Mosman Bay Wharf is the end of the line, not a stop along it. The F6 is the Sydney Ferries route built around it: 4.2 kilometres from Circular Quay, 20 minutes on most sailings, half-hourly through a weekday and hourly at the weekend.
Transport for NSW F6 timetable valid from 27 January 2026 (PDF created 20 September 2026), transcribed on 25 September 2026 and checked departure by departure against the authority's Trip Planner for 26, 27 and 29 September 2026 Transport for NSW – F6 Mosman Bay timetable (PDF) · 2026-09-25
Mosman Bay Wharf sits where the water runs out, at the inner end of a narrow bay on Sydney's lower north shore. To reach it by boat you cross the harbour from Circular Quay to Cremorne Point and then work up the bay, calling at small wharves on both shores: South Mosman on the Mosman side, Old Cremorne on the Cremorne side, and finally the wharf at the bottom of Avenue Road.
That run is route F6, a Transport for NSW service operated by Sydney Ferries with its own timetable, and it is the only route that ends here. On a weekday it leaves the Quay 32 times, half-hourly from 06:05 and hourly after 19:00, with the last boat at midnight. Saturday is hourly from 07:00 to midnight; Sunday and public holidays run hourly from 09:00 to 21:00.
One thing is different this spring. Cremorne Point Wharf is closed for maintenance until 30 October 2026, and the F6 passes it by. The planner shows the same departure times and the same arrival times at Mosman Bay, so the grid above holds; the only people inconvenienced are those who normally board at the point itself.
Mosman Bay is 4.2 kilometres from the Quay on the planner's own track, well inside the cheaper of Sydney's two ferry distance bands. You pay by tapping, exactly as on the zoo ferry from the same quay, where we go through the Opal system in more detail.
| Adult | $ 7.35 |
| Child or Youth | $ 3.67 |
| Concession | $ 3.67 |
| Gold Senior or Pensioner (the whole day) | $ 2.50 |
| Monday to Thursday, per day | $ 19.30 |
| Friday to Sunday and public holidays, per day | $ 9.65 |
| Per week | $ 50 |
Opal fares published by Transport for NSW, read on 25 September 2026 and confirmed the same day against the fares the Trip Planner returned for F6 sailings Transport for NSW – Opal ferry fares · 2026-09-25
The F6 leaves Sydney Cove, crosses to the tip of Cremorne Point and then works up the bay, calling at South Mosman and Old Cremorne on opposite sides before tying up at Mosman Bay Wharf. The planner puts the whole leg at 4,206 metres. The morning expresses cut the zigzag short, which is why they save four minutes. On the other side of Cremorne Point, Neutral Bay is served by a different boat altogether, the loop past Kirribilli and North Sydney.
Almost every F6 we pulled from the Transport for NSW planner was booked out of Wharf 4, split between its two sides; a handful of arrivals came in at Wharf 2 or Wharf 5 instead. The timetable carries a standing warning that berths are reassigned at short notice; the indicator board overrules this paragraph.
The wharf is at the foot of Avenue Road, where the bay stops. Its Transport for NSW listing carries the Independent Access rating, with staff help at the ramp, a hearing loop and tactile edges, and adds bike racks, a kiss-and-ride bay, an accessible parking space and an Opal machine that takes cards but not cash. Bus 230 stops on Avenue Road beside it.
From 15 September to 30 October 2026 the F6 does not call at Cremorne Point Wharf. Old Cremorne, one stop further up the bay, is the suggested replacement; so is bus 225 from Milson Road towards Neutral Bay Wharf.
From 06:05 to 08:33 the weekday sailings out of the Quay stop at Cremorne Point only and reach Mosman Bay in 16 minutes. From 17:00 to 18:00 the same trip stretches to 21 or 22 minutes.
On weekday mornings four F2 sailings to Taronga call at Mosman Bay first, and on weekday evenings four more leave Mosman Bay for the Quay. They take 15 minutes and cost the same Opal fare.
The planner's land alternative on a Tuesday morning, via Wynyard, a bus to Spit Junction and the 230 down Avenue Road, took 41 minutes against the ferry's 20.
Transport for NSW gives the wharf its Independent Access rating, meaning staff can help you up the ramp, and its network-wide caveat applies here as well: the lower the tide, the steeper that ramp. The Opal machine on the wharf is card-only.
Mosman Bay is not quite an F6-only wharf. On weekday mornings four F2 boats to Taronga Zoo detour into the bay first and on weekday evenings four more pick up here for the Quay. Put them together with the F6 and the morning peak has a departure towards Mosman Bay every 15 minutes or so, which neither timetable shows on its own. Both the F2 timetable and the planner list the same minutes.
The comparison that matters to anyone living up the bay is with the road. The planner's best land alternative on a Tuesday morning, walking to Wynyard, taking a bus to Spit Junction and then the 230 down Avenue Road, took 41 minutes against the ferry's 20. That is why this is a commuter route first: the boat is faster than anything the roads offer between here and the city.
Twenty minutes on most sailings, for example 09:00 from the Quay arriving 09:20. The weekday departures between 06:05 and 08:33 skip South Mosman and Old Cremorne and take 16 minutes; those at 17:00, 17:30 and 18:00 take 21 or 22.
Midnight from Circular Quay, alongside Mosman Bay at 00:20, and the last one back leaves Mosman Bay at 00:22. Saturday night ends the same way. On Sundays and public holidays the last boats are 21:00 out and 21:22 back.
No. Transport for NSW has closed it for maintenance from 15 September to 30 October 2026. The F6 still runs to its normal times; use Old Cremorne Wharf instead, or bus 225 from Milson Road to Neutral Bay Wharf.
On weekdays, yes. The F2 sailings at 06:48, 07:18, 07:48 and 08:18 from Circular Quay call at Mosman Bay 15 minutes later before going on to the zoo, and in the evening F2 boats leave Mosman Bay for the Quay at 17:41, 18:10, 18:40 and 19:10.
Wharf 4, on either side, for nearly every F6 the Transport for NSW planner returned for late September 2026. The authority can move a Quay berth without warning, so look at the indicator board before you queue.
No. The 07:33 and the 11:00 both cost an adult $7.35, and $3.67 on a Child/Youth or Concession card, while a Gold Senior/Pensioner card still caps the whole day at $2.50. The 30% off-peak reduction stops at the water's edge in Sydney; among Opal ferries only Newcastle's harbour crossing gets it.
On Saturday the first F6 leaves Mosman Bay at 07:25. On Sunday and public holidays it is 09:25, and from then on the boats go at 25 past each hour until 18:25, then at 22 past until the day ends.