Balmy Days Cruises offers daily day trips and passenger service to Monhegan Island aboard the "Balmy Days II" from Boothbay Harbor, a 65-foot fiberglass vessel with a custom designed superstructure on a seaworthy off-shore fishing hull. The Balmy Days II was built especially for the trip to Monhegan Island. She can carry 149 passengers. Monhegan Island attracts visitors from all over the world who want to paint, photograph, look for migrating birds, rare wildflowers, sea life (whales and seals), and who just want to escape for a few hours or days from their busy lives. Typical sights on the Monhegan trip include lighthouses, marine wildlife, the rocky shores of Maine, boats of every kind, and many other sights & sounds unique to the scenic coast of Maine. You can get trip schedules and rate information about the Monhegan Day Trip on their website. Departure for the Monhegan Day Trip cruise is from Pier 8 in Boothbay Harbor.

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Hardy Boat Cruises out of New Harbor offers various boat trip excursions including sightseeing cruises, ocean wildlife tours, coastal trips, lighthouse tours, private boat charters, and daily ferry service to Monhegan Island during the summer. The service operates a 60 foot passenger vessel that was specifically designed as a ferry for Monhegan Island and as a puffin-watching boat. For passenger ferry service to Monhegan, Hardy Boat Cruises offers the shortest crossing distance to Monhegan Island. Approximate crossing time is 50 minutes one-way. You can get trip schedules and rate information about their Monhegan Island Ferry Service on their website. Departure for Monhegan is from New Harbor, Maine.

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Operated by the Maine Department of Transportation, the Maine State Ferry Service located in Rockland and Lincolnville provides fixed-route ferry service from Rockland to Vinalhaven, North Haven and Matinicus Island, and from Lincolnville Beach to the island of Islesboro. The Maine State Ferry Service operates year round from both the Rockland and Lincolnville terminals. For more information, trip schedules, and rate information visit the Maine Ferry Service website.

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Matinicus Excursions offers passenger service from Rockland, Maine to Matinicus Island and Criehaven Island. They also offer trips around Matinicus Rock to see puffins and the lighthouse; nature cruises watching for whales, dolphins, porpoise, seals and seabirds; and lighthouse trips around Penobscot Bay. The service operates a 35 foot Mitchell Cove lobster boat design with an extended cabin. There is very comfortable inside heated seating for 16 and outside seating for 6 people. Matinicus Excursions also offers charter service and private fishing excursions to other islands and ports most anywhere in Maine.

Monhegan Boat Line out of Port Clyde, Maine offers various boat trip excursions including sightseeing cruises, puffin and nature cruises, lighthouse tours, sunset cruises, and daily passenger ferry service to Monhegan Island. The service operates two vessels ranging in size from 63 feet to 65 feet that provide daily sightseeing trips (including day trip excursions to explore Monhegan Island). For passenger service to Monhegan Island, the crossing time is roughly 75 minutes one-way. You can get trip schedules and rate information about their Monhegan Passenger Ferry Service on their website.

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Penobscot Ferry and Transport is a small, family run ferry service that tries to fill a niche that the Maine State Ferry Service does not fill. They offer a relatively flexible schedule, unlike the Maine State Ferry Service. They offer transportation to any island in the bay that has a pier to tie up at. They will transport passengers and light cargo loads to your dock of choice. Penobscot Ferry and Transport also offers various preplanned trips, tours, and cruises to fulfill your wishes: from Lighthouse excursions to Bennett Island Walking tours to day trips to Monhegan.