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After successful repairs, the Suquamish will return to the Mukilteo/Clinton route on Tuesday morning, Oct. 21, replacing the Issaquah. We do not expect service impacts during this boat swap. Thank you for your patience as we made urgent repairs to the Suquamish. 

On Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 21, the Issaquah will replace the Kittitas as the #1 vessel on the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route. The Kittitas will go out of service until late November for inspections, repairs, and maintenance. We do not expect service impacts during this boat swap.

Low tides will cancel one or more sailings from Port Townsend and Coupeville in October. Please see our Tidal Cancellations table for a complete list of affected dates and departures.

On Tuesday, October 21, the 8:30 p.m. sailing from Port Townsend and 9:10 p.m. sailing from Coupeville are cancelled due to tidal conditions.

Your alternate routes are Edmonds/Kingston and/or Mukilteo/Clinton.

Edmonds / Kingston Schedule 

Mukilteo / Clinton Schedule 

Vehicle reservations for the winter 2025 schedule (Dec. 28, 2025 through March 21, 2026) will be available at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 28. To ensure a smooth and fair experience during this high-demand period, we will also continue using a virtual waiting room during the reservations release.

Anacortes/San Juan Islands only:  

• The two-week and two-day reservation releases will remain at 7 a.m.
• We’ve added service this winter, and the sailing schedule is now the same schedule as the fall and spring sailing seasons.  

Reservations are currently open for booking through December 27, 2025. 

For our upcoming winter sailing season starting Dec. 28, there will be changes to the Seattle/Bremerton route schedule due to construction. While we're replacing two in-water terminal structures at Bremerton in January, we cannot tie up two boats there overnight. The route’s #1 boat will dock in Seattle during this work. 

Winter schedule changes from Dec. 28, 2025 through March 21, 2026: 

• No 4:50 a.m. Bremerton departure (early morning commuters can take the Kitsap Fast Ferry’s 4:40 a.m. sailing). 
• The 3:00 p.m. out of Bremerton will leave at 2:40 p.m. 
• Added 10:15 p.m. Bremerton to Seattle sailing. 
• On Sundays, the 8:35 a.m. Seattle and 9:50 a.m. Bremerton departures are canceled for refueling (normally done overnight in Bremerton). 

 We will send additional reminders about these schedule changes, including when they are live on the schedule webpage.

Plan for possible weekday travel delays on State Route 104 near our Kingston terminal this fall. Work begins next week on a Kitsap County ferry traffic lane project. Crews are installing a stoplight system at Lindvog Road Northeast that detects when there is space for vehicles in the ferry line to proceed forward. They will also add kiosks that dispense boarding passes to help manage ferry traffic.  

What to expect: From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, expect alternating one-way traffic in this area. There will also be occasional full traffic stops in both directions approaching the work zone. Crews are scheduled to wrap up by winter.  

The stop light and boarding pass system is planned to start this winter. We will keep you updated through rider alerts on timing and how the system will work. 

The #2 elevator on the Tokitae is out of service.  The #1 elevator is available for customer use.

We are trialing an updated pet policy through February 2026. Dogs on leashes are now allowed in all passenger areas, except onboard food galleys. Other pets must be in a crate or carrier. Service animals are welcome everywhere, as required by law. Livestock must stay in appropriate enclosures at all times. Learn more about our current pet policy and the trial policy on our Pets webpage.

Starting January 2026, we'll make repairs at our Mukilteo ferry terminal to the left (west) wing wall, which helps guide the ferry in place during landings. This wing wall was damaged and moved out of position during a hard ferry landing in 2022. We made initial repairs after the incident, but this important and required work will provide a more solid structure for ferry captains as they land vessels in Mukilteo. 

What to expect in early 2026 during terminal construction 

The work will require nine midday closures on weekdays between Jan. 5 and Feb. 13, 2026. Each closure will be about 4 hours long. The exact dates will be determined later this fall when we have the contractor onboard. During the nine closure dates:  

• The last morning sailing from Clinton will be 8:30 a.m. and the last sailing from Mukilteo will be 9 a.m.
• Service will start again with the 1 p.m. sailing from Clinton and the 1:30 p.m. sailing out of Mukilteo. 
• The 1:05 a.m. sailing from Mukilteo will also be cancelled to allow crews to set up equipment to begin night work. 

We’ll keep you updated on this project through rider alerts, the WSF Weekly email, and social media. You can also sign up for a project-specific email list for more frequent updates.