Downtown Ferry Terminal Wharf 2 — Local services in Waitematā

Auckland is a harbour city and ferries have been a part of its fabric for over 150 years. From the ever-popular Devonport and Waiheke Island ferries, to the more recent addition of Hobsonville Point ferries play a key role in connection communities.

Ferries offer a direct and less stressful way to travel for thousands of commuters each day. They also provide a harbour experience for locals and visitors alike to get out and explore Auckland - providing an opportunity to admire views of the city, and an up-close view of the Harbour Bridge and coastline.

So, whether you are looking for a quicker and less stressful way to travel to the city, want to sit back and enjoy the beauty of the harbour, or are heading out to explore Auckland’s seaside spots around Auckland, ferries are for you.

Ferry services are also part of AT Metro’s integrated fare system. This means you can transfer between AT bus, train and ferry and pay just one fare for your entire journey with your...

Most of the times when I'm here for work around the weekend the ferries for Waiheke reach capacity and sometimes like today there are no emergency ferries and we're forced to wait 1 hour for the next ferry. You basically stand and wait with just a dozen of seats around or have to go to the very end of the queue and no roof for the people who came later when the queue is long. It's inconvenient and affects my job significantly. It's just frustrating

Just I'm feeling sorry for the ferry crew and staff as it's really stressful dealing with overly crowded ships any weekends and they're doing hard and yet there are not...

At high times give yourself tons of time as today we showed up at 10:00 for our 2pm reservation at the cable bay winery for the 11am ferry. The line was longer than any of the locals had seen it. Luckily they found a back up- otherwise we would have maybe made it on the 1. Was a lovely experience once we got on but the uncertainty was a....