WSDOT

There is an estimated 1 hour wait for drivers departing Colman Dock to Bainbridge. Updates will be provided as conditions change.

Washington State Ferries is operating on alternate schedules on most routes until further notice. These changes will help offer more predictable and reliable service systemwide in the face of crewing shortages due to a global shortage of mariners that has been worsened by the pandemic. WSF will attempt to add service when possible, and will provide notifications when full service can temporarily be restored to a route.

For Saturday, July 2, the following routes are operating on alternate schedules:

• Port Townsend/Coupeville Alternate Service: Reservations Available 
• Seattle/Bremerton Alternate Service
• 2-Boat Fauntleroy/Vashon, 2-Boat Fauntleroy / Southworth, 2-boat Southworth/Vashon

The following routes are running restored summer schedules:

• Anacortes/San Juan Islands: Reservations available 
• Mukilteo/Clinton
• Edmonds / Kingston
• Seattle/Bainbridge Island
• Point Defiance/Tahlequah

The schedule page online shows the currently active schedules in the top section, and the inactive schedules are below.  Please note that the active schedules may change daily depending on crew availability, so please be sure to monitor email alerts and check the Travel Alert Bulletins page for updates. 

Customers should be prepared if their travels this holiday weekend include riding aboard a ferry. Some routes will be sailing on their holiday sailing schedules on Independence Day, July 4th. Customers can note specific holiday sailings as they are marked on the timetables for each route.

However, all customers should be prepared for longer waits at the terminal no matter the route due to increased traffic for the Fourth of July holiday. Passengers should consider giving themselves extra travel time to get to the terminal and through the tollbooth.

Please also remember that all illegal fireworks are not allowed on any ferry. This includes missile-type rockets, bottle rockets, M-80s, firecrackers, and any homemade or altered fireworks.

There is an estimated 3 Hour wait for drivers departing the Mukilteo terminal.

There is an estimated 3 hour wait for drivers departing Edmonds terminal. Updates will occur when more information is available.

Upon approaching the terminal, please refrain from blocking the intersections and businesses in the area.

Vehicle reservations are full until the 10 p.m. sailing from Port Townsend and full until the 9:10 p.m. sailing from Coupeville.   Limited standby space is available at this time. Your alternate routes are Edmond/Kingston or Mukilteo/Clinton.

Walk-on space is available for all departures. 

The ADA stall in the women's restroom at the Fauntleroy terminal is temporarily out of service. The other stalls are available. Ana ADA portable restroom has been ordered.  There are also ADA compliant restrooms on the vessels.  We apologize for the inconvenience.  Updates will occur when more information is available.

The passenger elevator on M/V Tillikum is out of service.

The passenger elevator on M/V Salish is temporarily out of service for maintenance and repairs.  Updates on a repair status will be provided when more information becomes available. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Washington State Ferries is actively working to bring service to pre-pandemic levels. While that won’t happen overnight, staff have developed a plan that outlines how to get there. Customers are encouraged to take a look at WSF’s COVID-19 Service Restoration Plan to get a clearer picture of what challenges the agency continues to face and what it will take to resume pre-pandemic service. WSF will provide regular updates on progress as it continues to restore service.