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Nanaimo (Departure Bay) to Vancouver (Horseshoe Bay)

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Last updated: 3:01 PM. Refresh details

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Estimated deck space available

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Now ticketing

Standard vehicles 5:00 PM

Oversized vehicles 5:00 PM

Sailing duration: 1h 40m

Departures Status Details

6:25 AM

Arrived: 8:04 AM

8:45 AM

Arrived: 10:28 AM

11:09 AM

Arrived: 12:50 PM

1:38 PM

ETA: 3:18 PM

3:55 PM

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Ferry: Queen of Cowichan

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5:00 PM

38% Available

Ferry: Queen of Coquitlam

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6:15 PM

42% Available

Ferry: Queen of Oak Bay

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8:30 PM

45% Available

Ferry: Queen of Cowichan

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10:40 PM

92% Available

Ferry: Queen of Oak Bay

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6:25 AM
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40% Available

Ferry: Queen of Cowichan

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7:40 AM
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100% Available

Ferry: ALB

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8:45 AM
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36% Available

Ferry: Queen of Oak Bay

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Service notices

 Service Adjustments - Queen of Alberni            Service Adjustments - January 28 - September 5, 2022            Horseshoe Bay Terminal Construction Work - January to June 2022          
Nanaimo (Departure Bay) to Vancouver (Horseshoe Bay)

Nanaimo (Departure Bay)

# 680 Trans-Canada Highway Nanaimo V9S 5R1

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Parking:  25% available

25% long term parking available

Parking at Departure Bay terminal is independently operated and managed by Robbins Parking.

Capacity: 526 spaces
Short term: 177
Long term: 349

Payment options: HONK App (licence plate number required), Visa, Mastercard and American Express.

Parking rates:
Short term – display your ticket on your dash

  • $1 for 30 minutes, max 2 hours
  • $18 per day, ending midnight
  • Multiple day parking allowed

Long term – stall number required to purchase parking. Take your ticket with you.

  • $6.25 for 6 hours
  • $12.50 for 24 hours
  • $6.25 for each additional 12 hour period after the first 24 hours

Note:

  • Onsite parking meters
    • If paying by credit card, enter your mobile phone number to receive a text notifying you that your parking is about to expire. You can then follow the text instructions to extend your parking up to 24 hours.
  • Cash acceptance
    • Meters accept coins only—no change given.
    • One meter accepts bill/coins and provides change (yellow colour meter) located in long term lot. For long term parking only.

Towing:
Mid Island Towing
250-758-1728

What is current conditions?

Current Conditions is a real-time planning tool that helps customers make informed travel decisions. Current Conditions provides information about sailing status, arrival times, departure times and deck space availability by sailing. Current Conditions also displays live web cams at terminals and parking capacity information.

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Why do some routes have Current Conditions pages and others do not?

Current Conditions is available at terminals with Traffic Towers. We are looking into adding additional routes where we can install cameras for live traffic tracking.
 

How do we calculate Estimated Deck Space Available?

Estimated Deck Space Available is the approximate percentage of vehicle deck space that remains available for sale on a particular sailing. It is calculated after counting the number of reservations and the number of drive-up customers already checked in at the terminal. This percentage changes as more vehicles are processed through the ticket booth.

Around 10–20% of customers do not check-in for their bookings. After the booking check-in window closes, which is around 30* minutes before departure, we free up these spaces for drive-up customers.

*Some exceptions apply, find and review the check-in and cut-off times at your departure terminal.
 

What does Now Ticketing mean?

The Now Ticketing section of Current Conditions informs customers of the sailing currently being sold at the ticket booth. It indicates for those customers without a reservation in the pre-ticketing area with the sailing they can expect to travel on. As sailings become full during the day, Now Ticketing displays the next sailing with available deck space for non-reserved traffic.
 

Are commercial vehicles calculated as part of Estimated Deck Space Available?

Yes. We calculate all types of vehicle traffic, including commercial vehicles and buses, as part of Mixed Vehicle Deck Space Available calculations. Foot passengers are not calculated as they do not take up vehicle deck space.
 

Why do the cameras show an empty lot, but Estimated Deck Space Available indicates the sailing is full?

Estimated Deck Space Available includes advanced vehicle bookings. In most cases, these customers can check-in up to 30 minutes* before their sailing. If customers have a booking but haven’t yet arrived, the terminal lot may appear empty.

*Some exceptions apply, find and review the check-in and cut-off times at your departure terminal.
 

How often is Current Conditions updated?

Current Conditions retrieves live data from all terminals every five minutes.
 

Why does Current Conditions not show a sailing as delayed until after it departs?

There is currently no way for a terminal to update the anticipated departure time without affecting the scheduled sailing time online.
 

What is displayed when a sailing is cancelled or late departing?

When a sailing is delayed or cancelled, the sailing will display a message that indicates the reason. This will appear on the Departures/Arrivals page under Status.
 

Why does Estimated Deck Space Available only show departures for today?

Estimated Deck Space Available is built on a 24-hour clock and is designed to be a near-term planning tool that displays real-time conditions at the terminal. We have recently made updates to Deck Space Available that now show the day’s sailings as well as the first three sailings of the next day.


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