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Cherbourg to Rosslare Harbour ferry times and today's sailings

Brittany Ferries · 19 h 30 min · 1 sailing today

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Today’s sailings

  1. Brittany FerriesAt sea, estimated
  2. Now ·

First sailing
19:01
usual time
Last sailing
19:03
usual time
Crossing time
19 h 30 min
15 h 59 min to 20 h 29 min
Sailings a week
15

Map

0 ships at sea
CherbourgRosslare Harbour

Punctuality: 1 sailing measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure

Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Brittany Ferries1515 h 59 min – 20 h 29 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Cherbourg
Sun 25 Oct19:00
Mon 26 Oct, Thu 29 Oct, Sat 31 Oct19:0119:0219:03
Tue 27 Oct15:0120:31
Wed 28 Oct20:00
Fri 30 Oct19:3020:00

Timetable published from 21 Oct 2026 to 25 Oct 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Cherbourg
CherbourgWind from W 16–20 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 25 knwaves 1.4–1.8 m12 °CWind from SW 13–20 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 25 knwaves 0.6–1.3 m10–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.6 mm/h
Rosslare Harbour
Rosslare HarbourWind from W 17–21 knBeaufort 5gusts 23 knwaves 0.8–0.9 m11–12 °CWind from S 19–39 knBeaufort 5–8 · galegusts 47 knwaves 0.8–2.8 m12–15 °Cprecipitation up to 1.4 mm/hvisibility down to 2.7 km

Forecast issued 25 Oct, 13:00. 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 Cherbourg to Rosslare Harbour today?

There is 1 sailing today from Cherbourg to Rosslare Harbour, at 19:00.

How long is the ferry from Cherbourg to Rosslare Harbour?

The crossing takes 19 h 30 min, between 15 h 59 min and 20 h 29 min depending on the sailing.

Which ferry companies sail from Cherbourg to Rosslare Harbour?

The route is operated by Brittany Ferries.

What time is the first and last ferry from Cherbourg to Rosslare Harbour?

The first ferry usually leaves at 19:01 and the last at 19:03, local time in Cherbourg.

How often does the ferry from Cherbourg to Rosslare Harbour run?

15 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Brittany Ferries currently sails from Cherbourg to Rosslare Harbour every day, 1 to 3 times a day. The first departure is usually at 19:01 and the last at 19:03.

The crossing takes 19 h 30 min, between 15 h 59 min and 20 h 29 min depending on the sailing. All 23 sailings in the next 14 days arrive the day after they leave. The route links France and Ireland, and Rosslare Harbour is one hour behind Cherbourg.

Santoña and Mont Saint Michel have sailed this route in the last 30 days. From Cherbourg, ferries also sail to Poole and Portsmouth. Rosslare Harbour can also be reached by ferry from Bilbao.

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Timetable last changed on 25 Oct 2026.