Catch a ferry spot the moment it opens up.
Washington State Ferries vehicle reservations sell out weeks ahead — but people cancel constantly, and those spots go straight back into the pool. FerryWatch does the refreshing for you.
Free on iPhone · iOS 16.4 or later
The problem
Cancelled spots are usually gone within minutes — because whoever is refreshing the page at that moment gets them.
FerryWatch checks your sailings around the clock and sends a push notification the moment vehicle space appears — including at 2am, when most of the cancellations you'd otherwise miss actually happen.
How it works
Set a watch in under a minute, then put your phone away.
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Pick your trip
Choose a route, a date, and your vehicle size.
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Tick the sailings
Select the sold-out departures that would actually work for you.
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Get the alert
A push arrives the moment one of them frees up, day or night.
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Book it on WSF
Tap the alert and reserve on WSF's own site — you're in control.
A look inside
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Both reservable routes
Only two WSF routes take vehicle reservations at all. FerryWatch covers both.
Anacortes ↔ San Juan Islands
Friday Harbor, Orcas, Lopez and Shaw.
Port Townsend ↔ Coupeville
Both directions across Admiralty Inlet.
Pricing
Push alerts are included on every plan. The alerts are never the paid part.
Free
$0 — no account needed
- One active watch
- One sailing per watch
- Push alerts included
FerryWatch Pro
$3.99/month or $11.99/year
- Unlimited watches
- Every sailing that works for you, not just one
- Covers both legs of a round trip
- Push alerts included
What it doesn't do
FerryWatch never makes a reservation for you. Booking always happens on WSF's website, by you. This app watches and tells you — that's all.
We also won't promise you'll get the spot. Space can disappear within minutes of appearing, and alerts depend on WSF's website, your network, and Apple's notification service. FerryWatch is a much better chance, not a guarantee.
No account, no tracking
There's no sign-up, no password, and no email address. We never ask who you are.
There's no advertising and no analytics in the app — nothing following you around, nothing sold to anyone.
Stop refreshing the WSF page.
Set a watch, put your phone away, and let it tell you.