San Francisco Bay Ferry

WETA was established by the State of California in 2007 (SB 976) as successor to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA), created in 1999, with a mandate to run a consolidated regional ferry system and to coordinate emergency water transit. The consumer brand San Francisco Bay Ferry was adopted in 2011.

The Ron Cowan Central Bay Operations and Maintenance Facility in Alameda opened in 2018, with berths for 12 vessels, 48,000 gallons of fuel storage and an Emergency Operations Center. WETA's newer vessels were built by yards including Mavrik Marine, Dakota Creek Industries, Vigor/Kvichak and Nichols Brothers. Its Zero-Emission Study and Blueprint emphasises electric propulsion and shoreside charging, and its 2050 Service Vision plans expansion to new terminals.