Check before you drive
Webcams
Eleven state highway cameras watch the Edmonds–Kingston ferry route. (WSDOT is the state transportation department.) They show still photos, not video. Most take a new photo about once a minute. Use them to see how long the ferry line is before you drive over and join it.
How locals read these
Kingston side
In order along the approach — Lindvog Road is the first checkpoint, the terminal cam is the boat itself.
SR 104 at Lindvog Road
First checkpoint coming into Kingston on SR 104
SR 104 at Barber Cutoff Road
About a mile out — if the line reaches here, it's a long one
Ferry Sign East
Roadside ferry reader board on SR 104, Kingston
Ferry Sign West
Roadside ferry reader board on SR 104, Kingston
Kingston Terminal
Ferry terminal and holding area, downtown Kingston
Edmonds side
Heading to Kingston? The holding-lanes cam tells you most of what you need to know.
SR 104 at Pine Street
Approaching the Edmonds terminal on SR 104
SR 104 at W Dayton Street
Last turn before the Edmonds tollbooths
Edmonds Holding Lanes
The money shot: how full is the Edmonds lot?
Around town
Nearby non-WSDOT cams worth a look. We link out rather than embed — they're privately run.
Skunk Bay Weather
A beloved private weather station in Hansville, about 7 miles north of Kingston, looking across Admiralty Inlet. Updates every minute, and it’s locally famous for northern-lights timelapses.
Port of Edmonds cams
A look at the far side of the run: the marina entrance and the Edmonds Marsh. Handy for a look at conditions on the water before you sail.
No camera points at downtown Kingston or the marina — the WSDOT terminal cams above are the closest thing.
Camera images courtesy of WSDOT. Feeds are provided as-is under WSDOT’s travel information disclaimer and occasionally go dark — for live sailing status, check the WSF site directly.