Ferry tickets to San Francisco

4 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

Beautiful view of San Francisco skyline with tranquil waters and a dramatic sunset sky.

4 places connect to San Francisco by Ferries, across 1 country, run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 24 km away to 39 km, with a median of 32 km.

Checked October 2, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in San Francisco

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into San Francisco, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Vallejo to San Francisco ferry€11.883h 4m39 km
San Rafael to San Francisco ferry€11.882h 33m24 km
  • 4Places you can arrive from
  • 4Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

The ferry gets you into San Francisco. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in San Francisco

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Ferries, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km4100%San Rafael, 24 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into San Francisco that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United States4100%
Carriers

Ferry operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

  • Golden Gate Bridge
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in San Francisco

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

San Francisco

Ferry
  • San Francisco Pier 48.5 (Chase Center Ferry Terminal)
  • San Francisco Ferry Building
Leaving

Leaving San Francisco

Common questions about Ferry tickets to San Francisco

Where can I travel to San Francisco by Ferries from?

4 places connect to San Francisco by Ferries on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 24 km away in a straight line and the furthest 39 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Ferries to San Francisco cost?

The cheapest Ferries fare into San Francisco is €11.88 for one passenger, across 4 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 32 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Ferries to San Francisco take?

The fastest Ferries journey into San Francisco is 2h 33m door to door. The median origin sits 32 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Ferries to San Francisco?

2 operators run Ferries services into San Francisco on our network: Golden Gate Bridge, Water Emergency Transportation Authority. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Ferries to San Francisco use?

Ferries services into San Francisco use 2 named terminals, among them San Francisco Pier 48.5 (Chase Center Ferry Terminal), San Francisco Ferry Building. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach San Francisco

We cannot promise San Francisco 4th and King still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in San Francisco?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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