All Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry operations resume service after Tropical Storm Idalia

September 1, 2023 | Local News

Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry. Photo by Joy Crist

The Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry, Ocracoke-Cedar Island ferry, and Ocracoke-Swan Quarter ferry resumed regular operations on Friday morning, September 1, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division. (The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry operations remain suspended.)

Ferry service was suspended starting on Wednesday due to high winds and hazardous weather conditions stemming from Tropical Storm Idalia.

The ferry schedule for Hatteras-Ocracoke has been amended for Friday, and is as follows:

From Hatteras: 11 a.m., noon, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7:30, 9, 10 and midnight.
From Ocracoke: 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:15, 7:30, 8:45, 10:30 and midnight.

For a complete schedule for all ferry routes, (or to make reservations for the Ocraoke-mainland ferries), visit www.ncferry.org, or call 1-800-BY-FERRY.

Passengers can also receive real-time text or email alerts on service status from their preferred routes by signing up for the Ferry Information Notification System (FINS) at www.ncdot.gov/fins.

System-wide route status updates are also regularly posted on the Ferry Division’s Twitter and Facebook pages.