Lifou cruise crowd calendar

Lifou, New Caledonia

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

Tuesday 17 November 2026 · all times local (New Caledonia Standard Time)

Today · Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29Fri 30
Lifou port guide and schedule

In port on Tue 17 Nov

Typical

4,114

people in port · 3,014 guests + 1,100 crew

11% busier than a typical day in Lifou.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
Ships alongside
09:00 – 16:00
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How busy Lifou is on Tue 17 Nov

Tuesday 17 November 2026 · 1 ship · 4,114 people · all times local (New Caledonia Standard Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Costa Serena
    Costa Cruises
    09:00 – 16:00 · Port of call
    4,114 people

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 17 Nov

Most people in port 09:00 – 16:00: 4,114 people on 1 ship.

Costa Serena
09:00 – 16:00 · Port of call
People in port
06:0009:0012:0015:0018:00

How busy is Lifou? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Lifou 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 Saturdays the quietest over the next 90 days.

  • Monday
    646
  • Tuesday
    1.2K
  • Wednesday
    892
  • Thursday
    814
  • Friday
    632
  • Saturday
    0
  • Sunday
    289

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. Thu 7 Jan
    1 ship
    3,186
    Typical
  2. 3,696
    Typical
  3. Thu 3 Dec
    1 ship
    3,696
    Typical
  4. Wed 6 Jan
    1 ship
    3,696
    Typical
  5. 3,696
    Typical

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 4,238
    Typical
  2. 4,162
    Typical
  3. 4,162
    Typical
  4. 4,114
    Typical
  5. 3,852
    Typical

Lifou port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
15
Daily average
636
people in port
Busiest day
4,238
Mon 11 Jan · 1 ships
Days with ships
15 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Lifou

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Lifou 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 Lifou 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 Lifou 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.