Canouan

Local travel

Every scheduled boat and flight in and out of Canouan, and between the other islands — times, fares, and who to call.

Checked 8 October 2026 · Times local (AST, UTC−4) · EC$2.70 ≈ US$1

Bequia Express: No Wednesday service for the whole of October 2026 (scheduled maintenance) — operator notice, 4 Oct 2026
Jaden Sun fast ferry: Out of service 19 Sep – 14 Nov 2026; resumes Sun 15 Nov

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4 crossings

Include suspended, charter and unverified

CanouanKingstown
Bequia Express
07:45≈11:00≈3 h
EC$60 one way · EC$120 return
Boat starts Union 06:00, Mayreau 06:15. Does not call at Bequia — change at Kingstown for the 13:00 Bequia boat.
CanouanBequia
Bequia Express
08:30≈11:00≈2 h 30
Not published — pay on board
The only direct Canouan → Bequia sailing on any operator. Continues to Kingstown (≈12:00). Boat starts Union 07:00, Mayreau 07:15.
CanouanMayreau
Bequia Express
14:00≈14:45≈45 min
EC$25 one way · EC$50 return
No Wednesday sailing for the whole of October 2026 (operator notice, 4 Oct); otherwise Wed departs 13:00. Continues to Union Island (Mayreau dep 15:00; Canouan–Union EC$40).
Daily
Canouan (CIW)Argyle (SVD)
SVG Air / Grenadine Alliance
17:4518:0015 min
US$92 one way (SVG Shuttle fare)
Arrives after the last scheduled Bequia ferries (17:00 Bequia Express, 17:15 Fast Ferries) — plan an overnight in St Vincent or a water taxi. No morning Canouan → St Vincent flight on the schedule.

Who to call

Fares are usually paid on board. Call ahead the day before you travel.

Bequia Express
Mon–Fri 08:00–16:00 · Sat 08:00–12:00
Office Port Elizabeth, Bequia. Pay on board. Vehicles and cargo carried. Freight: will carry a suitcase end to end Bequia → Canouan, changing boats at Kingstown themselves (Lulu at the office, by phone 30 Sep 2026). Instagram @bequia_express.
Jaden Sun fast ferry
Mon–Fri 08:00–16:00
Instagram @jaden.sun, Facebook “Jaden Sun Fast Ferry”. Notices page carries every schedule change.
Bequia Fast Ferries
Mon–Fri 09:15–16:15
Port Elizabeth, Bequia. Kingstown–Bequia only.
Admiral (Admiralty Transport)
Brick House, Back Street, Port Elizabeth. admiralferries.com no longer belongs to them — do not use.
MV Gem Star 2
Schedules posted as images on Facebook; large cargo hold.
SVG Air / Grenadine Alliance
Argyle International Airport. Baggage: first 44 lb free, second 44 lb US$50, nothing over 70 lb.
Mustique Airways
Argyle International Airport. Private and shared charters; one 20 kg bag plus 6 kg hand.
Canouan Marina Charters
Boats Serenity IV and Tropical Storm. Contact via the website form; add the captain's number here once you have it.
- canouanmarina.weebly.com

How to make the journeys the timetable only implies: the connections that work, the days with no route at all, and what to confirm by phone.

Sunday only direct: Bequia Express leaves Canouan 08:30, calls Bequia ≈11:00 (fare not published, pay on board).
Tue / Fri: Bequia Express 07:45 → Kingstown ≈11:00, then the 13:00 Bequia Express (or Fast Ferries 15:00) → Bequia by 14:00. Whole day, ≈EC$85.
Wed: 17:30 boat reaches Kingstown ≈20:45 — after the last Bequia ferry. Overnight in Kingstown, first boat 08:00 (Bequia Express) or 07:45 (Fast Ferries).
By air: the only flight is 17:45 → Argyle 18:00; taxi to Kingstown ≈40 min; last scheduled ferries have gone (17:00 / 17:15). Admiral is said to run an 18:30 — confirm by phone the day before, or overnight and take the 07:45/08:00 boat. Not a same-day route on paper.
Charter: Mustique Airways Canouan–Bequia ≈US$1,900–2,400 for the aircraft; Canouan Marina boat 45–65 min, price on request. Worth pricing for a group.

Mon / Thu / Sat: Bequia Express 06:30 or 07:30 → Kingstown, then Kingstown 11:30 → Canouan ≈13:45 (Wed leaves 10:30).
Any day by air: Bequia Express 06:30 → Kingstown ≈07:30, taxi to Argyle (≈40 min), SVG Air 09:30 → Canouan 09:45. Tight but workable; check-in cut-offs apply.
Sun: no southern boat from Kingstown — fly, or go Monday.

Canouan → Kingstown Mon & Wed 07:15 (arr 08:30), Fri 16:15 (arr 17:30) — 75 min, EC$120. Mon/Wed: onward 09:30 Bequia Express, in Bequia by ≈10:30.
Kingstown → Canouan Sun & Mon 15:30 (arr 16:45), Fri 09:00 (arr 10:15). From Bequia take the Bequia Express 13:00 Sun/Mon (arrives Kingstown ≈14:00) for the 15:30.
No Jaden Sun on Tue, Thu or Sat. Bequia stops are discontinued — every Bequia trip changes at Kingstown.

Bequia has no scheduled flight from St Vincent or Canouan; by air it is Barbados → Bequia only (SVG Air / Grenadine Alliance, ≈US$215).
Barbados → Canouan ≈US$215 one way shared charter, or SVG Air scheduled via the booking engine.

Kingstown ferries leave from the Grenadines Wharf; Argyle airport is ≈40 min by taxi from the wharf.
Public holidays run to the Sunday timetables; if a Monday is a holiday Jaden Sun's Sunday sailing moves to Monday 15:30.
Confirm every critical connection with the operator the day before — this table is a plan, not a promise.