Cruises From San Diego, California

Overview

Currently (as of today - July 19, 2025) there are 130 available cruise options out of San Diego, CA (from which 41 are in 2025, 54 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 130 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 $1799. For Mexico you can book cruises in February of 2026 starting from $519. 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 $1759.

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 $79 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on November 29, 2025 (7 nights San Diego round-trip itinerary on Norwegian Jade).

If you want to see the listing of all 130 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 two cruise lines - Holland America and Norwegian (NCL) - 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 - 92 cruise options. It offers 87 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 38 cruise options out of San Diego. It offers 10 distinct itineraries and has 2 cruise ships (Norwegian Jade and Norwegian Star) sailing out of San Diego. The average price per person per day for Norwegian (NCL) cruises is $138.

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Cruise Ships out of San Diego

There are 8 cruise ships that offer sailings that depart from the San Diego cruise terminal.


Nieuw Amsterdam, which was built in 2010 and accommodates approximately 2100 passengers, offers the most sailings out of San Diego - 31 of them. It features 30 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $129.

Koningsdam, built in 2016 with capacity of approximately 2700 passengers, offers 26 sailings out of San Diego. It features 22 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $138.

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 Jade offers 21 cruises using 7 distinct itineraries, Norwegian Star offers 17 cruises using 3 distinct itineraries, Zuiderdam offers 8 cruises using 8 distinct itineraries, Eurodam offers 5 cruises using 5 distinct itineraries and Volendam offers 1 cruise using 1 distinct itinerary.

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 59 such cruises featuring 27 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $145.

There are 15 cruise sailings that are 14 days (14 nights) long. They feature 15 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $137.

Among cruises that sail out of San Diego you can also find 11 day cruises (6 sailings), 17 day cruises (6 sailings), 4 day cruises (5 sailings), 15 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 97 cruises (64 distinct itineraries) that visit Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on the other hand, is visited by 83 cruises on 53 distinct itineraries. There are 73 cruises that visit Mazatlan, Mexico on 43 itineraries.

Some of the other more popular ports of call for San Diego cruises are Ensenada, Mexico (26 sailings), Honolulu, Hawaii (17 sailings), Kahului (Maui Island), Hawaii (17 sailings) and Kona, Hawaii (17 sailings).