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Cruises From San Francisco, California

 

Overview

Currently (as of today - March 25, 2023) there are 38 cruise options out of San Francisco, CA, all of which sail in the year 2023. 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 38 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 Francisco cruise deals), "View Sailings Sorted By Price Per Day" or "View Sailings Grouped By Itineraries".

Regions and Prices

Region
Alaska
Mexico
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal

In the upcoming year, the most affordable month for booking a cruise vacation that leaves from San Francisco and visits Alaska is May, with prices starting from $699. For Mexico you can book cruises in May starting from $384. For Pacific you can book cruises in September starting from $1599. As for Pacific Coast, the lowest priced cruises are in April, with prices starting from $182. Finally, for Panama Canal, you can book cruises in August starting from $1999.

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 Francisco

Since San Francisco cruises have various durations (10 days, 4 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 Francisco cruises in the upcoming 12 months sorted by price per day. You can use this table to find the best cruise deals from San Francisco.

Departure
Date
Ship Days Price $/Day View
Apr. 28, 2023 Grand Princess 3 $182 $61 View
May 7, 2023 Ruby Princess 10 $699 $70 View
Sep. 26, 2023 Grand Princess 24 $1749 $73 View
May 17, 2023 Ruby Princess 10 $749 $75 View
May 27, 2023 Ruby Princess 10 $799 $80 View
Sep. 26, 2023 Grand Princess 20 $1599 $80 View
Aug. 21, 2023 Carnival Miracle 10 $809 $81 View
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The most discounted San Francisco cruise starts at $61 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on April 28, 2023 (3 nights San Francisco to Vancouver, Canada itinerary on Grand Princess).

If you want to see the listing of all 38 San Francisco 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 Francisco

There are only three cruise lines - Princess, Carnival and Cunard - that offer cruises that depart from the Port of San Francisco.

Cruise Line Number of
Sailings
Distinct
Itineraries
Average Price
Per Day
Number of
Ships
Princess 18 14 $105 2
Carnival 17 6 $102 1
Cunard 3 3 $102 1

Princess Cruises Out Of San Francisco

Princess offers the most sailings out of San Francisco - 18 cruise options. It offers 14 distinct itineraries and has 2 cruise ships (Ruby Princess and Grand Princess) sailing out of San Francisco. The average price per person per day for Princess cruises is $105.

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Carnival Cruises Out Of San Francisco

Carnival offers 17 cruise options out of San Francisco. It offers 6 distinct itineraries out of San Francisco, serviced on 1 cruise ship (Carnival Miracle). The average price per person per day for Carnival cruises is $102.

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Cunard Cruises Out Of San Francisco

Cunard offers 3 cruise options out of San Francisco. It offers 3 distinct itineraries and has 1 cruise ship (Queen Elizabeth) sailing out of San Francisco. The average price per person per day for Cunard cruises is $102.

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Cruise Ships out of San Francisco

There are 4 cruise ships that offer sailings that depart from the San Francisco cruise terminal.

Cruise Ship Year
Built
Number of
Sailings
Distinct
Itineraries
Average Price
Per Day
Carnival Miracle 2004 17 6 $102
Ruby Princess 2008 15 11 $114
Queen Elizabeth 2010 3 3 $102
Grand Princess 1998 3 3 $75

Carnival Miracle, which was built in 2004 and accommodates approximately 2100 passengers, offers the most sailings out of San Francisco - 17 of them. It features 6 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $102.

Ruby Princess, built in 2008 with capacity of approximately 3100 passengers, offers 15 sailings out of San Francisco. It features 11 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $114.

Queen Elizabeth, which started sailing in 2010 and accommodates approximately 2100 passengers, offers 3 sailings. It features 3 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $102.

Grand Princess offers 3 cruises from San Francisco using 3 distinct itineraries with the average per-person-per-day price of $75.

Duration of Cruises

Almost all cruise sailings scheduled out of San Francisco are 3 days, 4 days, 5 days, 7 days, 10 days, 16 days or 20 days long. The following table summarizes those options:

Duration Number of
Sailings
Distinct
Itineraries
Average Price
Per Day
10 Days / 10 Nights 22 13 $93
4 Days / 4 Nights 8 2 $105
3 Days / 3 Nights 1 1 $61
5 Days / 5 Nights 1 1 $87
7 Days / 7 Nights 1 1 $631
16 Days / 16 Nights 1 1 $125
20 Days / 20 Nights 1 1 $80
Other Durations 1

The most popular duration of cruises traveling out of San Francisco is 10 days (10 nights) long. There are 22 such cruises featuring 13 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $93.

There are 8 cruise sailings that are 4 days (4 nights) long. They feature 2 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $105.

Among cruises that sail out of San Francisco you can also find 3 day cruises (1 sailing), 5 day cruises (1 sailing), 7 day cruises (1 sailing), 16 day cruises (1 sailing) and 20 day cruises (1 sailing).

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

Ports of Call

There are 41 distinct ports that are visited by cruises that leave from San Francisco. The following table shows these ports:

Port of Call Number of
Sailings
Distinct
Itineraries
Juneau, Alaska 22 13
At Sea 21 17
Fun Day at Sea 17 6
Skagway, Alaska 16 7
Prince Rupert 14 10
Ketchikan, Alaska 13 9
Ensenada, Mexico 9 3
Tracy Arm Fjord 8 3
Icy Strait Point, Alaska 8 3
Glacier Bay National Park 8 5
Sitka, Alaska 5 5
Endicott Arm & Dawes Glacier 5 4
Other Ports Less than 5

Among cruises that leave from San Francisco there are 22 cruises (13 distinct itineraries) that visit Juneau, Alaska. At Sea, on the other hand, is visited by 21 cruises on 17 distinct itineraries. There are 17 cruises that visit Fun Day at Sea on 6 itineraries.

Some of the other more popular ports of call for San Francisco cruises are Skagway, Alaska (16 sailings), Prince Rupert (14 sailings), Ketchikan, Alaska (13 sailings) and Ensenada, Mexico (9 sailings).


 
Cruise Sailings
There are a total of
38
available cruise sailings from San Francisco, California
Sailings By Departure
Sailings By Price Per Day
Sailings Grouped By Itineraries