Comments on: Catch the Ferry from Fajardo to Culebra or Vieques

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:28:20 +0000

Has anybody experienced taking the ferry on thanksgiving weekend? We’re planning on catching the 9am Sunday ferry to Culebra. Are there long lines too? We might need to change our plans if this is not a good idea.

By: Gwenn

Gwenn — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:22:25 +0000

Adam- during peak times (summer and holiday weekends), it is near impossible for day-trippers to get on the ferries. It seems everyone wants to go to the small island beaches for the day. You will have better luck going mid-week and mid-day.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:55:39 +0000

As a tourist you can forget about catching a ferry over. It will never happen.

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:46:01 +0000

By “bag of beers” I assume you mean a cooler?

Anyway, the answer is “yes”, you can bring alcohol onto the ferry to take to Culebra.

It costs an extra couple bucks to bring a cooler on the ferry.

Once on the ferry, they will store all coolers in one area … they don’t want people drinking on the ferry, obviously.

If you’re taking bags and/or coolers to the beach (especially Flamenco), they will check (at the beach) that you are not bringing any GLASS bottles. Cans and plastic are OK.

By: LAGuy

LAGuy — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:34:57 +0000

A bag of Beers and Rums is allowed on the ferry to Culebra?

By: NYC2PR

NYC2PR — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:31:56 +0000

Is there a place on Culebra to rent scooters?
If so, does anyone have a link to their site or a phone number?
Thanks.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:27:35 +0000

Great article! Found all the information I needed!Thank you!

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:58:08 +0000

I’ve made the trip a few times and the best advice I can give is get there early. You need to find a place to park, get you tickets, and get in line for the ferry.

Parking – If it’s not busy, you can find a place on the street nearby or in a public parking lot just before the ferry dock. On a busy day, you can try to find a parking spot on the street, but if you can’t, people will advertise parking for about $5 on day on small private lots. Beware that if someone tells you they have parking right around the corner, and you don’t see the lot, they may lead you several blocks away.

Ticket Line – I’ve never had a problem with locals filling a ferry since there are not that may of them, but the general disorganization on lines can be very unpredictable. If you go on a weekday when the Puerto Rican kids are in school, the lines are pretty short and you would probably be fine getting there 45 min. early. On a weekend or in the Summer, the line can get longer and you probably need to be there at least 1.5 hours ahead of time. On a holiday weekend…. well it’s just not going to happen unless you are there several hours ahead of time. If you get there and the line stretches around the corner, consider looking to see if the Vieques line (in the same terminal) is shorter and going there instead.

Getting on the ferry – Everyone will be getting in line for the ferry early, and so should you (at least 30 minutes before departure). Being as it’s Puerto Rico, everybody (and their entire families) will be pushing and shoving to get on the boat first and get the best seat (or a seat at all on crowded days).

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:10:47 +0000

We’ve tried getting on the culebra ferry three times without success. The last time I arrived about three hours early and only had 20 people ahead of me. As soon as they started selling tickets locals cut in line until all the tickets were gone. Very disappointing! A local small time car rental guy said next time we could arrange for him to get our tickets for a small premium. It’s a shady operation. We love visiting PR but the ferry to Culebra is our worst memory.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:53:46 +0000

“The ferries usually run “on-time”, give or take a little.”

Hardly. As the day goes on the ferry runs later and later. We had wanted to go out to Vieques on the 3 pm ferry which, after the incredibly long delay, finally pulled into the dock around 5 pm and finally left around 5:45 pm.

So a note – if you want to get to your port on time, GET THERE EARLY!