Cooktown cruise crowd calendar

Cooktown, Australia

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

Thursday 12 November 2026 · all times local (Australian Eastern Standard Time)

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Cooktown port guide and schedule

In port today

No ships

0

No cruise ships scheduled

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How busy Cooktown is today

Thursday 12 November 2026 · 0 ships · 0 people · all times local (Australian Eastern Standard Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals

No cruise ships are scheduled in Cooktown today.

How busy is Cooktown? Crowd calendar

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

Later months
  • 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

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

  • Monday
    158
  • Tuesday
    0
  • Wednesday
    172
  • Thursday
    0
  • Friday
    100
  • Saturday
    100
  • 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. 1,296
    Typical
  2. Sat 6 Feb
    1 ship
    1,296
    Typical
  3. 2,058
    Peak
  4. 2,058
    Peak

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 2,058
    Peak
  2. 2,058
    Peak
  3. 1,296
    Typical
  4. Sat 6 Feb
    1 ship
    1,296
    Typical

Cooktown port traffic, next 90 days

People in port per day · Thu 12 Nov – Tue 9 Feb

Ship calls
4
Daily average
75
people in port
Busiest day
2,058
Wed 25 Nov · 1 ships
Days with ships
4 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Cooktown

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Cooktown 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 Cooktown 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 Cooktown 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.