Cruises From San Diego, California

Overview

Currently (as of today - April 30, 2025) there are 95 available cruise options out of San Diego, CA (from which 43 are in 2025, 37 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 95 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 $1639. For Mexico you can book cruises in February of 2026 starting from $540. For Other Voyages you can book cruises in May starting from $299. As for Panama, the lowest priced cruises are in November, with prices starting from $1844.

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 $75 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on May 3, 2025 (4 nights San Diego to Vancouver, Canada itinerary on Zaandam).

If you want to see the listing of all 95 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 - 59 cruise options. It offers 58 distinct itineraries out of San Diego, serviced on 6 cruise ships. The average price per person per day for Holland America cruises is $128.

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Norwegian (NCL) Cruises Out Of San Diego

Norwegian (NCL) offers 36 cruise options out of San Diego. It offers 8 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 $142.

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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 - 29 of them. It features 28 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $120.

Norwegian Jade, built in 2008 with capacity of approximately 2400 passengers, offers 21 sailings out of San Diego. It features 7 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $128.

Zaandam, which started sailing in 2000 and accommodates approximately 1400 passengers, offers 16 sailings. It features 16 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $135.

Norwegian Star offers 15 cruises using 1 distinct itinerary, Koningsdam offers 6 cruises using 6 distinct itineraries, Zuiderdam offers 4 cruises using 4 distinct itineraries, Eurodam offers 3 cruises using 3 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, 17 days, 18 days or 35 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 46 such cruises featuring 17 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $140.

There are 11 cruise sailings that are 14 days (14 nights) long. They feature 11 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $125.

Among cruises that sail out of San Diego you can also find 17 day cruises (5 sailings), 4 day cruises (4 sailings), 11 day cruises (3 sailings), 18 day cruises (3 sailings) and 35 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 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 68 cruises (39 distinct itineraries) that visit Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on the other hand, is visited by 64 cruises on 35 distinct itineraries. There are 56 cruises that visit Mazatlan, Mexico on 27 itineraries.

Some of the other more popular ports of call for San Diego cruises are Ensenada, Mexico (20 sailings), Kona, Hawaii (14 sailings), Kahului (Maui Island), Hawaii (14 sailings) and Honolulu, Hawaii (14 sailings).