Santa Barbara is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California. Cruise ships anchor about half a mile off the harbor, and passengers come ashore by tender to Sea Landing, where a hospitality team meets them. More about Santa Barbara →
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Thousands of people in port, guests plus crew. Crowd level compared with a typical Santa Barbara day.
The crowd calendar shows every ship and how busy the port is, hour by hour, plus the quietest and busiest days for the next 90 days.
Ships anchor about half a mile off Santa Barbara Harbor and passengers tender to Sea Landing on Cabrillo Boulevard at Bath Street. The harbor and beachfront are right there, and downtown is a walk of about half an hour.
1.9 km · ~27 min by car
Pedestrian shopping street downtown.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Passengers come ashore by tender at Sea Landing in Santa Barbara Harbor, on Cabrillo Boulevard at Bath Street. The harbor, Stearns Wharf and the Funk Zone are within walking distance. Distances and times are approximate.
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Ships anchor about half a mile offshore from Santa Barbara Harbor and passengers are taken ashore by tender to Sea Landing, where a hospitality team meets them; hospitality tents stand along Cabrillo Boulevard across from Bath Street.
Meal prices are approximate typical ranges near the harbor.
Seafood restaurants on the harbor beside the tender landing.
Cafes and seafood spots along the beachfront and on the wharf.
Tasting rooms, taprooms and casual restaurants in former warehouses.
Santa Barbara is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California. Cruise ships anchor about half a mile off the harbor, and passengers come ashore by tender to Sea Landing, where a hospitality team meets them. Stearns Wharf, the harbor and the Funk Zone tasting rooms are a short walk away, and the State Street Promenade leads up to the Spanish Colonial Revival County Courthouse. Old Mission Santa Barbara is about 15 minutes away by taxi.
A car-free, 10-block pedestrian stretch of State Street between Sola and Gutierrez streets, at the heart of downtown shopping and dining, with a farmers market on Tuesdays.
A working courthouse and National Historic Landmark in Spanish Colonial Revival style, completed in 1929 after the 1925 earthquake; volunteer docents offer tours.
Former warehouses between downtown and the beach, now filled with wine tasting rooms on the Urban Wine Trail, murals, galleries, surf shops and casual restaurants, about 14 minutes on foot from the landing.
The tenth of the 21 California missions, founded by Spanish Franciscans and in the friars' care ever since.
