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Cruises From San Diego, California

 

Overview

Currently (as of today - October 5, 2024) there are 73 available cruise options out of San Diego, CA (from which 18 are in 2024, 31 are in 2025 and the rest are in 2026). 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 73 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
Hawaii
Mexico
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 Hawaii is November, with prices starting from $1899. For Mexico you can book cruises in April of 2025 starting from $834. For Pacific Coast you can book cruises in May of 2025 starting from $419. As for Panama Canal, the lowest priced cruises are in October, with prices starting from $1679.

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.

Departure
Date
Ship Days Price $/Day View
Dec. 10, 2024 Koningsdam 11 $999 $91 View
Nov. 16, 2024 Koningsdam 14 $1289 $92 View
May 3, 2025 Zaandam 4 $419 $105 View
Oct. 10, 2024 Eurodam 16 $1679 $105 View
Nov. 16, 2024 Koningsdam 7 $744 $106 View
Nov. 30, 2024 Koningsdam 10 $1074 $107 View
Dec. 7, 2024 Zaandam 11 $1194 $109 View
View All Cruises Sorted By Price Per Day

The most discounted San Diego cruise starts at $91 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on December 10, 2024 (11 nights San Diego round-trip itinerary on Koningsdam).

If you want to see the listing of all 73 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.

Cruise Line Number of
Sailings
Distinct
Itineraries
Average Price
Per Day
Number of
Ships
Holland America 69 69 $140 5
Norwegian (NCL) 4 3 $137 1

Holland America Cruises Out Of San Diego

Holland America offers the most sailings out of San Diego - 69 cruise options. It offers 69 distinct itineraries out of San Diego, serviced on 5 cruise ships. The average price per person per day for Holland America cruises is $140.

View all Holland America Cruises From San Diego.

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 Jade) sailing out of San Diego. The average price per person per day for Norwegian (NCL) cruises is $137.

View all Norwegian (NCL) Cruises From San Diego.

Cruise Ships out of San Diego

There are 6 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
Zaandam 2000 22 22 $145
Nieuw Amsterdam 2010 21 21 $135
Koningsdam 2016 20 20 $134
Eurodam 2008 4 4 $131
Norwegian Jade 2008 4 3 $137
Zuiderdam 2002 2 2 $163

Zaandam, which was built in 2000 and accommodates approximately 1400 passengers, offers the most sailings out of San Diego - 22 of them. It features 22 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $145.

Nieuw Amsterdam, built in 2010 with capacity of approximately 2100 passengers, offers 21 sailings out of San Diego. It features 21 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $135.

Koningsdam, which started sailing in 2016 and accommodates approximately 2700 passengers, offers 20 sailings. It features 20 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $134.

Eurodam offers 4 cruises using 4 distinct itineraries, Norwegian Jade offers 4 cruises using 3 distinct itineraries and Zuiderdam offers 2 cruises using 2 distinct itineraries.

Duration of Cruises

Almost all cruise sailings scheduled out of San Diego are 4 days, 7 days, 11 days, 14 days, 17 days, 18 days or 24 days long. The following table summarizes those options:

Duration Number of
Sailings
Distinct
Itineraries
Average Price
Per Day
7 Days / 7 Nights 21 20 $150
14 Days / 14 Nights 14 14 $138
4 Days / 4 Nights 5 5 $113
11 Days / 11 Nights 5 5 $116
17 Days / 17 Nights 5 5 $134
18 Days / 18 Nights 3 3 $122
24 Days / 24 Nights 3 3 $123
Other Durations Less than 2

The most popular duration of cruises traveling out of San Diego is 7 days (7 nights) long. There are 21 such cruises featuring 20 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $150.

There are 14 cruise sailings that are 14 days (14 nights) long. They feature 14 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $138.

Among cruises that sail out of San Diego you can also find 4 day cruises (5 sailings), 11 day cruises (5 sailings), 17 day cruises (5 sailings), 18 day cruises (3 sailings) and 24 day cruises (3 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 is, however, a 5 day cruise sailing out of San Diego.

Ports of Call

There are 25 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
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 46 45
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 37 36
Mazatlan, Mexico 32 31
Ensenada, Mexico 27 27
Kahului (Maui Island), Hawaii 18 18
Kona, Hawaii 18 18
Honolulu, Hawaii 18 18
San Francisco, California 18 18
Hilo, Hawaii 17 17
Vancouver, BC, Canada 14 14
Nawiliwili (Kauai Island), Hawaii 12 12
Victoria, BC, Canada 6 6
Other Ports Less than 6

Among cruises that leave from San Diego there are 46 cruises (45 distinct itineraries) that visit Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on the other hand, is visited by 37 cruises on 36 distinct itineraries. There are 32 cruises that visit Mazatlan, Mexico on 31 itineraries.

Some of the other more popular ports of call for San Diego cruises are Ensenada, Mexico (27 sailings), Kahului (Maui Island), Hawaii (18 sailings), Kona, Hawaii (18 sailings) and Honolulu, Hawaii (18 sailings).


 
Cruise Sailings
There are a total of
73
available cruise sailings from San Diego, California
Sailings By Departure
Sailings By Price Per Day
Sailings Grouped By Itineraries

 
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