Leaving Seattle

When leaving port in Seattle, how long does it take to get out of Puget Sound/in the Pacific?

Thanks!

That would depend on ship traffic and speed. Several hours. Its in the area of 90 or so nautical miles. Maybe more.

That would depend on ship traffic and speed. Several hours. Its in the area of 90 or so nautical miles. Maybe more.

Thanks! We’ve left from New Orleans before....was wondering if this is longer or shorter.

Shorter, for sure.

Roz

If would also depend on where the ship is going.... If it's an overnight cruise to Vancouver.... the ship is in no rush.

On the NCL Pearl in 2014, my GPS recorded the track from Pier 66 to the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca as 147 miles; 6 hours 46 minutes at an average speed of 21.7 mph. I selected data points from the day's track to cover departure to about the mouth of the strait. I run this GPS 24/7 while on cruises, train, and other trips. The cruise was an Alaska Seattle roundtrip and NOT through the inside passage. We departed about 4PM and reached the Pacific at about 10:45PM.

The pilot in port angeles will get off around 10-11pm...while you may be out of puget sound proper at that point, there is about a 2-3 hour transit through the straight of jaun de fuca before you get to the pacific ocean proper.