Cruises From San Francisco, California
OverviewAs of today (February 20, 2025) there are 69 cruise options out of San Francisco, CA (from which 49 are in 2025 and 20 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 69 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< Previous Month | Next Month >
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 $1163. For Hawaii you can book cruises in February of 2026 starting from $1368. For Mexico you can book cruises in May starting from $584. As for Pacific Coast, the lowest priced cruises are in February of 2026, with prices starting from $608. Finally, for Panama Canal, you can book cruises in October starting from $1343. 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 FranciscoSince San Francisco cruises have various durations (10 days, 11 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 $84 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on October 6, 2025 (16 nights San Francisco to Galveston, TX itinerary on Carnival Legend). If you want to see the listing of all 69 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 FranciscoThere are only three cruise lines - Princess, Carnival and Norwegian (NCL) - that offer cruises that depart from the Port of San Francisco.
Princess Cruises Out Of San FranciscoPrincess offers the most sailings out of San Francisco - 46 cruise options. It offers 44 distinct itineraries out of San Francisco, serviced on 2 cruise ships (Ruby Princess and Island Princess). The average price per person per day for Princess cruises is $123.View all Princess Cruises From San Francisco. Carnival Cruises Out Of San FranciscoCarnival offers 21 cruise options out of San Francisco. It offers 4 distinct itineraries and has 1 cruise ship (Carnival Legend) sailing out of San Francisco. The average price per person per day for Carnival cruises is $141.View all Carnival Cruises From San Francisco. Norwegian (NCL) Cruises Out Of San FranciscoNorwegian (NCL) offers 2 cruise options out of San Francisco. It offers 2 distinct itineraries out of San Francisco, serviced on 2 cruise ships (Norwegian Encore and Norwegian Joy). The average price per person per day for Norwegian (NCL) cruises is $132.View all Norwegian (NCL) Cruises From San Francisco. Cruise Ships out of San FranciscoThere are 5 cruise ships that offer sailings that depart from the San Francisco cruise terminal.
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 43 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $124. 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 $141. Norwegian Encore, which started sailing in 2019 and accommodates approximately 4000 passengers, offers 1 sailing. It features 1 distinct itinerary and the average price (per person per day) of its sailing is $132. Norwegian Joy offers 1 cruise using 1 distinct itinerary and Island Princess offers 1 cruise using 1 distinct itinerary. Duration of CruisesAlmost all cruise sailings scheduled out of San Francisco are 4 days, 5 days, 7 days, 10 days, 11 days, 16 days or 18 days long. The following table summarizes those options:
The most popular duration of cruises traveling out of San Francisco is 10 days (10 nights) long. There are 19 such cruises featuring 9 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $140. There are 17 cruise sailings that are 11 days (11 nights) long. They feature 17 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $120. Among cruises that sail out of San Francisco you can also find 16 day cruises (12 sailings), 4 day cruises (9 sailings), 7 day cruises (5 sailings), 5 day cruises (2 sailings) and 18 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 Francisco. Ports of CallThere are 28 distinct ports that are visited by cruises that leave from San Francisco. The following table shows these ports:
Among cruises that leave from San Francisco there are 32 cruises (22 distinct itineraries) that visit Ketchikan, Alaska. Juneau, Alaska, on the other hand, is visited by 29 cruises on 19 distinct itineraries. There are 25 cruises that visit Skagway, Alaska on 15 itineraries. Some of the other more popular ports of call for San Francisco cruises are Ensenada, Mexico (25 sailings), Prince Rupert, BC, Canada (24 sailings), Honolulu, Hawaii (11 sailings) and Kahului (Maui Island), Hawaii (11 sailings). |
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