Tahuata Island cruise crowd calendar

Tahuata Island, Vaitahu, Marquesas French Polynesia

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

Thursday 12 November 2026

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Tahuata Island port guide and schedule

In port today

Quiet

296

people in port · 184 guests + 112 crew

51% quieter than a typical day in Tahuata Island.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
Ships alongside
6:00 am – noon
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How busy Tahuata Island is today

Thursday 12 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 today

Most people in port 6 am – noon: 296 people on 1 ship.

Le Jacques Cartier
6:00 am – noon · Port of call
People in port
6 am9 amnoon3 pm6 pm

How busy is Tahuata Island? Crowd calendar

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

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

  • Monday
    105
  • Tuesday
    105
  • Wednesday
    0
  • Thursday
    155
  • Friday
    0
  • Saturday
    0
  • 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. 296
    Quiet
  2. 296
    Quiet
  3. Thu 7 Jan
    1 ship
    296
    Quiet
  4. 296
    Quiet
  5. Thu 4 Feb
    1 ship
    296
    Quiet

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 683
    Typical
  2. Tue 8 Dec
    1 ship
    683
    Typical
  3. 683
    Typical
  4. Mon 1 Feb
    1 ship
    683
    Typical
  5. 537
    Typical

Tahuata Island port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
10
Daily average
53
people in port
Busiest day
683
Mon 23 Nov · 1 ships
Days with ships
10 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Tahuata Island

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Tahuata 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 Tahuata 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 Tahuata 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.