A live map of where the world’s cruise ships actually are, right now — free to use, with no account and no third-party advertising.
Cruise Ship Tracker plots the live position of 457 cruise ships from 39 cruise lines on a single map. Every ship has its own page showing where she is now, her speed and heading, and the port she is in or heading for. You can browse the full fleet, filter by cruise line, or see which ships are in port today.
Ships broadcast their position, speed and heading over AIS (Automatic Identification System), a maritime safety system every large vessel is required to transmit on. We collect those broadcasts from a network of shore-based and satellite receivers and refresh this site continuously.
Two honest caveats. Coverage is excellent near coastlines and busy shipping lanes, and thinner in the mid-ocean, so a ship on a long crossing may show a position that is some hours old. And AIS data is self-reported by each vessel. Nothing on this site is suitable for navigation. It is published for general interest.
Cruise Ship Tracker is published by Pavlus Travel, a full-service travel agency based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, selling cruises and guided tours since 1994.
We would rather say that plainly than bury it. The tracker is free and always will be: there is no paywall, no account, no ad network, and no third-party tracking of any kind — see our privacy policy, which is unusually short for that reason. The one promotional panel on the site is our own, for our own cruises, and it closes when you tell it to. The tracker is paid for by the agency, in the hope that some people who enjoy watching the ships will eventually book one through us. If you never do, the map still works.
Ship names, cruise lines and home ports are matched to AIS identifiers by hand, and occasionally we get one wrong or miss a vessel entirely. If you spot a mistake, tell us — corrections are welcome and we act on them.