Hiva Oa Island cruise crowd calendar

Hiva Oa Island, Atuona, Marquesas French Polynesia

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

Tuesday 19 January 2027

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Hiva Oa Island port guide and schedule

In port on Tue 19 Jan

Light

296

people in port · 184 guests + 112 crew

41% quieter than a typical day in Hiva Oa Island.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
Ships alongside
06:00 – 19:00
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How busy Hiva Oa Island is on Tue 19 Jan

Tuesday 19 January 2027 · 1 ship · 296 people

Full ship schedule and terminals

People are guests at standard occupancy (two per cabin) plus crew. Turnaround ships also move about as many boarding guests through the terminals as the ones leaving.

When the port is busiest on Tue 19 Jan

Most people in port 06:00 – 19:00: 296 people on 1 ship.

Le Jacques Cartier
06:00 – 19:00 · Port of call
People in port
06:0009:0012:0015:0018:00

How busy is Hiva Oa Island? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Hiva Oa Island 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

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

  • Monday
    0
  • Tuesday
    168
  • Wednesday
    83
  • 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. 296
    Light
  2. Tue 8 Dec
    1 ship
    296
    Light
  3. Tue 5 Jan
    1 ship
    296
    Light
  4. 296
    Light
  5. 502
    Typical

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 537
    Typical
  2. 537
    Typical
  3. 502
    Typical
  4. 502
    Typical
  5. 296
    Light

Hiva Oa Island port traffic, next 90 days

People in port per day · Fri 23 Oct – Wed 20 Jan

Ship calls
8
Daily average
36
people in port
Busiest day
537
Wed 28 Oct · 1 ships
Days with ships
8 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Hiva Oa Island

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Hiva Oa Island 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 Hiva Oa Island 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 Hiva Oa Island 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.