Ferry tickets to San Francisco
4 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

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.
Arriving in San Francisco
Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vallejo to San Francisco ferry | €11.88 | 3h 4m | 39 km |
| San Rafael to San Francisco ferry | €11.88 | 2h 33m | 24 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.

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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How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Ferries, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 4 | 100% | San Rafael, 24 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
Countries with at least one route into San Francisco that we sell.
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 100% |
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
Stations, airports and ports in San Francisco
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
San Francisco
- San Francisco Pier 48.5 (Chase Center Ferry Terminal)
- San Francisco Ferry Building
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.
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.
Check San Francisco on StasherOr try Bounce
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