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Cruises From San Francisco, California

 

Overview

As of today - September 15, 2024 - there are 72 cruise options out of San Francisco, CA (from which 11 are in 2024, 51 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 Francisco cruise deals), "View Sailings Sorted By Price Per Day" or "View Sailings Grouped By Itineraries".

Regions and Prices

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Region
Alaska
Hawaii
Mexico
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 of 2025, with prices starting from $1169. For Hawaii you can book cruises in January of 2025 starting from $1488. For Mexico you can book cruises in August of 2025 starting from $609. As for Pacific Coast, the lowest priced cruises are in November, with prices starting from $628. Finally, for Panama Canal, you can book cruises in September starting from $999.

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 (11 days, 16 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
Sep. 28, 2024 Sapphire Princess 16 $999 $62 View
Nov. 16, 2024 Ruby Princess 11 $908 $83 View
Jan. 19, 2025 Ruby Princess 11 $918 $83 View
Mar. 8, 2025 Ruby Princess 11 $958 $87 View
Nov. 9, 2024 Ruby Princess 7 $628 $90 View
Oct. 1, 2024 Carnival Miracle 15 $1359 $91 View
Jan. 30, 2025 Ruby Princess 16 $1488 $93 View
View All Cruises Sorted By Price Per Day

The most discounted San Francisco cruise starts at $62 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on September 28, 2024 (16 nights San Francisco to Ft. Lauderdale, FL itinerary on Sapphire Princess).

If you want to see the listing of all 72 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 Norwegian (NCL) - 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 48 48 $116 4
Carnival 23 6 $129 2
Norwegian (NCL) 1 1 $134 1

Princess Cruises Out Of San Francisco

Princess offers the most sailings out of San Francisco - 48 cruise options. It offers 48 distinct itineraries out of San Francisco, serviced on 4 cruise ships. The average price per person per day for Princess cruises is $116.

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Carnival Cruises Out Of San Francisco

Carnival offers 23 cruise options out of San Francisco. It offers 6 distinct itineraries out of San Francisco, serviced on 2 cruise ships (Carnival Legend and Carnival Miracle). The average price per person per day for Carnival cruises is $129.

View all Carnival Cruises From San Francisco.

Norwegian (NCL) Cruises Out Of San Francisco

Norwegian (NCL) offers 1 cruise options out of San Francisco. It offers 1 distinct itinerary and has 1 cruise ship (Norwegian Joy) sailing out of San Francisco. The average price per person per day for Norwegian (NCL) cruises is $134.

View all Norwegian (NCL) Cruises From San Francisco.

Cruise Ships out of San Francisco

There are 7 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
Ruby Princess 2008 45 45 $117
Carnival Legend 2002 21 4 $132
Carnival Miracle 2004 2 2 $112
Norwegian Joy 2017 1 1 $134
Coral Princess 2003 1 1 $131
Island Princess 2003 1 1 $130
Sapphire Princess 2004 1 1 $62

Ruby Princess, which was built in 2008 and accommodates approximately 3100 passengers, offers the most sailings out of San Francisco - 45 of them. It features 45 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $117.

Carnival Legend, built in 2002 with capacity of approximately 2100 passengers, offers 21 sailings out of San Francisco. It features 4 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $132.

Carnival Miracle, which started sailing in 2004 and accommodates approximately 2100 passengers, offers 2 sailings. It features 2 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $112.

Norwegian Joy offers 1 cruise using 1 distinct itinerary, Coral Princess offers 1 cruise using 1 distinct itinerary, Island Princess offers 1 cruise using 1 distinct itinerary and Sapphire Princess offers 1 cruise using 1 distinct itinerary.

Duration of Cruises

Almost all cruise sailings scheduled out of San Francisco are 4 days, 5 days, 7 days, 10 days, 11 days, 15 days or 16 days long. The following table summarizes those options:

Duration Number of
Sailings
Distinct
Itineraries
Average Price
Per Day
11 Days / 11 Nights 19 19 $115
16 Days / 16 Nights 18 18 $107
10 Days / 10 Nights 10 1 $127
4 Days / 4 Nights 9 1 $160
7 Days / 7 Nights 8 8 $141
5 Days / 5 Nights 3 3 $142
15 Days / 15 Nights 3 3 $119
Other Durations 1

The most popular duration of cruises traveling out of San Francisco is 11 days (11 nights) long. There are 19 such cruises featuring 19 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $115.

There are 18 cruise sailings that are 16 days (16 nights) long. They feature 18 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $107.

Among cruises that sail out of San Francisco you can also find 10 day cruises (10 sailings), 4 day cruises (9 sailings), 7 day cruises (8 sailings), 5 day cruises (3 sailings) and 15 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 Francisco.

Ports of Call

There are 27 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
Ensenada, Mexico 33 25
Juneau, Alaska 22 13
Ketchikan, Alaska 22 13
Skagway, Alaska 18 9
Honolulu, Hawaii 16 16
Nawiliwili (Kauai Island), Hawaii 16 16
Hilo, Hawaii 15 15
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada 14 5
Kahului (Maui Island), Hawaii 13 13
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 11 11
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 11 11
Victoria, BC, Canada 10 10
Other Ports Less than 10

Among cruises that leave from San Francisco there are 33 cruises (25 distinct itineraries) that visit Ensenada, Mexico. Juneau, Alaska, on the other hand, is visited by 22 cruises on 13 distinct itineraries. There are 22 cruises that visit Ketchikan, Alaska on 13 itineraries.

Some of the other more popular ports of call for San Francisco cruises are Skagway, Alaska (18 sailings), Honolulu, Hawaii (16 sailings), Nawiliwili (Kauai Island), Hawaii (16 sailings) and Hilo, Hawaii (15 sailings).


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

 
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