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Felixstowe to Harwich ferry times and today's sailings

Harwich Harbour Ferry · 15 min · 8 sailings today

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First sailing
09:30
usual time
Last sailing
16:30
usual time
Crossing time
15 min
15 min to 20 min
Sailings a week
56

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

Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Harwich Harbour Ferry5615 min – 20 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Felixstowe
Sun 25 Oct – Sat 31 Oct09:3010:3011:3012:3013:3014:3015:3016:30

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Felixstowe
FelixstoweWind from W 18–19 knBeaufort 5gusts 23 knwaves 0.9 m9–10 °CWind from SW 12–22 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 26 knwaves 0.5–1.6 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 0.7 mm/hvisibility down to 4.3 km
Harwich
HarwichWind from W 18–19 knBeaufort 5gusts 23 knwaves 0.9 m9–10 °CWind from SW 12–22 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 26 knwaves 0.5–1.6 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 0.7 mm/hvisibility down to 4.3 km

Forecast issued 25 Oct, 12:08. 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 Felixstowe to Harwich today?

There are 8 sailings today from Felixstowe to Harwich: the first at 09:30, the last at 16:30.

How long is the ferry from Felixstowe to Harwich?

The crossing takes 15 min, between 15 min and 20 min depending on the sailing.

Which ferry companies sail from Felixstowe to Harwich?

The route is operated by Harwich Harbour Ferry.

What time is the first and last ferry from Felixstowe to Harwich?

The first ferry usually leaves at 09:30 and the last at 16:30, local time in Felixstowe.

How often does the ferry from Felixstowe to Harwich run?

56 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Harwich Harbour Ferry currently sails from Felixstowe to Harwich 8 times a day, every day. The first departure is usually at 09:30 and the last at 16:30; on the busiest days most departures are an hour apart.

The crossing takes 15 min; some sailings take up to 20 min.

From Felixstowe, ferries also sail to Shotley Gate. The return crossing from Harwich to Felixstowe has the same number of sailings a week.

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