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Cruise Crowds

Sitka, Alaska

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Typical
50th percentile
of Sitka cruise days, this season
3
ships scheduled
~4,096
scheduled cruise load
~4,096
peak overlapping load
8 AM–4 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

What's in port

  • Riviera

    Oceania Cruises · Berth STI

    7 AM – 4 PM

    ~1,250 passenger berths

  • Noordam

    Holland America Line · Berth STO

    8 AM – 4 PM

    ~1,916 passenger berths

  • Viking Venus

    Viking · Berth 2BR

    8 AM – 4 PM

    ~930 passenger berths

When they overlap

Riviera7 AM – 4 PM
Noordam8 AM – 4 PM
Viking Venus8 AM – 4 PM
Shaded window: 8 AM–4 PM, when the scheduled cruise load peaks at 4,096 across 3 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 50% of Sitka cruise days this season.

That comparison is 145 scheduled cruise days, Apr 26 – Sep 30, 2026.

Nearby days

Useful if your plans can move. If you are arriving by cruise ship, we assume they can't.

  1. Mon, Jul 6Very Busy97th
  2. Tue, Jul 7Light30th
  3. Wed, Jul 8Busy73rd
  4. Thu, Jul 9Typical50th
  5. Fri, Jul 10Typical58th
  6. Sat, Jul 11Very Light10th
  7. Sun, Jul 12Light31st

Leave the date empty to see the port's whole crowd calendar.

Schedule source: Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska (regional cruise agency). Schedule coverage Apr 26, 2026 – Oct 11, 2027, last checked Aug 10, 2026, source revised Jul 7, 2026. Ship capacities are curated separately from public references. How we calculate this.