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Cruises From San Diego, California

 

Overview

Currently (as of today - December 5, 2024) there are 72 available cruise options out of San Diego, CA (from which 2 are in 2024, 46 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 72 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 January of 2025, with prices starting from $1909. For Mexico you can book cruises in April of 2025 starting from $799. For Pacific Coast you can book cruises in April of 2025 starting from $404. As for Panama Canal, the lowest priced cruises are in January of 2025, with prices starting from $1899.

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
Apr. 30, 2025 Nieuw Amsterdam 4 $404 $101 View
May 3, 2025 Zaandam 4 $419 $105 View
Apr. 26, 2025 Zaandam 11 $1164 $106 View
Nov. 19, 2025 Zaandam 29 $3109 $107 View
Mar. 29, 2025 Koningsdam 24 $2639 $110 View
Jan. 11, 2025 Koningsdam 17 $1909 $112 View
Nov. 19, 2025 Zaandam 17 $1919 $113 View
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The most discounted San Diego cruise starts at $101 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on April 30, 2025 (4 nights San Diego to Vancouver, Canada itinerary on Nieuw Amsterdam).

If you want to see the listing of all 72 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 68 $139 5
Norwegian (NCL) 3 2 $148 1

Holland America Cruises Out Of San Diego

Holland America offers the most sailings out of San Diego - 69 cruise options. It offers 68 distinct itineraries out of San Diego, serviced on 5 cruise ships. The average price per person per day for Holland America cruises is $139.

View all Holland America Cruises From San Diego.

Norwegian (NCL) Cruises Out Of San Diego

Norwegian (NCL) offers 3 cruise options out of San Diego. It offers 2 distinct itineraries out of San Diego, serviced on 1 cruise ship (Norwegian Jade). The average price per person per day for Norwegian (NCL) cruises is $148.

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
Nieuw Amsterdam 2010 29 28 $133
Zaandam 2000 25 25 $144
Koningsdam 2016 10 10 $133
Eurodam 2008 3 3 $144
Norwegian Jade 2008 3 2 $148
Zuiderdam 2002 2 2 $165

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 $133.

Zaandam, built in 2000 with capacity of approximately 1400 passengers, offers 25 sailings out of San Diego. It features 25 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $144.

Koningsdam, which started sailing in 2016 and accommodates approximately 2700 passengers, offers 10 sailings. It features 10 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $133.

Eurodam offers 3 cruises using 3 distinct itineraries, Norwegian Jade offers 3 cruises using 2 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, 10 days, 11 days, 12 days, 14 days or 17 days long. The following table summarizes those options:

Duration Number of
Sailings
Distinct
Itineraries
Average Price
Per Day
7 Days / 7 Nights 22 20 $147
14 Days / 14 Nights 13 13 $127
17 Days / 17 Nights 6 6 $132
4 Days / 4 Nights 5 5 $111
11 Days / 11 Nights 5 5 $121
10 Days / 10 Nights 2 2 $122
12 Days / 12 Nights 2 2 $131
Other Durations Less than 2

The most popular duration of cruises traveling out of San Diego is 7 days (7 nights) long. There are 22 such cruises featuring 20 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $147.

There are 13 cruise sailings that are 14 days (14 nights) long. They feature 13 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $127.

Among cruises that sail out of San Diego you can also find 17 day cruises (6 sailings), 4 day cruises (5 sailings), 11 day cruises (5 sailings), 10 day cruises (2 sailings) and 12 day cruises (2 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 23 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 44 42
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 38 36
Mazatlan, Mexico 33 31
Ensenada, Mexico 22 22
San Francisco, California 18 18
Vancouver, BC, Canada 16 16
Kona, Hawaii 15 15
Kahului (Maui Island), Hawaii 15 15
Honolulu, Hawaii 15 15
Hilo, Hawaii 13 13
Nawiliwili (Kauai Island), Hawaii 9 9
Victoria, BC, Canada 8 8
Other Ports Less than 8

Among cruises that leave from San Diego there are 44 cruises (42 distinct itineraries) that visit Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on the other hand, is visited by 38 cruises on 36 distinct itineraries. There are 33 cruises that visit Mazatlan, Mexico on 31 itineraries.

Some of the other more popular ports of call for San Diego cruises are Ensenada, Mexico (22 sailings), San Francisco, California (18 sailings), Vancouver, BC, Canada (16 sailings) and Kona, Hawaii (15 sailings).


 
Cruise Sailings
There are a total of
72
available cruise sailings from San Diego, California
Sailings By Departure
Sailings By Price Per Day
Sailings Grouped By Itineraries

 
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