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Costa Rica

13 crossings between 1 ports, run by 8 operators, serving 5 cities. The busiest city is San José with 249 destinations, and the busiest port is Puntarenas with 13 crossings. 9 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Cities

5 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

San José reaches 249 destinations
Liberia reaches 161 destinations
Puntarenas reaches 13 destinations
La Fortuna reaches 10 destinations
Quepos reaches 8 destinations

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries.

Puntarenas crossings 13 crossings on record

Who runs the boats

8 operators appear in Costa Rica crossings.

The longest and the shortest

13 of 13 crossings carry a time.

Longest held

Hamburg central bus station – Puntarenas 768 h 00 Small Cruise Lines
Auckland – Puntarenas 696 h 00 Phoenix Reisen
Papeete – Puntarenas 672 h 00 Small Cruise Lines, Windstar Cruises
Puntarenas – Savona (Stazione FS) 600 h 00 Phoenix Reisen
Bridgetown – Puntarenas 432 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Windstar Cruises
Puntarenas – San Juan 360 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Windstar Cruises
Oranjestad Aruba – Puntarenas 336 h 00 Windstar Cruises
Puntarenas – land tour 312 h 00 Emerald Cruises

Shortest held

Cabo San Lucas – Puntarenas 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises
Colon – Puntarenas 192 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions, Ponant Cruises
Panama City – Puntarenas 192 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Star Clippers
Puntarenas – San Diego 240 h 00 Crystal Cruises
Cartagena Colombia – Puntarenas 264 h 00 Crystal Cruises
Puntarenas – land tour 312 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Oranjestad Aruba – Puntarenas 336 h 00 Windstar Cruises
Puntarenas – San Juan 360 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Windstar Cruises

Every crossing we hold

All 13 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Auckland – Puntarenas 696 h 00 Phoenix Reisen
Bridgetown – Puntarenas 432 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Windstar Cruises
Cabo San Lucas – Puntarenas 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises
Cartagena Colombia – Puntarenas 264 h 00 Crystal Cruises
Colon – Puntarenas 192 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions, Ponant Cruises, Star Clippers
Hamburg central bus station – Puntarenas 768 h 00 Small Cruise Lines
Oranjestad Aruba – Puntarenas 336 h 00 Windstar Cruises
Panama City – Puntarenas 192 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Star Clippers, Windstar Cruises
Papeete – Puntarenas 672 h 00 Small Cruise Lines, Windstar Cruises
Puntarenas – San Diego 240 h 00 Crystal Cruises
Puntarenas – San Juan 360 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Windstar Cruises
Puntarenas – Savona (Stazione FS) 600 h 00 Phoenix Reisen
Puntarenas – land tour 312 h 00 Emerald Cruises

Which months these run

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Costa Rica ferry crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.