Getting here

Ferries to Roatan, Utila and Guanaja

Every sailing from both operators on one board, with an honest read on how rough the crossing is today.

Route
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Roatan → La Ceiba
6:30am7:00am1:00pm2:00pm
6:30am7:00am1:00pm2:00pm
6:30am7:00am1:00pm2:00pm
6:30am7:00am1:00pm2:00pm
6:00am6:30am7:00am1:00pm2:00pm
6:30am7:00am1:00pm2:00pm
6:30am7:00am1:00pm2:00pm
La Ceiba → Roatan
9:30am9:30am3:00pm4:30pm
9:30am9:30am3:00pm4:30pm
9:30am9:30am3:00pm4:30pm
9:30am9:30am3:00pm4:30pm
9:30am9:30am3:00pm4:30pm
9:30am9:30am3:00pm4:30pm
9:30am9:30am3:00pm3:00pm4:30pm
Roatan → Utila
2:00pm
2:00pm
2:00pm
2:00pm
2:00pm
2:00pm
2:00pm
Utila → Roatan
10:20am
10:20am
10:20am
10:20am
10:20am
10:20am
10:20am
Roatan → Guanaja
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1:00pm
4:00pm
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Guanaja → Roatan
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8:30am
8:30am
La Ceiba → Utila
9:00am4:30pm
9:00am4:30pm
9:00am4:30pm
9:00am4:30pm
9:00am9:45am4:30pm
9:00am4:30pm
9:00am4:30pm
Utila → La Ceiba
7:00am3:20pm
7:00am3:20pm
7:00am3:20pm
7:00am3:20pm
7:00am3:20pm
7:00am3:20pm
7:00am2:00pm3:20pm
La Ceiba → Guanaja
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9:30am
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Guanaja → La Ceiba
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8:30am
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Galaxy Wave Dream Ferries Hover a time for the crossing length and both fares.

Leaving Roatan

6:00 am Galaxy Wave 75 min · Fri only $30 $34 firstearliest
6:30 am Dream Ferries 90 min ~$29 ~$33 VIPcheapest
7:00 am Galaxy Wave 75 min $30 $34 firstfastest
1:00 pm Dream Ferries 90 min ~$29 ~$33 VIP
2:00 pm Galaxy Wave 75 min $30 $34 firstlast boat

Four departures a day between the two companies, from docks a few minutes apart at Dixon Cove.

Leaving La Ceiba

9:30 am Dream Ferries 90 min ~$29 ~$33 VIPcheapest
9:30 am Galaxy Wave 75 min $31 $35 firstfastest
3:00 pm Dream Ferries 90 min ~$29 ~$33 VIP
3:00 pm Galaxy Wave 75 min · Sun only $31 $35 first
4:30 pm Galaxy Wave 75 min $31 $35 firstlast boat

The rougher direction: this run goes into the incoming swell.

Leaving Roatan

2:00 pm Dream Ferries 60 min ~$32 ~$33 VIPonly boat

Dream only. Galaxy Wave still advertise this crossing but sell no seats on it.

Leaving Utila

10:20 am Dream Ferries 60 min ~$32 ~$33 VIPday pass ~$19

A day trip only works in this direction: out at 10:20, back on the 2:00.

Leaving Roatan

1:00 pm Galaxy Wave Fri only $35 $39 first
4:00 pm Galaxy Wave Sat only $35 $39 first

Two days a week, and nobody else runs it. No return discount: a round trip is exactly two singles.

Leaving Guanaja

8:30 am Galaxy Wave Sat only $35 $39 first
8:30 am Galaxy Wave Sun only $35 $39 first

Carrying on to the mainland? See the La Ceiba ↔ Guanaja tab.

Leaving La Ceiba

9:00 am Dream Ferries 60 min ~$32 ~$38 VIP
9:45 am Galaxy Wave Fri only $24 $29 firstcheapest
4:30 pm Dream Ferries 60 min ~$32 ~$38 VIP

The one crossing where Galaxy Wave is clearly cheaper, but they run it once a week against Dream's seven.

Leaving Utila

7:00 am Dream Ferries 60 min ~$32 ~$38 VIP
2:00 pm Galaxy Wave Sun only $24 $29 firstcheapest
3:20 pm Dream Ferries 60 min ~$32 ~$38 VIP

Both from the Muelle de Cabotaje.

Leaving La Ceiba

9:30 am Galaxy Wave via Roatan, in by 1:00 pm · Fri only $100 rtn $119 rtn firstone ticket

No direct boat. Guanaja sailings route through Roatan, so this is one ticket and two legs. Friday only, arriving early afternoon.

Leaving Guanaja

8:30 am Galaxy Wave via Roatan, in by 3:30 pm · Sat only $100 rtn $119 rtn firstone ticket

Saturday only. Through fare is $100 regular or $119 first, return.

Book direct

Galaxy Wave → Dream Ferries →

Both sell online. Booking ahead is worth it for skipping the line rather than for availability. With a ticket on your phone you drop your bag, scan and walk in.

Prices are one way unless marked, with the upgrade fare in gray beneath. Dream fares land on odd amounts at checkout and move with the exchange rate, so they show as approximate. Checked August 2026.

How rough is it today

0.9 m open water · 5s

La Ceiba → Roatan

Some movement

The rough leg: this run goes into the incoming swell.

Roatan → La Ceiba

Some movement

Usually easier, running with the sea rather than into it.

Provisional bands, still being checked against people who make this crossing weekly.

Which day to cross

modelled, open water

Sun25

1m

Bumpy

Mon26

1.1m

Bumpy

Tue27

1m

Bumpy

Wed28

0.8m

Some movement

Thu29

0.6m

Some movement

Fri30

0.7m

Some movement

Sat31

0.4m

Comfortable

Open-water swell outside the reef: what the crossing actually meets, not the calm you see from the beach.

The docks

who to call

Roatan

Dixon Cove, between Coxen Hole and French Harbour

Dream Ferries (this dock)

5:30 am – 6:00 pm

+504 9440-4897

Galaxy Wave (call or WhatsApp)

Carl O. McNab terminal

+504 3193-0000

Both operators are at Dixon Cove, minutes apart. Miss one boat and the other company's counter is walking distance. Dream open at 5:30 am for their 6:30 sailing, the earliest anything runs.

La Ceiba

Muelle de Cabotaje, eastern La Ceiba (free parking)

Dream Ferries (this dock)

7:00 am – 5:00 pm

+504 9450-8133

Galaxy Wave (call or WhatsApp)

Next to the Municipal Docks

+504 3193-0000

The only terminal that charges port tax, and only on the way out. Kiosk before boarding, takes card.

Utila

Calle Principal, by the Municipal Dock

Dream Ferries (this dock)

6:00 am – 6:00 pm

+504 9452-0948

Galaxy Wave (call or WhatsApp)

No office on Utila

+504 3193-0000

Dream run Utila daily and are the ones to call here. Galaxy Wave only call in once a week from La Ceiba.

Know before you go

Book online, skip the counter

Ticket on your phone, drop your bag, scan and walk in, while the line at the counter does paperwork you already did.

Early enough to pick your seat

There is no real check-in deadline, but a few minutes early lets you choose. The open-air seating is the best on the boat on the right day, and fully exposed on the wrong one.

Port tax leaving the mainland only

Paid at a kiosk in La Ceiba before boarding, separately from your ticket. Takes card. Nothing to pay leaving Roatan.

What the upgrade gets you

A lounge and a wristband, not a smoother ride. On both boats that seating is forward, right behind the wheelhouse.

If you get seasick

Sit low and mid-ship, not forward. Take whatever you take before boarding; most of it needs half an hour. If you do not get seasick, ignore all of this.

Wind and rain mean delays

Cancellations happen and the operators call it on the morning. Do not book a flight out of La Ceiba for the same afternoon you cross.

Questions people ask

How rough is the ferry to Roatan?
It depends as much on which way you are going as on the day. La Ceiba to Roatan goes into the incoming swell and is the rougher leg; the return runs with the sea and is usually easier in identical conditions. Most days it is a straightforward crossing. Heavy wind and rain bring delays and sometimes cancellations, and the operators decide on the morning.
How long does the ferry take?
About 75 minutes on the Galaxy Wave and 90 on the Dream between Roatan and La Ceiba. Roatan to Utila is about an hour.
How much is the ferry to Roatan?
Galaxy Wave: $30 leaving the island, $31 coming to it, first class $4 more. A regular return is $45, saving sixteen dollars over two singles, but a first class return is $69, exactly two singles, so there is no reason to book it as a round trip. Dream: about $29 one way, about $23 a leg on a return. Checked against both booking engines in August 2026.
Is there a ferry from Roatan to Utila?
Yes, Dream Ferries only: 2:00 pm from Roatan, 10:20 am from Utila, daily, about an hour. Galaxy Wave still show Roatan–Utila on their printed schedule but sell no seats on either sailing.
Can you do a day trip from Roatan to Utila?
Not on the direct boat. It leaves at 2:00 pm and arrives at 3:00, by which time the only return has gone. It works the other way round: from Utila you leave at 10:20 am and the 2:00 pm brings you back, which is what the discounted day pass is for.
Is there a ferry from La Ceiba to Guanaja?
Not directly. Guanaja sailings route through Roatan, so it is one Galaxy Wave ticket and two legs: Friday out of La Ceiba at 9:30 am, into Guanaja early afternoon, and Saturday back from Guanaja at 8:30 am. The through fare is $100 regular or $119 first, return.
Galaxy Wave or Dream Ferries?
Galaxy Wave is about fifteen minutes faster. Dream is cheaper on singles and charges the same both ways, where Galaxy Wave add a dollar coming to the island. On returns they land within a couple of dollars of each other, so pick by departure time. The more useful point is that they barely overlap: between them there are four departures a day each way, from docks minutes apart at Dixon Cove.
Do you have to pay a port tax?
Only leaving the mainland. A kiosk at the Muelle de Cabotaje in La Ceiba takes it before boarding, separately from your ticket, and it accepts card. Nothing extra leaving Roatan.
Should I book in advance?
Worth it for skipping the line rather than for availability. With a ticket on your phone you drop your bag, scan and walk in. Turning up a few minutes early still helps, because it lets you choose where you sit.

Sea state is modelled, not measured. The nearest buoy is 530 km away. Operators cancel on their own judgement. Check with them before travelling. Conditions updated 25 oct, 8:00 pm.

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