Bequia
Local travel
Every scheduled boat and flight in and out of Bequia, and between the other islands — times, fares, and who to call.
Timetables in the Grenadines change by phone call, not by press release. These are checked against the operators and corrected as we learn better.
Checked 20 September 2026 · Times local (AST, UTC−4) · EC$2.70 ≈ US$1
Jaden Sun fast ferry: Out of service 19 Sep – 14 Nov 2026; resumes Sun 15 Nov
3 crossings
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Bequia Express
06:30 · 07:30 · 09:30 · 13:00 · 16:0045–60 min
EC$25 one way · EC$40 return
Port Elizabeth. 06:30 boat reaches Kingstown in time for the 09:30 Canouan flight from Argyle (taxi ≈40 min) or the 11:30 southern boat.
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Bequia Express
06:30 · 11:00 · 16:0045–60 min
EC$25 one way · EC$40 return
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Bequia Fast Ferries
06:30 · 08:45 · 12:00 · 16:15faster than the traditional boats (time not published)
Not published
Sunday & holidays 07:00 · 16:15.
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.
Planning notes
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.
Canouan to Bequia, until the Jaden Sun returns (15 November)
- 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.
Bequia to Canouan
- 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.
From 15 November, with the Jaden Sun back
- 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.
Arriving from abroad
- 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.
Worth knowing
- 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.