Clipper

San Francisco Bay Ferry

Ways to Pay

Tap your Clipper card or contactless bank card when you enter and tap off when you exit. Learn why tapping off is important.

Note: Clipper is not accepted on service to Oracle Park or Chase Center.

Paying with Clipper

San Francisco Bay Ferry accepts only cash value on a Clipper card. You need a cash value balance of at least $4.90on your card to board the ferry. Youth, senior, Clipper START and Clipper Access riders need $2.40.

Transferring with Clipper

Clipper knows when to give you free and discounted rides when you transfer.

San Francisco Bay Ferry San Francisco Bay Ferry: Discounted ride within 3 hours of tapping off a different San Francisco Bay Ferry route (may not be used for round trips).

Any transfer to San Francisco Bay Ferry from the transit agencies listed below (within 2 hours of boarding first agency) will result in a discount of $2.85 off your total Adult trip price.

If you have a Youth, Senior, Clipper Access or Clipper START card, you will receive the proportional discount when transferring to San Francisco Bay Ferry, including Richmond.

  • AC Transit
  • BART
  • Caltrain
  • Golden Gate Ferry
  • Golden Gate Transit
  • SamTrans
  • SolTrans
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