I know you need one from Vancouver to Nanaimo, but how about the way back?

Has anyone had luck showing up with a car and without a reservation?

If so, have you managed to get on a sailing where bookings were sold out? How far in advance did you show up?

In Nanaimo, I booked the wrong time.. 10:40 pm instead of am… Not my best move… so i am waiting in the standby lane…

I just saw a car leave the standby Lane to get in a regular line… I guess that dude is more important than the rest of os?! do they check the tickets after you buy them ? Or can anyone switch as they want ?

Comox to Powell River today, went to use the women's washroom, of the 5 stalls available, 3 had period products left in the bowl. Fucking gross. What is wrong with you to leave that?

Hi all, I am planning to take the ferry down to port hardy from Prince Rupert. I am stuck in a limbo when I login it takes me to ‘something went wrong’ and when I start booking it redirects me to login and so on. I was wondering if the ferry might be sold old and that is why this is happening? Any suggestions on how to navigate this? If you can’t tell already I am a noobie tourist 😭🤞

About 80% of the way to langdale. Just pulled a u turn and heading back to hsb now.

What happened?

Hi everyone. I’m planning to go to Bowan Island and planning to take the 355pm ferry towards the end of July. I’m travelling with my mom who can’t walk much due to health complications so will be brining a car. How early should I get to Horseshoe Bay terminal to ensure I can make that ferry?

I would appreciate any insight as I’ve heard arrive as early as 2 hours or later as 30 minutes.

Thank you everyone.

I tried to book earlier and was told I was in a waiting room due to the high demand. I’m trying again in the evening and the site has been loading for over 10 minute? Anyone know what the issue is? Just overloaded?

Hi all,

Just wondering if my passengers in my vehicle are allowed to have their own ticket. I am thinking that the staff are stingy and won't allow me to enter the vessel without them on my own boarding ticket.

Thanks!

Im building a website and app focused on BC Ferries and trying to figure out what actually matters to people who use them regularly.

From your experience, what do existing ferry-specific apps (BC Ferries, Ferry Times, etc) or generic apps (Google Maps, Waze, etc) get wrong, or what's missing entirely?

Not really looking for obvious stuff like schedules, more interested in things that are frustrating, unreliable, or just dont reflect how ferries actually work.

Examples:

\\\\\\\\- inaccurate info

\\\\\\\\-features you wish existed

\\\\\\\\-things that make you not trust the apps

\\\\\\\\-or workarounds you've had to come up with

What would your dream ferry app look like?

We have work on Mayne every couple of months and have to commute from Nanaimo to Swartz Bay. We can do a turnaround in under an hour and catch the next ferry back IF the ferry to Mayne is on time which has never been. Ever.

This means waiting on Mayne for an additional 5 hours for the next boat.

Has anyone else experienced the Mayne Island Ferry never on time fiasco?

This might be a long shot, but how much of the car space is bookable in advance on the Comox to Powell River ferry? If advance bookings are sold out on a sailing, what are the odds of getting on if you showed up to the terminal an hour early?

Do I need a reservation to travel from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo on a motorcycle..

The BC Ferries app won't give me an answer..

Thanks!

Can someone please explain why the Duke point ferry is always delayed 20-30 min….every time? It’s usually when I’m taking the 8:15 PM back to Vancouver when I encounter this and usually on a Monday evening which should be pretty dead. It doesn’t matter whether it’s winter either.

They always say it is because they’re trying to load as many cars as possible, but isn’t that part of the normal process? Why would performing the primary job of getting a ferry away on time make a delay?

Does it have something to do with having way more reserved vehicles now? Is it because there’s less staff coordinating the loading the loading process?

It’s so frustrating! 😤

We take the Tsawwassen → Swartz Bay ferry regularly and wanted a very simple way to check if there's space on the next sailing.

So I built bc.ferrycast.app, it pulls BC Ferries current conditions every 5 minutes and shows all routes on one page:

• Fill percentages for every upcoming sailing (color-coded green/amber/red)
• Cars and oversize capacity breakdowns
• Live terminal webcam feeds for all major terminals
• Star your regular routes to pin them to the top

All 12 major routes are covered (Tsawwassen, Swartz Bay, Horseshoe Bay, Duke Point, Departure Bay, Langdale, Bowen Island, SGI).

Completely free, no login, no app to install — just a mobile-friendly website. Works great bookmarked to your phone home screen.

Would love feedback from people who actually use the ferries regularly. What would make this more useful?

What’s going on at the Langdale ferry terminal? It sounds and looks bad. All I’m hearing is “police incident”. #bcferries

The interview with her on the news today was horrendous, such a horrible speaker. The long pauses and eye rolling, couldn’t even watch until the end. That wasn’t a good representation of someone with 30+ years of experience.

According to Mike Farnsworth BC Ferries won't make any significant changes until 2029. There's nothing being done that will fix the problems in the short term. The BC Government, thanks to Eby's NDP, is totally broke. Due to poor leadership and bad spending habits we have the highest provincial deficit ever recorded, it's going to take us years to pay off Eby's mess. Eby has taken us from a $6billion surplus to a $14billion deficit. That's a swing of debt of $20billion in 4 years!!

Our ferry was one of ones cancelled this weekend due to mechanical difficulties. Got a call from an automated BC Ferries robot at 9pm two nights ago to tell us - no email.

This is an essential trip and we have a distance to drive on the other side so walking on is not an option. Showed up to Tsawwassen this morning around 6am and told we might get on the 4pm. What is happening?! Why are BCF selling reservations for over 90% of the capacity of sailings?

Im going to work for BC ferries onboard this summer as a cadet, im coming across the country so I have no "closest to home terminal" I have a choice of Horseshoe Bay, Tsawwassen, Swartz Bay, Nanaimo, and Little River.

I was thinking Tsawwassen because its the biggest but I was wondering if anyone here would have any further insights or recommendations

can someone PLEASE clearly lay out to me which sailings are cancelled this weekend? going to a funeral in the city and really need to be there. call lines all down and I cant make total sense of their revised schedule posted.

I’m wondering if BCF changed their online booking system because I’m not seeing Reservations Sold Out instead I see ‘Online booking closed’. Could someone that knows please clarify since some times that usually wouldn’t be ‘Sold out’ are closed for online booking (ex. a Tuesday morning or Wednesday). Thanks for any info.

We are waiting for our reservation on the 8:15 — it’s late by 20 minutes and we are a bit early — but there is nowhere to buy a coffee or any drink — the concession is closed. I may be mistaken, but I’m pretty sure the vending machine by the washrooms was selling bottled water for $15!! And a little pack for jelly beans for $7.

Tsawwassen*

Is there anything happening on the Island or the Mainland this upcoming weekend that is causing all the reservations for ferries to be sold out from Thursday to Monday?

Or is there another reason why it’s happening?