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Cruises From San Diego, California

 

Overview

Currently (as of today - March 25, 2023) there are 12 available cruise options out of San Diego, CA (from which 10 are in 2023 and 2 are in 2024). 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 12 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

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Region
Alaska
Mexico
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
World Cruise

In the upcoming year, the most affordable month for booking a cruise vacation that leaves from San Diego and visits Alaska is April, with prices starting from $399. For Mexico you can book cruises in April starting from $699. For Pacific you can book cruises in February of 2024 starting from $4074. As for Pacific Coast, the lowest priced cruises are in April, with prices starting from $199.

You can view the prices of all other regions in the table above. You can click on the links in that table 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 (4 days, 7 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.

Departure
Date
Ship Days Price $/Day View
Apr. 24, 2023 Eurodam 4 $199 $50 View
Apr. 26, 2023 Nieuw Amsterdam 4 $199 $50 View
May 2, 2023 Volendam 4 $199 $50 View
Apr. 23, 2023 Norwegian Jewel 8 $399 $50 View
Apr. 4, 2023 Zaandam 14 $699 $50 View
Apr. 2, 2023 Norwegian Jewel 7 $699 $100 View
Apr. 9, 2023 Norwegian Jewel 7 $729 $104 View
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The most discounted San Diego cruises start at $50 per day. There are 5 sailings at that price point, with the earliest one sailing on April 4, 2023 (14 nights San Diego to Ft. Lauderdale, FL itinerary on Zaandam).

If you want to see the listing of all 12 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.

Cruise Line Number of
Sailings
Distinct
Itineraries
Average Price
Per Day
Number of
Ships
Holland America 7 7 $135 5
Norwegian (NCL) 4 3 $88 1
Royal Caribbean 1 1 $115 1

Holland America Cruises Out Of San Diego

Holland America offers the most sailings out of San Diego - 7 cruise options. It offers 7 distinct itineraries out of San Diego, serviced on 5 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 4 cruise options out of San Diego. It offers 3 distinct itineraries and has 1 cruise ship (Norwegian Jewel) sailing out of San Diego. The average price per person per day for Norwegian (NCL) cruises is $88.

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Royal Caribbean Cruises Out Of San Diego

Royal Caribbean offers 1 cruise options out of San Diego. It offers 1 distinct itinerary out of San Diego, serviced on 1 cruise ship (Radiance of the Seas). The average price per person per day for Royal Caribbean cruises is $115.

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Cruise Ships out of San Diego

There are 7 cruise ships that offer sailings that depart from the San Diego cruise terminal.

Cruise Ship Year
Built
Number of
Sailings
Distinct
Itineraries
Average Price
Per Day
Norwegian Jewel 2005 4 3 $88
Volendam 1999 3 3 $152
Zaandam 2000 1 1 $50
Eurodam 2008 1 1 $50
Koningsdam 2016 1 1 $116
Nieuw Amsterdam 2010 1 1 $50
Radiance of the Seas 2001 1 1 $115

Norwegian Jewel, which was built in 2005 and accommodates approximately 2400 passengers, offers the most sailings out of San Diego - 4 of them. It features 3 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $88.

Volendam, built in 1999 with capacity of approximately 1400 passengers, offers 3 sailings out of San Diego. It features 3 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $152.

Zaandam, which started sailing in 2000 and accommodates approximately 1400 passengers, offers 1 sailing. It features 1 distinct itinerary and the average price (per person per day) of its sailing is $50.

Eurodam offers 1 cruise using 1 distinct itinerary, Koningsdam offers 1 cruise using 1 distinct itinerary, Nieuw Amsterdam offers 1 cruise using 1 distinct itinerary and Radiance of the Seas offers 1 cruise using 1 distinct itinerary.

Duration of Cruises

Almost all cruise sailings scheduled out of San Diego are 4 days, 7 days, 8 days, 14 days, 16 days, 35 days or 51 days long. The following table summarizes those options:

Duration Number of
Sailings
Distinct
Itineraries
Average Price
Per Day
4 Days / 4 Nights 3 3 $50
7 Days / 7 Nights 3 2 $103
8 Days / 8 Nights 1 1 $50
14 Days / 14 Nights 1 1 $50
16 Days / 16 Nights 1 1 $115
35 Days / 35 Nights 1 1 $116
51 Days / 51 Nights 1 1 $108
Other Durations 1


There are 3 cruise sailings that are 4 days (4 nights) long. They feature 3 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $50.

There are 3 cruise sailings that are 7 days (7 nights) long. They feature 2 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $103.

Among cruises that sail out of San Diego you can also find 8 day cruises (1 sailing), 14 day cruises (1 sailing), 16 day cruises (1 sailing), 35 day cruises (1 sailing) and 51 day cruises (1 sailing).

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

Ports of Call

There are 77 distinct ports that are visited by cruises that leave from San Diego. The following table shows these ports:

Port of Call Number of
Sailings
Distinct
Itineraries
At Sea 7 7
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 4 3
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 4 3
Vancouver, BC, Canada 4 4
Honolulu, Hawaii 3 3
Cross the Equator 3 3
Fanning Island 3 3
Cross Intl Dateline 3 3
Hilo, Hawaii 3 3
Moorea, French Polynesia 3 3
Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia 3 3
Fakarava 3 3
Other Ports Less than 3

Among cruises that leave from San Diego there are 7 cruises (7 distinct itineraries) that visit At Sea. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on the other hand, is visited by 4 cruises on 3 distinct itineraries. There are 4 cruises that visit Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on 3 itineraries.

Some of the other more popular ports of call for San Diego cruises are Vancouver, BC, Canada (4 sailings), Honolulu, Hawaii (3 sailings), Cross the Equator (3 sailings) and Fanning Island (3 sailings).


 
Cruise Sailings
There are a total of
12
available cruise sailings from San Diego, California
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