Cape Town Cruise Port Schedule
Who's docked, when they arrive, when they sail — and how busy Cape Town gets before you commit to a port day.
Cape Town Cruise Port Traffic — Today
Cape Town cruise ship schedule and port traffic, updated daily
This is a live Cape Town cruise port schedule for Cape Town, South Africa — a real-time Cape Town cruise terminal schedule. Pick any date to see which ships are docked, when each one arrives and sails, how many passengers and crew are aboard, and how the day's total compares with a typical day at the port.
Cruisers use it to pick quieter days to be in port. Anyone working around the port can see how many passengers and crew are due in before the day starts.
Everything below runs off the same schedule feed: a three-month heat map, traffic highlights, a 90-day chart, and a full roster of the cruise lines and ships calling at Cape Town this season.
Cape Town cruise port schedule, September–November 2026
Green days are quiet, pink days are packed. Hover for the day's numbers, click to load its ship list.
Cape Town cruise port traffic, by the numbers
What the Cape Town schedule actually tells you
Cape Town cruise port traffic is anything but even across the week. Monday is the heaviest day on the schedule, averaging 64 passengers and crew. Thursday is the quiet end of the week, averaging 0.
The single heaviest date currently scheduled is Sunday, October 4, when 1 ships bring roughly 1,084 passengers and crew into the port at once — the date to route around if you want space.
Across the schedule, Cape Town is on track for about 0.0 million passengers and crew a year — roughly 27 people a day.
Use the heat map above to find a green day if you want a quieter port, or a pink day if you want the biggest ships in port at the same time.
Cape Town, South Africa cruise port is located on the southwestern tip of the African continent, at the northern end of the Cape of Good Hope. It is a major port city and the legislative capital of South Africa. The port is situated on Table Bay, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean, and is surrounded by the iconic Table Mountain and the Twelve Apostles mountain range. It is a popular destination for cruise ships, with many of them docking at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.
Full Cape Town port guide →Cruise lines and ships in the Cape Town schedule
Daily Cape Town cruise port traffic chart
Scheduled passengers and crew, day by day. Hover a bar for that day's totals, click to open it up top.
Cape Town cruise ship schedule FAQ
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View the same ship and traffic schedule for any other cruise port by using the links or search box provided. Or, use the button below to head back to the main port traffic directory.
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