Punta Arenas cruise crowd calendar

Punta Arenas, Chile

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

Thursday 12 November 2026 · all times local (Punta Arenas Time)

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Punta Arenas port guide and schedule

In port today

Quiet

384

people in port · 264 guests + 120 crew

67% quieter than a typical day in Punta Arenas.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
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How busy Punta Arenas is today

Thursday 12 November 2026 · 1 ship · 384 people · all times local (Punta Arenas Time)

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 today

Most people in port midnight – 6 pm: 384 people on 1 ship.

Seabourn Pursuit
from Wed 11 Nov – 6:00 pm · Port of call
Now 6:53 am
People in port
midnight3 am6 am9 amnoon3 pm6 pm

How busy is Punta Arenas? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Punta Arenas 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

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

  • Monday
    1.6K
  • Tuesday
    133
  • Wednesday
    57
  • Thursday
    1.1K
  • Friday
    531
  • Saturday
    487
  • Sunday
    609

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 25 Jan
    1 ship · 1 turnaround
    194
    Quiet
  2. 194
    Quiet
  3. Wed 27 Jan
    1 ship · 1 turnaround
    194
    Quiet
  4. 237
    Quiet
  5. Sun 24 Jan
    1 ship · 1 turnaround
    237
    Quiet

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. Thu 28 Jan
    3 ships
    8,380
    Peak
  2. Mon 14 Dec
    2 ships
    7,966
    Peak
  3. 4,906
    Peak
  4. 4,906
    Peak
  5. 4,906
    Peak

Punta Arenas port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
36
Daily average
661
people in port
Busiest day
8,380
Thu 28 Jan · 3 ships
Days with ships
32 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Punta Arenas

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Punta Arenas 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 Punta Arenas 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 Punta Arenas 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.