OCRACOKE – In order to ease travel to and from Ocracoke Island this weekend, the N.C. Ferry System will add a night run to and from Swan Quarter this Saturday and Sunday only, Aug. 8 and 9.
The schedule for those two days will be as follows:
- Ocracoke to Cedar Island: 7:30 a.m.
- Cedar Island to Ocracoke: 10:30 a.m.
- Ocracoke to Swan Quarter: 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
- Swan Quarter to Ocracoke: 4:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Travelers may make reservations for the added runs online at www.ncferry.org or by calling 1-800-BY-FERRY.
The route will resume its regular one-boat-schedule on Aug. 10. The one-boat schedule will remain in place until a dredging operation can be completed in Big Foot Slough.