San Francisco Bay Ferry
public transit passenger ferry service in the San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay Ferry is a public transit passenger ferry service in the San Francisco Bay, administered by the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) and operated under contract by the privately owned Blue and Gold Fleet. In 2025, the system had a ridership of 3,013,100, or about 11,600 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2026.
San Francisco Bay Ferry is a different system from Golden Gate Ferry, which provides passenger ferry service between San Francisco and Marin County.
Routes
San Francisco Bay Ferry operates six ferry routes:
Alameda Seaplane: Weekday-only service between the Alameda Seaplane Lagoon on the southern shore of Alameda Island and the San Francisco Ferry Building.
Harbor Bay: Weekday-only service between the Harbor Bay ferry terminal on Bay Farm Island and the San Francisco Ferry Building.
Oakland & Alameda: All-day weekday and weekend service between the Oakland Ferry Terminal in Oakland, the Main Street Terminal on the northern shore of Alameda Island and the San Francisco Ferry Building.
Richmond: All-day weekday and weekend service between the Richmond Ferry Terminal in Richmond and the San Francisco Ferry Building.
South San Francisco: Weekday peak-hour-only service between the South San Francisco Ferry Terminal in South San Francisco, the Main Street Terminal on the northern shore of Alameda Island, and the Oakland Ferry Terminal.
Vallejo: All-day weekday and weekend service between Mare Island Ferry Terminal on Mare Island, Vallejo Ferry Terminal in Vallejo, and the San Francisco Ferry Building.
There is one "short hop" route that does not cross the bay:
Alameda Short Hop: On weekdays, connects Main Street Terminal on the northern shore of Alameda Island with the Oakland Ferry Terminal in the morning, and Oakland with Alameda in the evening.
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