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Cap Ferret to Arcachon ferry times and today's sailings

Union des Bateliers Arcachonnais · 30 min · 8 sailings today

Return: Ferry times from Arcachon to Cap Ferret
First sailing
09:30
usual time
Last sailing
18:30
usual time
Crossing time
30 min
Sailings a week
58

Punctuality: 0 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure

Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Union des Bateliers Arcachonnais5830 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Cap Ferret
Sun 25 Oct – Thu 29 Oct, Sat 31 Oct09:3010:3011:3012:3014:3016:3017:3018:30
Fri 30 Oct09:3010:3011:3012:3014:3016:3017:3018:3020:3022:30

Timetable published from 4 Apr 2026 to 2 Apr 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Cap Ferret
Cap FerretWind from NW 4–9 knBeaufort 2–3gusts 17 knwaves 3.0–3.2 mwave period 12 s15 °CWind from S 2–13 knBeaufort 1–4gusts 16 knwaves 1.9–2.9 mwave period 10–12 s15–19 °C
Arcachon
ArcachonWind from NW 4–9 knBeaufort 2–3gusts 11 knwaves 0.6 mwave period 11 s15 °CWind from S 2–13 knBeaufort 1–4waves 0.4–0.6 mwave period 5–11 s15–19 °C

Forecast issued 25 Oct, 13:13. It doesn’t tell whether a sailing will run: that is up to the operator.

Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Licence: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Wind converted from m/s to knots and the Beaufort scale. Waves come from the nearest sea point of MET’s ocean model, which covers north-west Europe only; gusts only where MET forecasts them (the Nordic area).Weather data by Open-Meteo.com. Licence: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Models ECMWF IFS and ECMWF WAM (© ECMWF, CC BY 4.0), 9 km grid: wind in knots converted to the Beaufort scale, temperature at sea level, precipitation (rain, showers and snow) as the hourly total shown for the hour it falls in, waves and mean wave period from the model’s nearest sea point, visibility shown only below 5 km; nearby places in the same grid cell share the same figures.Daily lows and highs, and the hour with the most precipitation, worked out by ferrywhere. Each figure comes from MET Norway where MET forecasts it, otherwise from Open-Meteo.

Questions about this route

How many ferries are there from Cap Ferret to Arcachon today?

There are 8 sailings today from Cap Ferret to Arcachon: the first at 09:30, the last at 18:30.

How long is the ferry from Cap Ferret to Arcachon?

The crossing takes 30 min.

Which ferry companies sail from Cap Ferret to Arcachon?

The route is operated by Union des Bateliers Arcachonnais.

What time is the first and last ferry from Cap Ferret to Arcachon?

The first ferry usually leaves at 09:30 and the last at 18:30, local time in Cap Ferret.

How often does the ferry from Cap Ferret to Arcachon run?

58 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Union des Bateliers Arcachonnais currently sails from Cap Ferret to Arcachon every day, 8 to 10 times a day. The first departure is usually at 09:30 and the last at 18:30.

The crossing takes 30 min.

The published timetable changes on 2 November 2026: from then on there are 35 sailings a week, compared with 58 before. From Cap Ferret, ferries also sail to Andernos-les-Bains and Le Moulleau. Arcachon can also be reached by ferry from Andernos-les-Bains and Le Canon.

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Sources and licences

Timetable last changed on 28 Sept 2026.