Port Canaveral news, cruise and cargo, with marine conditions from NOAA and links to the port's official schedules.
Port Canaveral Briefing
As of 2:40 AM ET · Sun, Oct 25
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On the Water
Gale Warning for the waters off Port Canaveral
Rest Of Tonight: Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots, increasing to 25 to 30 knots. Seas 7 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet, building to 10 to 12 feet, occasionally to 15 feet.
Conditions from the National Weather Service and NOAA. For general information, not for navigation. Boaters should use official NWS and Coast Guard broadcasts.
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🛳️Cruise Ship Schedule
Port Canaveral publishes the official Master Cruise Schedule, Sept. 2026 to Feb. 2027: ships, terminals and times for every sailing day.
Ships and terminals change. Check with your cruise line before you go. The schedule belongs to the Canaveral Port Authority, so we link to it instead of copying it.
🌊Marine Forecast
Gale Warning until 8:00 PM Mon, Oct 26
Rest Of Tonight Seas 7–9 ft
Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots, increasing to 25 to 30 knots. Seas 7 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet, building to 10 to 12 feet, occasionally to 15 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 9 feet at 10 seconds, becoming northeast 12 feet at 10 seconds. Very rough on the intracoastal waters. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms.
Sunday Seas 10–12 ft
Northeast winds 25 to 30 knots. Seas 10 to 12 feet, occasionally to 15 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 12 feet at 10 seconds. Very rough on the intracoastal waters. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers.
No earlier than December 2026Falcon Heavy · Griffin Mission One🚢 Droneship landing (ship not named yet); 2 side boosters back to the Cape
Target: Q4 2026Falcon 9 · BlueBird 14-16 (Block 2 #9-11)🚢 Droneship landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG)
Target: second half of 2026Falcon 9 · Globalstar 2-R Mission 2 (x 9)🚢 Droneship landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG)
Typical timing, not a schedule: for a droneship landing, the ship usually leaves Port Canaveral a few days before launch and sails back into the port with the booster standing on deck a few days after. Dates that aren’t firm yet are marked “No earlier than” or “Target”.
⚓ Recent booster returns
Oct 20B1085 flight 19Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)ASOGLanded
Sep 13B1080 flight 29O3b mPower 11-13ASOGLanded
Aug 25B1067 flight 37Starlink Group 10-49ASOGLanded
Aug 21B1078 flight 30Starlink Group 10-39ASOGLanded
Boosters landed on a droneship come back into Port Canaveral standing up on deck, usually a few days after launch.
Landing plans and results from The Space Devs Launch Library 2, updated every few hours (last 1:30 AM ET Oct 25). Plans change; SpaceX announces the final landing plan close to launch.
A Falcon 9 booster back at Port Canaveral on a droneship, January 2022 · Photo: Charles Boyer, CC BY 2.0
Droneship · SpaceXActive
A Shortfall of Gravitas ASOG
The booster catcher. Since April 2026 it is SpaceX’s only Falcon droneship on the East Coast, working out of Port Canaveral and catching Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy boosters out in the Atlantic.
Crowds watch the Crew-5 booster ride JRTI into Port Canaveral, Oct. 2022 · Photo: Bill Ingalls, Public domain (NASA)
Droneship · SpaceXNow hauling Starship gear
Just Read the Instructions JRTI
Retired from Falcon 9 catches in April 2026 after 156 successful landings. Next job: carrying Starship hardware from Starbase, Texas, to the Cape alongside the barge “You’ll Thank Me Later.”
Doug at sea after the Crew-5 launch, Oct. 2022 · Photo: Bill Ingalls, Public domain (NASA)
Recovery support · SpaceXPort Canaveral
Bob & Doug Support ships
Two former offshore supply ships SpaceX bought in 2021 and named for Demo-2 astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. They support droneship and booster recovery trips and pull fairing halves out of the ocean.
Jacklyn at Port Canaveral between missions, Feb. 2025 · Photo: JER3L1337, CC0
Landing barge · Blue OriginNew Glenn
Jacklyn LPV1
Blue Origin’s New Glenn landing barge, Landing Platform Vessel 1, named for Jeff Bezos’s mother. It caught its first New Glenn booster on Nov. 13, 2025. That same booster flew again on NG-3 and landed a second time.
All five are LNG-powered and homeported at Port Canaveral. Coming in 2027: Carnival’s Festivale (May) and MSC’s World Atlantic (November). Canaveral Port Authority 2026 media kit
Departing Port Canaveral, Sept. 2026 · Photo: Jack Adamenko, CC0
Royal CaribbeanLNG
Star of the Seas
An Icon-class ship that shares the title of world’s largest cruise ship with her sisters.
Marine data refreshes about every 30 minutes and a block is hidden when its source can't be reached. NOAA and NWS data are public information from the U.S. government.
