Three popular ferry routes along the North Carolina coast will switch to their springtime schedule on Tuesday. The N.C. Department of Transportation said in a news release that the Ocracoke-Cedar Island and Ocracoke-Swan Quarter routes will increase daily departures from two to three from each side per day. The Hatteras-Ocracoke route will go from 14 to 18 departures from each side per day.
NCDOT said the schedules, effective Tuesday, will be as follows:
- Cedar Island to Ocracoke: 7:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m.
- Ocracoke to Cedar Island: 7:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 4:30 p.m.
- Swan Quarter to Ocracoke: 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.
- Ocracoke to Swan Quarter: 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
- Hatteras to Ocracoke: 5 a.m., 6 a.m., 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9 p.m., 10 p.m., midnight.
- Ocracoke to Hatteras: 4:30 a.m., 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.,11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8:45 p.m., 10:30 p.m., midnight.