Santa Cruz Island cruise crowd calendar

Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Puerto Ayora

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

Thursday 12 November 2026

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Santa Cruz Island port guide and schedule

In port today

Typical

140

people in port · 90 guests + 50 crew

About as busy as a typical day in Santa Cruz Island.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
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How busy Santa Cruz Island is today

Thursday 12 November 2026 · 1 ship · 140 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 today

Most people in port midnight – midnight: 140 people on 1 ship.

MV Santa Cruz II Galapagos
times not published · Port of call
People in port
midnight3 am6 am9 amnoon3 pm6 pm9 pmmidnight

How busy is Santa Cruz Island? Crowd calendar

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

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

  • Monday
    140
  • Tuesday
    0
  • Wednesday
    38
  • Thursday
    168
  • Friday
    145
  • Saturday
    179
  • 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. 90
    Light
  2. Thu 3 Dec
    1 ship
    90
    Light
  3. Wed 9 Dec
    1 ship
    90
    Light
  4. 90
    Light
  5. 90
    Light

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. Fri 4 Dec
    3 ships
    380
    Peak
  2. Fri 18 Dec
    3 ships
    380
    Peak
  3. Fri 1 Jan
    3 ships
    380
    Peak
  4. Fri 15 Jan
    3 ships
    380
    Peak
  5. Thu 26 Nov
    2 ships
    290
    Peak

Santa Cruz Island port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
57
Daily average
96
people in port
Busiest day
380
Fri 4 Dec · 3 ships
Days with ships
47 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Santa Cruz Island

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz 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.