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The Balboa Island Car Ferry is a ferry service in Newport Beach, California.

The ferry boats travel under 1,000 feet from Balboa Island to the Balboa Peninsula (Fun Zone area) and vice versa, reaching a top speed of four miles per hour. The speed limit in the harbor is 5 miles per hour, and the ferry docks about every 5 minutes. Costs $1 per audit and $2 per car.

A full time captain will dock the ferry at least 22,500 times every year, traveling at least 3,200 miles every year.

Balboa Island – once a sand pit, Balboa Island is a man made island that was dredged and filled right before World War I began.

Newport Beach - named best beach in Orange County – it could be the crystal clear water miles of pristine beaches, or that it is one of the most fashionable cities in the world.