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Cruise ships · Holland America Line
6 calls at Cabo San Lucas between October 2026 and April 2027, usually on no fixed day, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
The short answer
Zaandam (Holland America Line) has 6 calls with published times in Cabo San Lucas between October 2026 and April 2027, on no fixed day. On most of them it arrives at 11:00 AM and sails at 6:00 PM: 7 hours in port (6 to 7 hours depending on the date). It never stays overnight.
The pattern is Fridays, in at 7:00 AM and out at 2:00 PM. That is a morning call: the ship is gone by early afternoon, so the boat ride goes first thing. The other 4 calls fall on other days or at other hours; the table below has every date.
Cabo is a tender port: the ship anchors in the bay and the tenders take 10 to 15 minutes to the landing on the south side of Marina Cabo San Lucas, the same marina where our yachts board: each one at its own dock, and your exact dock and a map link come on your boarding pass.
These times are published by third parties (the cruise lines and port calendars) and we checked them on 10 Oct 2026. They change during the season, so confirm them with your cruise line before you book anything around them. Every time here is Cabo time: Mountain Standard Time all year, with no daylight saving.
Your plan on the day
Fridays: the ship arrives at 7:00 AM. With the 10 to 15 minute tender and the line, count on being at the dock by 7:30 AM. It sails at 2:00 PM, so plan to be back at the dock by 1:00 PM: that leaves 5 h 30 min on the water.
Leave at 7:30 AM and you are back by 9:30 AM: a short snorkel at Pelican Rock, the sea lions, the Arch, Lover's Beach and back along Médano Beach, 4.7 miles in all. That leaves 3 h 30 min for lunch in town before the tender.
With 5 h 30 min available, the 4 hour trip fits: leave at 7:30 AM, pass the Arch and run up the coast to snorkel Santa María Bay, with a swim stop on the way back, and you are at the dock by 11:30 AM, 1 h 30 min before your time to be back.
Boats that fit
up to 10 guests; 2 h from USD 519 (MXN 9,799) per boat, tax included; 4 h from USD 909 (MXN 17,399); about USD 52 per person with 10 on board for 2 h. See the yacht
up to 12 guests; 2 h from USD 879 (MXN 16,799) per boat, tax included; 4 h from USD 1,499 (MXN 28,499); about USD 73 per person with 12 on board for 2 h. See the yacht
up to 12 guests; 3 h from USD 2,509 (MXN 47,699) per boat, tax included; 4 h from USD 2,999 (MXN 56,999); about USD 209 per person with 12 on board for 3 h. Meets you at Fisherman's Landing restaurant, by the Cabo Escape terminal; back by 8 PM. See the yacht
Dates
Cabo time, no daylight saving. “Plan around this call” opens the planner with your time ashore and all-aboard time filled in: 30 minutes after the ship arrives and 30 minutes before it sails (on overnight calls, the arrival day until 10 PM).
| Date | Arrives | Departs | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 10 | 1:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Plan around this call |
| Wed, Dec 9 | 11:00 AM | 6:00 PM | Plan around this call |
| Mon, Dec 21 | 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Plan around this call |
| Fri, Mar 26 | 7:00 AM | 2:00 PM | Plan around this call |
| Fri, Apr 2 | 7:00 AM | 2:00 PM | Plan around this call |
| Tue, Apr 6 | 11:00 AM | 6:00 PM | Plan around this call |
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Questions
On most of its 6 calls Zaandam arrives at 11:00 AM, on no fixed day. In the schedule checked on 10 Oct 2026 the earliest arrival is 7:00 AM and the latest is 1:00 PM.
Usually 7 hours, from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. It does not stay overnight on any call. Subtract the tender ride each way and your cruise line's all-aboard time.
Yes. No cruise ship docks in Cabo San Lucas: they all anchor in the bay and bring passengers ashore by tender, a 10 to 15 minute ride to the landing on the south side of Marina Cabo San Lucas.
Each yacht boards at its own dock in Marina Cabo San Lucas, the same marina where the tenders land; your exact dock and a map link come on your boarding pass. The Sea Ray 65 meets you at Fisherman's Landing restaurant, by the Cabo Escape terminal.
The times are published by third parties and we checked them on 10 Oct 2026; confirm them with your cruise line. If your ship moves its hours, text us and we move the yacht's departure: the plan always has you at the dock an hour before the ship sails. If the Port Captain closes the harbor for weather, you get a new date or a full refund.
Your ship, your boat
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