Your day, step by step
08:30
Tender ashore and pass through the cruise reception building.
08:45
Walk up into town to the Dias Museum complex on Market Street.
09:00
Dias Museum: the caravel in the Maritime Museum, the Shell Museum, and a postcard sent from the Post Office Tree.
11:00
Seal Island boat trip from the harbour, booked in advance (1 hour 30 minutes).
12:45
Lunch near the harbour or in town.
13:45
Taxi to The Point. Visit Cape St Blaize Cave and walk a short stretch of the St Blaize Trail, then coffee with a view by the lighthouse.
15:30
Taxi back to the harbour, 120 minutes before all-aboard.
- Latest you can leave Town centre (Dias Museum)15:45
16:00
In the tender queue, 90 minutes before all-aboard.
One port done
Your Mossel Bay day is timed. Now the rest of your cruise.
The Cruise Pass times every port of one sailing, up to 10, to your all-aboard like this, with a Plan B if you run late, an offline copy, and live mode on the day: Google Maps travel time back to the pier and alerts at 30, 15 and 0 minutes.
€14.99 once, nothing renews. 30-day full refund.
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Town centre (Dias Museum)Walk to the tender landing, about 5 min, then the tender queue15:45
- Santos BeachWalk to the tender landing, then the tender queue15:45
- The Point (Cape St Blaize Cave)Taxi to the harbour, then the tender queue15:30
- Seal Island boat (back at the harbour)Boat returns to the harbour beside the tender landing; join the tender queue16:00
Where people get Mossel Bay wrong
Treating the last tender like a gangway and arriving at the landing too late for the queue.
Built from our Mossel Bay guide, checked against 14 official sources (November 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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This is one port. The Cruise Pass times every port of your cruise.
You just timed Mossel Bay to your own all-aboard. Every other port on your cruise needs the same, and your ship's times change at each one. The Cruise Pass does this for every port of your sailing, up to 10: each day timed to your ship, a Plan B if you run late, and live mode on the day with Google Maps travel time back to the pier and alerts at 30, 15 and 0 minutes. Every plan uses the same checked facts as this guide. Nothing is made up.
Cruise Pass
€14.99
One sailing, up to 10 ports. Pay once, nothing renews.
- Every port of your cruise timed to your all-aboard, in port time and ship time
- Live on the day: Google Maps travel time back to the pier, alerts at 30, 15 and 0 minutes
- The full planner for each port, with a Plan B if you run late
- An offline copy for when there is no signal
Year Pass
€39/yr
Every cruise you take for 12 months. Renews yearly; cancel any time.
Everything in the Cruise Pass, for as many sailings as you like.
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