Tauranga cruise crowd calendar

Tauranga, New Zealand

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

Thursday 24 December 2026 · all times local (New Zealand Time)

Today · Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29Fri 30
Tauranga port guide and schedule

In port on Thu 24 Dec

Peak

5,680

people in port · 4,180 guests + 1,500 crew

95% busier than a typical day in Tauranga.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
Ships alongside
09:00 – 20:00
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How busy Tauranga is on Thu 24 Dec

Thursday 24 December 2026 · 1 ship · 5,680 people · all times local (New Zealand 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 on Thu 24 Dec

Most people in port 09:00 – 20:00: 5,680 people on 1 ship.

Anthem of the Seas
09:00 – 20:00 · Port of call
People in port
06:0009:0012:0015:0018:00

How busy is Tauranga? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Tauranga 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 Wednesdays the quietest over the next 90 days.

  • Monday
    736
  • Tuesday
    934
  • Wednesday
    326
  • Thursday
    840
  • Friday
    671
  • Saturday
    1.2K
  • Sunday
    522

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 1,007
    Quiet
  2. 1,007
    Quiet
  3. 1,102
    Quiet
  4. 1,102
    Quiet
  5. 1,296
    Quiet

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 5,680
    Peak
  2. Sun 6 Dec
    1 ship
    5,680
    Peak
  3. 5,680
    Peak
  4. 4,290
    Busy
  5. 4,238
    Busy

Tauranga port traffic, next 90 days

People in port per day · Sat 24 Oct – Thu 21 Jan

Ship calls
24
Daily average
752
people in port
Busiest day
5,680
Mon 26 Oct · 1 ships
Days with ships
22 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Tauranga

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Tauranga 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 Tauranga 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 Tauranga 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.