mexico (47 sailings), Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (39 sailings), Pichilingue (La Paz) (29 sailings) and Catalina Island, California (17 sailings).