About the terminal
No other terminal in these listings sends a scheduled boat out of the United States. Black Ball Ferry Line works the 22.6 nautical miles north across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Victoria on Vancouver Island, about an hour and a half at sea, and it is the port's only route. Because the crossing passes an international border, every traveller needs a document accepted under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative: a passport, a NEXUS card or an enhanced driving licence from one of the qualifying states or provinces. The town lies on the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula, reached from Seattle either by one of the Puget Sound crossings or the long way round through Tacoma.