Cruises From San Francisco, California

Overview

Currently (as of today - March 30, 2025) there are 80 cruise options out of San Francisco, CA (from which 44 are in 2025, 28 are in 2026 and the rest 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 80 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 May, with prices starting from $1089. For Hawaii you can book cruises in February of 2026 starting from $1199. For Mexico you can book cruises in May starting from $556. As for Other Voyages, the lowest priced cruises are in February of 2026, with prices starting from $708. Finally, for Panama, you can book cruises in October starting from $1243.

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 $71 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on November 15, 2025 (11 nights San Francisco round-trip itinerary on Ruby Princess).

If you want to see the listing of all 80 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.

Princess Cruises Out Of San Francisco

Princess offers the most sailings out of San Francisco - 58 cruise options. It offers 52 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 $115.

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Carnival Cruises Out Of San Francisco

Carnival offers 20 cruise options out of San Francisco. It offers 5 distinct itineraries out of San Francisco, serviced on 1 cruise ship (Carnival Legend). The average price per person per day for Carnival cruises is $128.

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Norwegian (NCL) Cruises Out Of San Francisco

Norwegian (NCL) offers 2 cruise options out of San Francisco. It offers 2 distinct itineraries and has 2 cruise ships (Norwegian Encore and Norwegian Joy) sailing out of San Francisco. The average price per person per day for Norwegian (NCL) cruises is $125.

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Cruise Ships out of San Francisco

There 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 - 57 of them. It features 51 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $115.

Carnival Legend, built in 2002 with capacity of approximately 2100 passengers, offers 20 sailings out of San Francisco. It features 5 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $128.

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 $129.

Norwegian Joy offers 1 cruise using 1 distinct itinerary and Island 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, 16 days or 18 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 20 such cruises featuring 17 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $103.

There are 19 cruise sailings that are 10 days (10 nights) long. They feature 10 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $134.

Among cruises that sail out of San Francisco you can also find 11 day cruises (17 sailings), 4 day cruises (9 sailings), 7 day cruises (6 sailings), 5 day cruises (3 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 Call

There 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 33 cruises (22 distinct itineraries) that visit Ensenada, Mexico. Juneau, Alaska, on the other hand, is visited by 29 cruises on 20 distinct itineraries. There are 27 cruises that visit Ketchikan, Alaska on 22 itineraries.

Some of the other more popular ports of call for San Francisco cruises are Skagway, Alaska (25 sailings), Prince Rupert, BC, Canada (24 sailings), Honolulu, Hawaii (19 sailings) and Nawiliwili (Kauai Island), Hawaii (18 sailings).