Raiatea Island cruise crowd calendar

Raiatea Island, Uturoa, French Polynesia

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

Saturday 24 October 2026

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Raiatea Island port guide and schedule

In port on Sat 24 Oct

Typical

502

people in port · 312 guests + 190 crew

7% quieter than a typical day in Raiatea Island.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
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How busy Raiatea Island is on Sat 24 Oct

Saturday 24 October 2026 · 1 ship · 502 people

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Star Breeze
    Windstar
    08:00 – overnight · Port of call
    502 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 Sat 24 Oct

Most people in port 08:00 – 00:00: 502 people on 1 ship.

Star Breeze
08:00 – overnight · Port of call
People in port
06:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00

How busy is Raiatea Island? Crowd calendar

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

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

  • Monday
    266
  • Tuesday
    315
  • Wednesday
    516
  • Thursday
    233
  • Friday
    525
  • Saturday
    284
  • Sunday
    470

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 502
    Typical
  2. 502
    Typical
  3. 502
    Typical
  4. Sun 1 Nov
    1 ship
    502
    Typical
  5. Sat 7 Nov
    1 ship
    502
    Typical

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 2,916
    Peak
  2. 2,916
    Peak
  3. 2,916
    Peak
  4. 2,792
    Peak
  5. Wed 4 Nov
    1 ship
    2,079
    Peak

Raiatea Island port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
25
Daily average
374
people in port
Busiest day
2,916
Mon 26 Oct · 1 ships
Days with ships
37 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Raiatea Island

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Raiatea 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 Raiatea 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 Raiatea 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.