Springtime ferry schedules for Ocracoke start Tuesday

Published 6:16 am Tuesday, March 1, 2022

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Springtime weather is returning to the Outer Banks and with it, three popular ferry routes will soon be adding departures to their daily schedules.

On March 1, the Ocracoke-Cedar Island and Ocracoke-Swan Quarter routes will increase daily departures from two to three from each side per day. The Hatteras-Ocracoke route will go from 14 to 18 departures from each side per day.

The schedules, effective Tuesday, will be as follows:

  • Cedar Island to Ocracoke: 7:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m.
  • Ocracoke to Cedar Island: 7:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 4:30 p.m.
  • Swan Quarter to Ocracoke: 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.
  • Ocracoke to Swan Quarter: 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
  • Hatteras to Ocracoke: 5 a.m., 6 a.m., 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9 p.m., 10 p.m., midnight.
  • Ocracoke to Hatteras: 4:30 a.m., 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.,11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8:45 p.m., 10:30 p.m., midnight.
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The Cedar Island and Swan Quarter routes will remain on these schedules through May 23, when they will go to a full summer schedule. The Hatteras route will add more departures on April 5 before going to a full summer schedule May 17.

A complete ferry schedule may be found here.

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