The air is turning cooler and the kids are back in school, and that means it’s time for the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke ferry routes to make their annual transitions to off-season schedules.
In addition, the Ocracoke Express passenger ferry will end its seasonal service for 2025 on Sept. 15.
Starting Tuesday, the new schedules are as follows:
- Cedar Island to Ocracoke: 7:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
- Ocracoke to Cedar Island: 7:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
- Swan Quarter to Ocracoke: 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
- Ocracoke to Swan Quarter: 7 a.m., 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
A complete ferry schedule is available here, and reservations for the Ocracoke-mainland ferry can be made online at https://www.ncdot.gov/travel-maps/ferry-tickets-services/Pages/reservations.aspx.
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