Balearia Bahamas Express operates ferry service between Fort Lauderdale, Grand Bahama Island with convenient schedules that ...allow passengers departing the US to return on the same day after spending the day on the island. The fast ferry sails from Port Everglades at 9:00 am and sails back from grand Bahama Island at 6:00 pm, the crossings take about 3 hours (depending on weather conditions)...