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Cruise ships · Royal Caribbean
5 calls at Cabo San Lucas between December 2026 and March 2027, usually on Mondays, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. 5 of them overnight.
The short answer
Ovation of the Seas (Royal Caribbean) has 5 calls with published times in Cabo San Lucas between December 2026 and March 2027, on Mondays. It stays overnight on every call: in at 1:00 PM, out the next day at 5:00 PM.
The pattern is Mondays, in at 1:00 PM and out on Tuesday at 5:00 PM. That is an overnight call: the evening is free, and the next morning too. One other call falls on another day 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
With the tender and the line, you are ashore around 1:30 PM. The ship stays the night, so there is no all-aboard that afternoon. Leave the dock between 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM, depending on the month, to watch the sun set behind the Arch (from November to April it sets between about 5:35 and 6:40 PM). Yachts sail until 8 PM, and those from the marina can stay anchored in the bay until 10:00 PM, so there is time for dinner on board facing the town lights.
The ship sails at 5:00 PM. A 2 hour Arch and Pelican Rock run leaving at 7:00 AM has you back at the dock by 9:00 AM, 7 hours before the time you want to be back (4:00 PM).
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 15 guests; 3 h from USD 2,129 (MXN 40,399) per boat, tax included; 4 h from USD 2,709 (MXN 51,499); about USD 142 per person with 15 on board for 3 h. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Dec 7 | 1:00 PM | Tue, Dec 8 · 5:00 PM Overnight | Plan around this call |
| Fri, Jan 1 | 8:00 AM | Sat, Jan 2 · 1:00 PM Overnight | Plan around this call |
| Mon, Feb 15 | 1:00 PM | Tue, Feb 16 · 5:00 PM Overnight | Plan around this call |
| Mon, Mar 1 | 1:00 PM | Tue, Mar 2 · 5:00 PM Overnight | Plan around this call |
| Mon, Mar 15 | 1:00 PM | Tue, Mar 16 · 5:00 PM Overnight | Plan around this call |
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Questions
On most of its 5 calls Ovation of the Seas arrives at 1:00 PM, on Mondays. In the schedule checked on 10 Oct 2026 the earliest arrival is 8:00 AM and the latest is 1:00 PM.
It stays overnight on every call: in at 1:00 PM, out the next day at 5:00 PM. 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
A written reply within 2 hours, 8 AM to 8 PM Cabo time.
Sources
Voyager of the Seas
Serenade of the Seas