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eSIM for a cruise or ferry

Plans that work at sea, where an ordinary travel eSIM has no network to reach. Sold in small allowances and priced accordingly — check the per-gigabyte figure before buying.

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GigSky · 512 MB - 7 days · 41 countries

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Capped plans for Cruise & ferry

Ranked by price per gigabyte. Coverage differs between these plans — a cheaper one may cover fewer countries, so check what each includes before buying.

ProviderPlanCoversTotalPer GB
GigSky 5 GB - 7 days 41 countries $40.99 $8.20 Get
GigSky 3 GB - 7 days 41 countries $25.99 $8.66 Get
GigSky 1 GB - 7 days 41 countries $11.99 $11.99 Get
GigSky 10 GB - 30 days 12 countries $119.99 $12.00 Get
GigSky 3 GB - 15 days 12 countries $39.99 $13.33 Get
GigSky 5 GB - 30 days 12 countries $69.99 $14.00 Get
GigSky 10 GB - 30 days 12 countries $174.99 $17.50 Get
GigSky 10 GB - 30 days 48 countries $174.99 $17.50 Get
GigSky 10 GB - 30 days 24 countries $174.99 $17.50 Get
GigSky 10 GB - 30 days 49 countries $174.99 $17.50 Get
GigSky 10 GB - 30 days 130 countries $174.99 $17.50 Get
GigSky 512 MB - 7 days 41 countries $8.99 $17.98 Get
GigSky 5 GB - 30 days 49 countries $94.99 $19.00 Get
GigSky 1 GB - 7 days 12 countries $19.99 $19.99 Get

Unlimited plans for Cruise & ferry

No per-gigabyte figure exists for an unlimited plan, so these are ranked by price per day.

No unlimited regional plan is tracked for Cruise & ferry yet.

What data costs at sea

The median plan here works out at $20.00 a gigabyte, against $3.49 for an ordinary country plan — about 5.7× the price. Both figures are medians across every plan in today's crawl, and they move.

That multiple is the whole decision. A maritime plan is worth buying for messages, maps and checking in — not for streaming. Allowances here are sold in hundreds of megabytes rather than tens of gigabytes, which is a fair reflection of what the connection is for.

In port you are on an ordinary local network, so a normal country eSIM covers the days you are ashore and usually costs a fraction of this. Many people buy both.

Before you buy

Check the plan covers your itinerary's sea area — these are sold per region, and a Caribbean plan is not a Mediterranean one. Coverage at sea depends on the ship's own maritime network being switched on, which is generally outside territorial waters and can be off near port.

One provider we track sells maritime coverage, so this page is a list of their plans rather than a comparison between rivals. We say that plainly instead of implying a market that is not there.

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