Cape Cod Canal cruise crowd calendar

Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts

How many cruise ships and people are in Cape Cod Canal today and on the days ahead, and which days are quietest to sail or visit.

Saturday 24 October 2026

In port today

No ships

0

No cruise ships scheduled

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How busy Cape Cod Canal is today

Saturday 24 October 2026 · 0 ships · 0 people

Full ship schedule and terminals

No cruise ships are scheduled in Cape Cod Canal today.

How busy is Cape Cod Canal? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Cape Cod Canal day. Select a day to see its ships.

  • No ships nothing scheduled
  • Quiet under half a typical day
  • Light 50–85% of typical
  • Typical 85–115%
  • Busy 115–150%
  • Peak over 150%

Numbers are thousands of people. Earlier days this month are faded and today is outlined.

Busiest and quietest days of the week

Tuesdays are the busiest and Sundays the quietest over the next 90 days.

  • Monday
    53
  • Tuesday
    86
  • Wednesday
    0
  • Thursday
    0
  • Friday
    0
  • Saturday
    0
  • Sunday
    0

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. Mon 2 Nov
    1 ship
    690
    Typical
  2. 1,118
    Peak

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 1,118
    Peak
  2. Mon 2 Nov
    1 ship
    690
    Typical

Cape Cod Canal port traffic, next 90 days

People in port per day · Sat 24 Oct – Thu 21 Jan

Ship calls
2
Daily average
20
people in port
Busiest day
1,118
Tue 27 Oct · 1 ships
Days with ships
2 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Cape Cod Canal crowd calendar questions

Each ship counts its guests at standard occupancy (two per cabin) plus its crew. A ship without a published capacity is listed in the schedule but not counted.

It compares the day with a typical Cape Cod Canal day with ships. Quiet is under half of that, Light 50–85%, Typical 85–115%, Busy 115–150% and Peak more than one and a half times. Each port is compared with itself, so a Busy day in a small port has far fewer people than one in a big homeport.

Most ships call at Cape Cod Canal for the day: they arrive in the morning and leave in the late afternoon, so the town and its sights are busiest in between.

The calendar covers this month and the next 11 months of published itineraries. Lines add and change calls, so dates further out can still move.

Yes. Arrival and departure times move with weather and port operations. Always confirm with your cruise line and the port before you travel.