Wondering where your cruise ship is right now? Watch 457 ocean and river cruise ships move across the world in real time — free, from the cruise experts at Pavlus Travel.
Positions updated · last refreshed Sep 21, 2026 at 11:45 UTC
Every cruise ship at sea continuously broadcasts its position, speed, and heading over AIS — the marine radio system used by ports, pilots, and coast guards worldwide. This tracker listens to that signal for every ship Pavlus Travel sells, from Viking longships on the Danube to Royal Caribbean’s biggest ocean ships, and plots each one on the live map above within minutes of its latest report.
Click any ship to see how fast it’s sailing, where it’s headed next, and when the position was received. Ships shown with a round dot are docked or anchored — their entries link straight to our cruise port guide for that harbor, so you can see what awaits passengers ashore. Mid-ocean, positions come via satellite and refresh every few hours.
Every ship on the map above, with its status right now. Filter the list, or search the map itself to fly straight to one.
No ship matches that filter.
No account, no app, no fee — the whole tracker works right on this page.
Use the search box on the map — “Viking Star,” “Symphony of the Seas,” “AmaMagna.” The map flies straight to her and opens her details. You can also filter the whole map down to one cruise line.
A gold hull icon means she’s under way, rotated to her actual heading, with her speed in knots and her next port when the bridge has entered one. A gold dot means she’s docked or at anchor, and we name the harbor.
Every position says how old it is. Near the coast that’s minutes; mid-ocean, where AIS relays by satellite, it can be a few hours. We never hide a stale report behind a fresh-looking pin.
Not chasing one ship in particular? Our cruise mapper opens the same fleet as a world map you can jump around by cruising region — Caribbean, Mediterranean, Alaska, the European rivers and more.
200 of the 419 ships reporting right now are alongside or at anchor. Here are the harbors with ships in them at this moment — each one opens our cruise port guide for that destination.
… and 79 more harbors with a ship in them right now. Zoom the map above, or browse all 1,873 Pavlus cruise port guides.
219 cruise ships are under way as this page loaded, from river vessels locking through the Danube to ocean liners mid-Atlantic. These are the ports the most ships are currently steaming toward, taken straight from what their bridges have entered into AIS:
Follow one fleet instead of the whole map. The larger lines have their own live tracker — every ship, her current status and her next port on one page. The rest link to their full ship directory with staterooms, deck plans and current sailings.
Type the ship's name into the search box on this page. Every ship Pavlus sells broadcasts its position continuously over AIS — the same marine radio system ports and coast guards rely on — and our tracker plots it on the live map, along with its speed, heading, and next port when available.
Ships near the coast update every few minutes. Mid-ocean, positions come from satellite AIS and typically refresh every few hours. Each ship on the map shows exactly how fresh its last report is.
AIS coverage can briefly lapse in the most remote stretches of open ocean. The tracker keeps showing the last confirmed position and clearly labels how old it is; the ship reappears as soon as a new report arrives.
Yes — ships shown with a round dot are currently docked or at anchor, and their entry names the port. You can also open any of our cruise port guides to see which ships are in that harbor right now.
Completely free, with no account, no sign-up, and no app to install. Pavlus Travel publishes it because the people who watch ships are the people who sail on them — and when you are ready to book, we would like the chance to quote you.
Search by ship name here — type "Viking Star" or "Symphony of the Seas" and the map flies straight to her. Every ship also carries an MMSI and IMO number, the unique identifiers her AIS transponder broadcasts; we match those behind the scenes so you never have to look one up.
Yes. This page is built to work as a full-screen map on a phone — the ship list slides up from the bottom, search stays in thumb reach, and two fingers pan the map. Nothing to download.
Positions come straight from each ship's own AIS transponder, so near shore they are accurate to within a few meters and only minutes old. Mid-ocean, where positions relay via satellite, expect a lag of a few hours — every ship on this map states exactly how old its last report is, so you are never guessing.
That's what we do. Pavlus Travel has negotiated cruise pricing for over 30 years and guarantees the lowest price on every cruise line we sell, with no booking fees. Click any ship for its staterooms and sailings, or call 800-528-9300 for a free quote.
Ship positions via AIS, refreshed continuously · map © OpenStreetMap contributors, © Esri, GEBCO, NOAA, Garmin & contributors · Tracking is provided for guest convenience; positions may briefly lag in open ocean.