Route · NZ

Auckland to Wellington

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 06.

Getting from Auckland to Wellington

Somewhere to stay in Wellington partner Left luggage in Wellington Everywhere from Auckland Everywhere from Wellington

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways AKL → WLG 480 km non-stop 320 733 in the air 2 h 36 est. rate not held 436 km/h average

Other ways to reach Wellington

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Wellington without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Blenheim – Wellington 36 min Air New Zealand

Nelson – Wellington 40 min Air New Zealand

Napier – Wellington 50 min Air New Zealand

New Plymouth – Wellington 50 min Air New Zealand

Christchurch – Wellington 53 min Air New Zealand

Hamilton – Wellington 59 min Air New Zealand

Rotorua – Wellington 59 min Air New Zealand

Gisborne – Wellington 1 h 00 Air New Zealand

Tauranga – Wellington 1 h 02 Air New Zealand

Timaru – Wellington 1 h 03 Air New Zealand

And other ways to reach Auckland

Rangitoto – Auckland 25 min Fullers 360, Fullers Ferry

Waiheke – Auckland 40 min Fullers 360, Fullers 360 Waiheke Reserve

Tauranga – Auckland 41 min Air New Zealand

Whangarei – Auckland 41 min Air New Zealand

Rotorua – Auckland 44 min Air New Zealand

Kerikeri – Auckland 46 min Air New Zealand

Whakatāne – Auckland 46 min Air New Zealand

New Plymouth – Auckland 47 min Air New Zealand

Taupo – Auckland 47 min Air New Zealand

Gisborne – Auckland 55 min Air New Zealand

Where else these quays go

Also from Auckland

Adelaide · Alofi · Apia · Avarua · Benoa · Blenheim · Brisbane · Cairns · Callao-Lima · Cape Town · Christchurch · Civitavecchia-Rome · Coromandel · Dunedin

Also from Wellington

Blenheim · Brisbane · Christchurch · Dunedin · Gisborne · Hamilton · Melbourne · Napier · Nelson · New Plymouth · Picton · Queenstown · Rotorua · Sydney (Mascot)

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Auckland–Wellington crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.