Overview
Currently (as of today - December 13, 2025) there are 34 cruise options out of San Francisco, CA (from which 26 are in
2026 and 8 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 34 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
In the upcoming year, the most affordable month for booking a cruise vacation that leaves from San Francisco and visits Alaska is August of 2026, with prices starting from $999. For Hawaii you can book cruises in November of 2026 starting from $1279. For Mexico you can book cruises in March of 2026 starting from $949. As for Other Voyages, the lowest priced cruises are in February of 2026, with prices starting from $659.
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 (16 days, 10 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.
The most discounted San Francisco cruise starts at $80 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on November 8, 2026 (16 nights San Francisco round-trip itinerary on Ruby Princess).
If you want to see the listing of all 34 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 is only one cruise line - Princess - that offers cruises that depart from the Port of San Francisco.
Princess Cruises Out Of San Francisco
Princess offers 34 cruise options out of San Francisco. It offers 28 distinct itineraries out of San Francisco, serviced on 1 cruise ship (Ruby Princess). The average price per person per day for Princess cruises is $123.
View all Princess Cruises From San FranciscoCruise Ships out of San Francisco
There is only one cruise ship that offers cruises departing from the San Francisco cruise terminal.
Ruby Princess, which was built in 2008 and accommodates approximately 3100 passengers, offers 34 sailings out of San Francisco. It features 28 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $123.
Duration of Cruises
The cruise sailings scheduled out of San Francisco are 5 days, 7 days, 10 days, 11 days, 16 days and 20 days long. The following table summarizes those options:
The most popular duration of cruises traveling out of San Francisco is 16 days (16 nights) long. There are 15 such cruises featuring 12 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $97.
There are 10 cruise sailings that are 10 days (10 nights) long. They feature 8 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $155.
Among cruises that sail out of San Francisco you can also find 7 day cruises (4 sailings), 5 day cruises (2 sailings), 11 day cruises (2 sailings) and 20 day cruises (1 sailing).
Even though many people ask about them, cruise lines do not offer any
2 day,
3 day or
4 day cruises out of San Francisco.
Ports of Call
There are 21 distinct ports that are visited by cruises that leave from San Francisco. The following table shows these ports:
Nawiliwili (Kauai Island), Hawaii
Kahului (Maui Island), Hawaii
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Among cruises that leave from San Francisco there are 18 cruises (15 distinct itineraries) that visit Ensenada, Mexico. Honolulu, Hawaii, on the other hand, is visited by 15 cruises on 12 distinct itineraries. There are 14 cruises that visit Nawiliwili (Kauai Island), Hawaii on 11 itineraries.
Some of the other more popular ports of call for San Francisco cruises are Kahului (Maui Island), Hawaii (13 sailings), Ketchikan, Alaska (11 sailings), Prince Rupert, BC, Canada (11 sailings) and Hilo, Hawaii (11 sailings).