Townsville QLD cruise crowd calendar

Townsville QLD, Queensland Australia

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

Friday 27 November 2026

Today · Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29
Townsville QLD port guide and schedule

In port on Fri 27 Nov

Busy

2,058

people in port · 1,258 guests + 800 crew

48% busier than a typical day in Townsville QLD.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
Ships alongside
08:00 – 19:00
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How busy Townsville QLD is on Fri 27 Nov

Friday 27 November 2026 · 1 ship · 2,058 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 on Fri 27 Nov

Most people in port 08:00 – 19:00: 2,058 people on 1 ship.

Oceania Riviera
08:00 – 19:00 · Port of call
People in port
06:0009:0012:0015:0018:00

How busy is Townsville QLD? Crowd calendar

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

  • Monday
    107
  • Tuesday
    158
  • Wednesday
    322
  • Thursday
    0
  • Friday
    266
  • Saturday
    480
  • Sunday
    177

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
    Light
  2. 1,296
    Typical
  3. 1,395
    Typical
  4. Fri 4 Dec
    1 ship
    1,395
    Typical
  5. Sat 5 Dec
    1 ship
    1,395
    Typical

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 2,792
    Peak
  2. 2,785
    Peak
  3. Sat 7 Nov
    1 ship
    2,058
    Busy
  4. 2,058
    Busy
  5. Tue 8 Dec
    1 ship
    2,058
    Busy

Townsville QLD port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
11
Daily average
218
people in port
Busiest day
2,792
Wed 25 Nov · 1 ships
Days with ships
11 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Townsville QLD

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Townsville QLD 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 Townsville QLD 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 Townsville QLD 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.