Nuku Hiva Island cruise crowd calendar

Nuku Hiva Island, Taiohae, Marquesas French Polynesia

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

Saturday 7 November 2026

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Nuku Hiva Island port guide and schedule

In port on Sat 7 Nov

Light

296

people in port · 184 guests + 112 crew

45% quieter than a typical day in Nuku Hiva Island.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
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How busy Nuku Hiva Island is on Sat 7 Nov

Saturday 7 November 2026 · 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 Sat 7 Nov

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

Le Jacques Cartier
06:30 – overnight · Port of call
People in port
06:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00

How busy is Nuku Hiva Island? Crowd calendar

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

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

  • Monday
    105
  • Tuesday
    160
  • Wednesday
    77
  • Thursday
    0
  • Friday
    83
  • Saturday
    91
  • Sunday
    196

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. Sat 7 Nov
    1 ship
    296
    Light
  2. Sun 8 Nov
    1 ship
    296
    Light
  3. Sat 5 Dec
    1 ship
    296
    Light
  4. Sun 6 Dec
    1 ship
    296
    Light
  5. Sat 2 Jan
    1 ship
    296
    Light

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 2,079
    Peak
  2. Mon 9 Nov
    1 ship
    683
    Busy
  3. 683
    Busy
  4. Mon 7 Dec
    1 ship
    683
    Busy
  5. 683
    Busy

Nuku Hiva Island port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
13
Daily average
103
people in port
Busiest day
2,079
Tue 10 Nov · 1 ships
Days with ships
17 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Nuku Hiva Island

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Nuku Hiva 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 Nuku Hiva 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 Nuku Hiva 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.