Find the quietest day on your cruise
See which ports will be busiest — and which ones give you the best chance of a less-crowded day.
Find your quietest port day
Enter your ship and sail date — we'll rank your upcoming port calls from quietest to busiest.
Built from official port schedules — not scraped from the internet. Every forecast names its port authority source. How we estimate crowds
See an example
Illustrative example — not a real sailing. Enter your own ship and sail date above to get your ranked port days.
Carnival Jubilee — Oct 18
Your quietest port 🟢 Cozumel
Your busiest port 🔴 Nassau
Ports we track
Nassau
Bahamas
A Little Crowded6 ships in port today · ~15,873 est. passengers
Cozumel
Mexico
A Little Crowded5 ships in port today · ~15,750 est. passengers
Philipsburg
St. Maarten
Not Crowded2 ships in port today · ~6,304 est. passengers
St. Thomas
U.S. Virgin Islands
A Little Crowded1 ship in port today · ~2,134 est. passengers
Port Canaveral
United States
A Little Crowded4 ships in port today · ~13,506 est. passengers
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Not Crowded1 ship in port today · ~930 est. passengers
Ketchikan
United States
No ships todayNo upcoming ships in our data
Bermuda
Bermuda
Super Crowded3 ships in port today · ~7,581 est. passengers
Tampa
United States
Not Crowded1 ship in port today · ~2,124 est. passengers
Barbados
Barbados
No ships todayNext ships: Nov 6
Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands
Not Crowded1 ship in port today · ~3,960 est. passengers
San Diego
United States
Not Crowded1 ship in port today · ~1,750 est. passengers
Los Angeles
United States
Not Crowded1 ship in port today · ~3,602 est. passengers
San Francisco
United States
No ships todayNext ships: Nov 6
Vancouver
Canada
No ships todayNo upcoming ships in our data
Victoria
Canada
No ships todayNo upcoming ships in our data
Baltimore
United States
No ships todayNext ships: Nov 15
Barcelona
Spain
Not Crowded2 ships in port today · ~5,382 est. passengers
Helsinki
Finland
No ships todayNext ships: Nov 24
Tallinn
Estonia
No ships todayNext ships: Nov 23
Quebec City
Canada
No ships todayNo upcoming ships in our data
Sydney
Canada
No ships todayNo upcoming ships in our data
Bar Harbor
United States
No ships todayNo upcoming ships in our data
Icy Strait Point
United States
No ships todayNo upcoming ships in our data
Valletta
Malta
Not Crowded1 ship in port today · ~750 est. passengers
Dubrovnik
Croatia
No ships todayNo upcoming ships in our data
Cabo San Lucas
Mexico
No ships todayNo upcoming ships in our data
Antigua
Antigua and Barbuda
No ships todayNext ships: Nov 6
Puerto Vallarta
Mexico
Super Crowded2 ships in port today · ~8,206 est. passengers
Stavanger
Norway
Crowded1 ship in port today · ~6,654 est. passengers
How it works
We collect official schedules
Every day we pull published ship schedules from port authorities — the same sources the ports themselves maintain.
We estimate passenger loads
Each ship's published capacity is added up per port-day and compared against a busy day for that port, giving a Not Crowded / A Little Crowded / Crowded / Super Crowded rating.
You pick the quiet day
Check your port day before you sail — or rank a whole itinerary — and plan excursions around the crowds instead of into them.
Tracking 30 ports · 1359 ship-days forecast · 276 ships in our database — all from official port schedules.
Frequently asked questions
What is PortCrowds?
PortCrowds is a crowd calendar for cruise ports. For each port and date we estimate the scheduled cruise-passenger capacity — from the ships' published capacities, not bookings — and rate the day Not Crowded, A Little Crowded, Crowded, or Super Crowded.
Where does the schedule data come from?
Official port authority sources — for example Nassau Cruise Port, APIQROO (Cozumel), Port St. Maarten, WICO (St. Thomas), the Canaveral Port Authority, San Juan Cruise Port, the City of Ketchikan, Bermuda's Department of Marine & Ports, Port Tampa Bay, Barbados Port Inc., and the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands. Every port page credits its source and shows when the data was last fetched.
How accurate are the crowd estimates?
They're estimates, not headcounts. We use each ship's published passenger capacity, but actual loads vary by sailing, and schedules can change. Treat the rating as a planning guide — read the full methodology.
Why do some dates say "provisional"?
Dates more than 7 days out are marked provisional because cruise lines adjust itineraries for weather, maintenance, and operations. We re-check the near-term schedule daily.
Is PortCrowds affiliated with the cruise lines?
No. PortCrowds is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any cruise line, port authority, or tourism board.