USVI Cruise Ship Schedule
Track cruise ships at Charlotte Amalie and Frederiksted. See hourly crowd risk at Magens Bay, Coki Beach, National Park Beaches, Rainbow Beach, and Buck Island.
How to Read the Hourly Timeline
Each box below represents one hour. The color tells you the expected crowd level from cruise ship visitors at that time.
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Magens Bay
National Park Beaches, St. John
Sapphire and Coki Beaches
Rainbow Beach
Buck Island
No ships scheduled
Magens Bay
National Park Beaches, St. John
Sapphire and Coki Beaches
No ships scheduled
Rainbow Beach
Buck Island
Magens Bay
National Park Beaches, St. John
Sapphire and Coki Beaches
No ships scheduled
Rainbow Beach
Buck Island
Magens Bay
National Park Beaches, St. John
Sapphire and Coki Beaches
Rainbow Beach
Buck Island
No ships scheduled
Magens Bay
National Park Beaches, St. John
Sapphire and Coki Beaches
No ships scheduled
Rainbow Beach
Buck Island
Magens Bay
National Park Beaches, St. John
Sapphire and Coki Beaches
No ships scheduled
Rainbow Beach
Buck Island
Magens Bay
National Park Beaches, St. John
Sapphire and Coki Beaches
No ships scheduled
Rainbow Beach
Buck Island
How does this work?
We pull published cruise ship schedules daily — ship names, passenger capacity, arrival and departure times, and which USVI port they're visiting. Then we estimate hourly crowd levels at popular beaches throughout each day.
Magens Bay and Coki Beach get cruise traffic from ships at Charlotte Amalie (St. Thomas) — they're a short taxi ride from the cruise terminal. National Park Beaches (Trunk Bay, Maho Bay, Cinnamon Bay on St. John) get hit when Charlotte Amalie passengers take excursion boats or the Red Hook ferry to St. John.
Rainbow Beach is steps from the Frederiksted cruise pier on St. Croix — it fills up fast on ship days. Buck Island gets cruise excursion boat traffic from Frederiksted, typically arriving about an hour after the ship docks.
These are estimates based on published schedules and ship capacity. Real crowd levels depend on weather, excursion bookings, and actual occupancy. Use this as a planning tool — check the hourly bars and aim for green windows.
