Vehicle reservations are a way to save a spot for your vehicle on the ferry. You can only make reservations for the Port Townsend/Coupeville and Anacortes/San Juan Islands routes. Reservations open up over time and are currently open for booking through June 14, 2025. Reservations for the summer sailing season open in mid-April 2025
What to know about vehicle reservations
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Vehicle reservations open up over time, typically four times a year. Availability varies by the route and the seasonal sailing schedule, which we update quarterly – in the fall, winter, spring, and summer.
Right now, you can book spring reservations through June 14, 2025. Reservations for the summer sailing season open in mid-April 2025
Because many people want to make reservations on this route and space is limited, we open vehicle reservations in three phases:
The last 10% of standard vehicle space is kept open for emergency and stand-by vehicles. More stand-by space may open up if there are no-shows or cancellations.
Starting with the winter 2024 schedule on Dec. 29, 2024, we returned to opening 90% of vehicle space for reservations and keeping open the remaining 10% for stand-by vehicles. In 2023, we restricted reservations to 75% of vessel space to provide more flexibility for our terminal staff and better predictability for reservation holders during service disruptions. With the new schedules, we expect reliability to improve and disruptions to decrease, so returned reservations to 90% of vessel space.
Important: There are no reservations for vehicles going from Shaw Island or Lopez Island (eastbound) to Anacortes. Vehicles from these terminals are loaded on a first-come, first-served basis.
The last 20% of vehicle space is kept open for emergency and stand-by vehicles. More stand-by space may open up if there are no-shows or cancellations.
Arrive early for your sailing:
For Port Townsend/Coupeville: Arrive 30-45 minutes before your reserved sailing.
For Anacortes/San Juan Islands (Friday Harbor, Orcas Island, Shaw Island, and Lopez Island): Arrive 45-60 minutes before your reserved sailing.
Commercial and business travel, like package delivery trucks, semis, and construction vehicles, needs an active Wave2Go Executive Reservation Account. Learn more on the Wave2Go Business Account page.
You can make a vehicle reservation online.
You can change or cancel your vehicle reservations online.
To ensure a smooth and fair experience during this high-demand period, we will continue using the virtual waiting room. This system helps prevent website overload and guarantees equitable access for everyone.
Here’s how it works:
Vehicle reservations fill up quickly. If you can’t get your preferred day and time, here’s what you can do:
If you need help booking a reservation, please call Customer Service at 888-808-7977. Our phones are open daily from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Please note that our call center staff does not save reservation space for anyone who calls. If you don’t see available spots, we can’t see them either.
We can accommodate large groups onboard our ferries. We allow school groups, memorial services, weddings, birthdays and other celebrations aboard some vessels. To learn more about planning special occasions or traveling with a school group, visit this webpage.
Yes, but if you make multiple reservations and only use one, you will be charged a no-show fee for the unused reservation(s).
Through support from the Governor’s office and legislative funding, we’re working with a new vendor to replace the current system so that it can better handle the reservation release dates.
International service to and from Sidney, B.C. was suspended in 2020 due to vessel availability challenges. We expect the route to be out of service until at least Spring 2030 when we’ll have more vessels available.